SSO to present ‘Fauré’s Finest’ concert next month
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.—The Starkville-Ƶ Symphony Orchestra will present a “Fauré’s Finest” concert Saturday [Feb. 27] in historic Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium.
Free to all, the 7:30 p.m. program will feature three of French composer and musician Gabriel Fauré’s (1845-1924) greatest works.
Under the direction of SSO music director Michael Brown, the group’s selections will include Fauré’s ever-popular “Pavane” (1887), along with “Fantaisie” (1898) for flute and orchestra.
Joining the SSO on Fauré’s “Requiem” (1887-90) will be a mass choir of more than 250 singers under the direction of associate professor and choral activities director Gary Packwood. They include Ƶ student soloists Bailey Mckenzie Wright, soprano, and Michael W. Becher, baritone. Wright is a senior accounting major from Pascagoula; Becher, a senior kinesiology/clinical exercise physiology major from Huntsville, Alabama.
For additional concert information, contact Brown at 662-325-3070 or mbrown@colled.msstate.edu.
Founded in 1969, the Starkville-Ƶ Symphony Association is a non-profit 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. Producing high-quality musical events and increasing awareness for the arts are its primary missions. For more, visit and .
In addition to Ƶ 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.
The association accepts tax-deductible donations via the Ƶ Foundation. To contribute, contact Lynn Durr at 662-325-8918 or ldurr@advservices.msstate.edu.
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