Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra kicks off 2018 with 鈥榃inter Winds鈥 concert
![The Starkville-亚洲色吧视频 Symphony Orchestra is sponsoring a free 鈥淲inter Winds鈥 concert Saturday [Jan. 13] at 7:30 p.m. in historic Lee Hall鈥檚 Bettersworth Auditorium. (Photo by Megan Bean)](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/inline-images/SSO_Concert_M4B0805_half.jpg "Flutist at a Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra concert")
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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擴nder the baton of 亚洲色吧视频 Department of Music Head Barry E. Kopetz, the Starkville-MSU 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鈥檚 Bettersworth Auditorium, the 鈥淲inter Winds鈥 concert is sponsored by the Starkville-MSU Symphony Association. The evening program features works by three prolific composers from the 18th through 20th centuries鈥擶olfgang Amadeus Mozart鈥檚 鈥淪erenade in B flat, K. 361鈥 (Gran Partita); Franz Schubert鈥檚 鈥淟ittle Symphony for Winds鈥; and Richard Strauss鈥檚 鈥淪erenade in E flat, Op. 7.鈥
鈥淎ll Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra performances are free and open to the public. We encourage individuals of all ages to come enjoy an evening of beautiful music,鈥 said Ryan Landis, MSU voice instructor and SSO operations manager.
Founded in 1969, the Starkville-MSU 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 MSU 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-MSU Symphony Association via the MSU Foundation, contact Lynn Durr at 662-325-8918 or ldurr@advservices.msstate.edu.
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