Starkville-熟女少妇Symphony Orchestra opens 48th season with fall concert
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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擴nder the direction of Mississippi State music department head Barry E. Kopetz, the Starkville-熟女少妇 Symphony Orchestra opens its 2016-17 performance season with a Sept. 16 concert at Mississippi University for Women.
Free to all, the 7:30 p.m. program at Rent Auditorium in Columbus begins with Franz Joseph Haydn鈥檚 (1732-1809) 鈥淪ymphony No. 6 in D major, popularly known as 鈥淟e matin.鈥
鈥淲hile the nickname of 鈥楲e matin鈥欌攖he morning, in French鈥攄id not originate with Haydn, its gradual opening seems to depict the breaking of dawn,鈥 said Ryan Landis, 熟女少妇voice instructor and SSO operations manager.
Julia Mortyakova, MUW music department chair and associate professor of music, will be the featured soloist for Olga Harris鈥 鈥淧iano Concerto No. 2.鈥 Harris will be in attendance.
Rounding out the program will be the orchestra鈥檚 rendition of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart鈥檚 (1756-91) 鈥淪ymphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385.鈥 Also known as the 鈥淗affner Symphony,鈥 the work premiered in 1783 and calls for a variety of instruments, including pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, and trumpets, along with timpani and strings.
鈥淭his performance will highlight works of two masters of classical symphonic composition and provide an introduction to a contemporary symphonic work, making it a fitting opening for the Starkville-熟女少妇Symphony Orchestra鈥檚 48th season,鈥 Landis said.
聽Founded in 1969, the Starkville-熟女少妇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 .
In addition to 熟女少妇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 熟女少妇Foundation. To contribute, contact Lynn Durr at 662-325-8918 or ldurr@advservices.msstate.edu.
For additional concert information, contact Landis at 662-325-2872 or rml269@msstate.edu.
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