Starkville-��Ƶ Symphony Orchestra presents ‘Strings Across the Sea’

The Starkville-��Ƶ Symphony Orchestra is presenting a “Strings Across the Sea” children’s program at historic Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium on the Starkville campus. The concert will feature eight visiting Japanese violinists, pictured here with their conductor and conductor’s assistant (back row, far right). (Photo submitted)

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Under the direction of ��Ƶ Department of Music Head Barry E. Kopetz, the Starkville-��Ƶ Symphony Orchestra is presenting a “Strings Across the Sea” children’s program Friday [Jan. 20] on the Starkville campus.

Free to all, the 7:30 p.m. program at historic Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium is made possible by the Starkville-��Ƶ Symphony Association. Additional support is provided by ��Ƶ’s 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’s (1678-1741) “Four Seasons, Op. 8,” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756-91) “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525,” Shinichi Suzuki’s (1898-1998) “Selections from Suzuki Vol. 1-7,” and Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor, K. 466.”

Steinway Artist Rosângela Yazbec Sebba, the department’s 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’s Bettersworth Auditorium for hundreds of kindergarten through fifth grade students from local schools. For more information, contact Joe Ray Underwood, SSO children’s programs chair, at 662-323-8969 or joeray01@bellsouth.net.

Founded in 1969, the Starkville-��Ƶ 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 ��Ƶ Foundation. To contribute, contact Lynn Durr at 662-325-8918 or ldurr@advservices.msstate.edu.

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