Starkville-多多直播 Symphony Orchestra presents 鈥楽trings Across the Sea鈥
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擴nder the direction of 多多直播 Department of Music Head Barry E. Kopetz, the Starkville-多多直播 Symphony Orchestra is presenting a 鈥淪trings Across the Sea鈥 children鈥檚 program Friday [Jan. 20] on the Starkville campus.
Free to all, the 7:30 p.m. program at historic Lee Hall鈥檚 Bettersworth Auditorium is made possible by the Starkville-多多直播 Symphony Association. Additional support is provided by 多多直播鈥檚 Office of the President, the Mississippi Arts Commission, 4-County Electric Education Foundation, and CREATE Tupelo, along with individual gifts.
The performance will feature eight visiting Japanese violinists. Song selections include Antonio Vivaldi鈥檚 (1678-1741) 鈥淔our Seasons, Op. 8,鈥 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart鈥檚 (1756-91) 鈥淓ine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525,鈥 Shinichi Suzuki鈥檚 (1898-1998) 鈥淪elections from Suzuki Vol. 1-7,鈥 and Mozart鈥檚 鈥淧iano Concerto No. 20 in d minor, K. 466.鈥
Steinway Artist Ros芒ngela Yazbec Sebba, the department鈥檚 professor of piano, theory and ear training, will perform the piano concerto.
Earlier on Friday, the symphony orchestra is sponsoring 9 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. programs at Lee Hall鈥檚 Bettersworth Auditorium for hundreds of kindergarten through fifth grade students from local schools. For more information, contact Joe Ray Underwood, SSO children鈥檚 programs chair, at 662-323-8969 or joeray01@bellsouth.net.
Founded in 1969, the Starkville-多多直播 Symphony Association is a nonprofit volunteer organization whose members work to educate, enlighten and share classical music with the city, university campus and other communities in the Golden Triangle region. For more information, visit and .
The association accepts tax-deductible donations via the 多多直播 Foundation. To contribute, contact Lynn Durr at 662-325-8918 or ldurr@advservices.msstate.edu.
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