Starkville-��Ƶ Symphony Orchestra kicks off 2018 with ‘Winter Winds’ concert

The Starkville-��Ƶ 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)

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STARKVILLE, Miss.—Under the baton of ��Ƶ Department of Music Head Barry E. Kopetz, the Starkville-��Ƶ 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-��Ƶ 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 Winds”; and Richard Strauss’s “Serenade in E flat, Op. 7.”

“All Starkville-��Ƶ 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, ��Ƶ voice instructor and SSO operations manager.

Founded in 1969, the Starkville-��Ƶ 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 ��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. For more, visit .

To make a tax-deductible donation to the Starkville-��Ƶ Symphony Association via the ��Ƶ Foundation, contact Lynn Durr at 662-325-8918 or ldurr@advservices.msstate.edu.

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