Starkville-鶹ýAVSymphony Orchestra returns to Lee Hall Nov. 18 with annual Criss Christmas Concert
![The Starkville-鶹ýAV Symphony Orchestra’s 49th performance season continues Saturday [Nov. 18] at 7:30 p.m. with the annual Criss Christmas Concert in Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium. (Photo by Megan Bean)](/sites/www.msstate.edu/files/inline-images/SSO_Criss_Christmas_Concert_half.jpg "The Starkville-鶹ýAV Symphony Orchestra in concert")
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Under the baton of 鶹ýAV Department of Music Head Barry E. Kopetz, the Starkville-鶹ýAVSymphony Orchestra will perform its annual Criss Christmas Concert Saturday [Nov. 18] on the Starkville campus.
Sponsored by the Starkville-鶹ýAVSymphony Association, the 7:30 p.m. program in historic Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium begins with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K 467.” Considered one of Mozart’s most demanding works, the concerto will feature 鶹ýAVProfessor Rosângela Yazbec Sebba on piano. A Steinway Artist, Sebba is among the select ranks of some 1,600 highly esteemed musicians from around the world who have chosen to play exclusively on pianos produced by internationally renowned piano manufacturer Steinway & Sons.
The second piece on the program is Luigi Cherubini’s “Requiem in C Minor,” a work greatly admired by late musical legends Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.
Along with the Starkville-鶹ýAVSymphony Chorus, the “Requiem” will feature vocal accompaniment from the State Singers, MSU’s premier choral ensemble led by 鶹ýAVChoral Activities Director and Associate Professor of Music Gary Packwood.
“As with all Starkville-鶹ýAVSymphony Orchestra performances, the Criss Christmas Concert is free and open to the public. We encourage individuals of all ages to come and be a part of this annual tradition,” said Ryan Landis, 鶹ýAVvoice instructor and SSO operations manager.
Founded in 1969, the Starkville-鶹ýAVSymphony Association is a nonprofit volunteer organization whose members work to educate, enlighten and share classical music with communities in the Golden Triangle region.
In addition to 鶹ýAVand 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ýAVSymphony Association via the 鶹ýAVFoundation, contact Lynn Durr at 662-325-8918 or ldurr@advservices.msstate.edu.
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