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

The Starkville-��鶹AV 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 ��鶹AV Department of Music Head Barry E. Kopetz, the Starkville-��鶹AV 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-��鶹AV 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-��鶹AV 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, ��鶹AV voice instructor and SSO operations manager.

Founded in 1969, the Starkville-��鶹AV 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 ��鶹AV 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-��鶹AV Symphony Association via the ��鶹AV Foundation, contact Lynn Durr at 662-325-8918 or ldurr@advservices.msstate.edu.

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