Starkville-Ï㽶ֱ²¥Symphony Orchestra kicks off 2018 with ‘Winter Winds’ concert
![The Starkville-Ï㽶ֱ²¥ Symphony Orchestra is sponsoring a free “Winter Winds†concert Saturday [Jan. 13] at 7:30 p.m. in historic Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium. (Photo by Megan Bean)](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/inline-images/SSO_Concert_M4B0805_half.jpg "Flutist at a Starkville-Ï㽶ֱ²¥Symphony Orchestra concert")
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Under the baton of Ï㽶ֱ²¥ Department of Music Head Barry E. Kopetz, the Starkville-Ï㽶ֱ²¥Symphony Orchestra is kicking off its 2018 concert series with a Saturday [Jan. 13] performance on the Starkville campus.
Taking place at 7:30 p.m. in historic Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium, the “Winter Winds†concert is sponsored by the Starkville-Ï㽶ֱ²¥Symphony Association. The evening program features works by three prolific composers from the 18th through 20th centuries—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Serenade in B flat, K. 361†(Gran Partita); Franz Schubert’s “Little Symphony for Windsâ€; and Richard Strauss’s “Serenade in E flat, Op. 7.â€
“All Starkville-Ï㽶ֱ²¥Symphony Orchestra performances are free and open to the public. We encourage individuals of all ages to come enjoy an evening of beautiful music,†said Ryan Landis, Ï㽶ֱ²¥voice instructor and SSO operations manager.
Founded in 1969, the Starkville-Ï㽶ֱ²¥Symphony Association is a nonprofit volunteer organization in which members work to educate, enlighten and share classical music with communities in the Golden Triangle region.
In addition to Ï㽶ֱ²¥and the City of Starkville, major association contributors include the J.W. Criss Foundation, Mississippi Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, Renasant Bank, Starkville Convention and Visitors Bureau and Columbus-based Gildea Foundation. For more, visit .
To make a tax-deductible donation to the Starkville-Ï㽶ֱ²¥Symphony Association via the Ï㽶ֱ²¥Foundation, contact Lynn Durr at 662-325-8918 or ldurr@advservices.msstate.edu.
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