Country singer to benefit Contact Helpline with Columbus concert
Country music star Jacob Bryant will come to Columbus this week in a benefit to raise money for Contact Helpline, the local crisis hotline.
Starkville/MSU Symphony to present Founders Concert Saturday
The Starkville/MSU Symphony celebrates its 50th birthday on Saturday with the Masterworks Founders Concert at 7:30 p.m. at Lee Hall on the campus of Mississippi State University.
Starkville/MSU Symphony to open 50th season Saturday
The Starkville/MSU Symphony kicks off its landmark 50th season Saturday with an opening “Milestones” concert at 7:30 p.m. at Rent Auditorium on the Mississippi University for Women campus in Columbus.
There’s really no ‘Jane’ in Sugarcane Jane – just good music
Savana Lee Crawford will tell you she’s not the ‘Jane’ in Sugarcane Jane.
Symphony concert to feature MUW piano faculty Saturday
The Starkville-MSU Symphony, which will feature Mississippi University for Women piano faculty, will be in concert Saturday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Rent Auditorium, Whitfield Hall, on the MUW campus.
He’s been called the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s ‘secret weapon,’ and CCS is bringing him to town
Alisa Toy decided she had nothing to lose.
“I was really nervous, but I thought, why not just go for the top? The only thing he can do is say ‘no.'”
The “he” is Richard Elliott, principal organist with the world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Photos: A night of music and dancing
Rebecca Leftwich is dipped by her husband, Chase Leftwich, during a concert put on by Gill Harris and the Big Band Theory at Trotter Convention Center Friday. “We are a little rusty but we were excited to come here to dance together again to a live band,” Rebecca said. The couple, who live on Columbus Air Force Base, met while taking dance lessons when they lived in Utah and have been swing dancing ever since.
Big Band music returns to Columbus just in time for Valentine’s
Gill Harris of Columbus and a host of professional musicians will resurrect the Big Band era at Trotter Convention Center in Columbus.
Worth the drive: Dan Penn returns to Vernon for a hometown concert
Some folks in Vernon, Alabama, still find it hard to fathom that one of the town’s native sons is often labeled as “legendary.”
UK bomber said to have pleaded ‘Forgive me’ before blast
The suspect in the deadly Manchester concert bombing was driven by what he saw as unjust treatment of Arabs in Britain, a relative said Thursday, confirming he made a final phone call in which he pleaded: “Forgive me.”
UK blast: Blood, horror as bomber strikes young crowd
For the young crowd of music fans, the Ariana Grande concert was supposed to be a night of high-energy candy pop. But the fun on a school night quickly turned into sheer terror.
Singer-songwriter to share songs and stories of grace
Lori Sealy’s journey has been one of deeply personal lows and highs.
MSU band staff presents U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus concert
Known for its long tradition of free public performances, the United States Army Field Band’s Concert Band and Soldiers’ Chorus will present a Tuesday, March 28 evening concert at Mississippi State University.
A songbird honors gospel’s past with homecoming concert
Dorothy McClung Lewis is glad to be home, back in Columbus where she grew up.
CAC kicks off Mississippi 200 with Toad’s Jonathan Kingham, Claire Holley
A pair of performing songwriters help launch the Columbus Arts Council’s Mississippi 200 Thursday.
Symphony’s ‘Strings Across the Sea’ concert encompasses true cultural exchange
Final details are being put in place for the Starkville-MSU Symphony Association’s annual Programs for Children concerts, set for Friday, Jan. 20.
Nashville father-son duo bring the strings in Thursday concert
From rapid-fire fingerstyle rhythms to languid melodies, Tim Thompson and his son, Myles Thompson, are in sync.
MSMS students to put on concert featuring traditional carols in 5 foreign languages
About 150 Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science students will open their holiday concert with a rendition of “Silent Night” in multiple languages.
Starkville-MSU Symphony to present Christmas concert Friday
The Starkville-MSU Symphony will present its Criss Christmas concert Friday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in historic Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium on the campus of Mississippi State University.
Symphony Orchestra opens 48th season with Columbus concert
Under the direction of Mississippi State music department head Barry E. Kopetz, the Starkville-Mississippi State University Symphony Orchestra opens its 2016-17 performance season with a Sept. 16 concert at Mississippi University for Women.