THE JACKSON CHAPTER OF
THE AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS
WE THANK OUR SPONSORS:
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MILLSAPS: (601)948-8650 / NORTH: (601)957-0757
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THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JACKSON
Questions? Call Glenn Gentry, Editor, at (601)362-3235
E-mail: gag1391@aol.com
NOTE: The CURRENT calendar begins with upcoming or recent events, so you
won't have to scroll through many past events to get to current ones. The
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JUL 22, 2010 (Thu) The GREAT PASCHAL VESPERS at ST. PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL C,
CHORAL/ORGAN 5:30 P.M. Free. (601)956-5788. Participants of the MS
Conference on Church Music & Liturgy will be the choir,
using the propers for the Feast of Mary Magdalene.
JUL 29, 2010 (Thu) JAZZ, ART & FRIENDS, with WILL THOMPSON at the MS
JAZZ MUSEUM OF ART, 5:30-8:30 P.M. Tickets: (601)960-1515.
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2010-2011 SEASON BEGINS HERE. IN TIME IT WILL BE SHOWN SEPARATELY. AT
THIS TIME (JUNE 25, 2010) IT DOES NOT YET INCLUDE EVENTS FROM ALL THE
VARIOUS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THOSE WILL BE ADDED AS WE RECEIVE THEM.
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AUG 10, 2010 (Tue) JOHN PAUL at the MS MUSEUM of ART, 5:45 P.M.
HARPSICHORD Free. (601)354-1535. Wine & Hor D'euvres at 5:15 P.M.
Music in the City series.
AUG 13, 2010 (Fri) JOHNNY BELLAR DOBRO at the SCHF AUD in
GUITAR VICKSBURG, 6:00 P.M.
Free. (601)631-2997.
AUG 20, 2010 (Fri) MS OPERA presents DANCE WITH THE STARS at the
DANCE OLD CAPITOL INN, 7:00 P.M.
Tickets: (601)960-2300/www.msopera.org
AUG 21, 2010 (Sat) The MS COMMUNITY SYMPHONIC BAND at the BELHAVEN U
BAND ARTS CTR AUD, 7:00 P.M. Free. (601)605-2786
www.mcsb.us Music from the movie Mamma Mia,
music of Sousa, Heed, Aaron Copland, DeBussy
(Golliwog's Cakewalk), a spiritual, and (with
Wayne Miller, oboeist) Gabriel's Oboe, as well as
director David Miller's "Brother Against Brother".
SEP 6, 2010 (Mon) ARTISTS TBA at MILLSAPS, 3:00 P.M. Free.
CHAMBER (601)974-1422.
SEP 11, 2010 (Sat) The MSO with JENNIFER FRAUTSCHI at MARA HALL,
VIOLIN/ORCH 7:30 P.M. Tickets:(601)960-1565. Music of
Shostakovich (Festive Overture), Richard
Strauss (Death and Transfiguration) and
Tchaikovsky (Violin Concerto)
SEP 16, 2010 (Thu) ROBERT KNUPP at MILLSAPS, 7:30 P.M. Free.
ORGAN (601)974-1422. Music of Bach, Bolcom, and Reubke.
SEP 17, 2010 (Fri) AGO MEMBERS' RECITAL at NORTHMINSTER BAPTIST C,
ORGAN 7:30 P.M. Free. (601)362-3235).
SEP 17, 2010 (Fri) The MSO with GARETH JOHNSON at ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL
VIOLIN/ORCH CL, 7:30 P.M. Tickets:(601)960-1565. Music of Handel
(Overture & Dances from Alcina), Francesco Geminiani
(Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 2, No. 3), Purcell
(Incidental Music from Abdelazer - "The Moor’s
Revenge") & Bach (Violin COncerto in e minor, &
Orchestral Suite No. 2, in b minor).
SEP 21, 2010 (Tue) JOHN PAUL at ST. ANDREW'S EPISCPAL CL CHAPEL,
HARPSICHORD/ 7:30 P.M. Free. (601)354-1535. J.S. Bach's
MA'AM Partitas 1 & 2, in Bb Major and c minor.
SEP 23, 2010 (Thu) JAMES MARTIN and the ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CL
BARITONE/ CHOIR at ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL C, 7:30 P.M.
CHORAL Details:(601)594-5584 / info@ancientmusic.org
Music of Bach (Cantata 82), Vaughan-Williams (Mass
in g minor), and Sowerby (anthems). MA'AM Benefit.
SEP 23, 2010 (Thu) The MSO at the CEDARS in FONDREN, 7:00 P.M.
ORCH Details: (601)981-9606 / 960-1565. [TENTATIVE]
SEP 24, 2010 (Fri) RAPHAEL CRYSTAL on the late LEHMAN ENGEL, at
MUSICAL MILLSAPS, TIME TBA. Free. Collaborative program
THEATRE with the U of Alabama. (601)974-1422.
SEP 27, 2010 (Mon) ARTISTS TBA at MILLSAPS, 7:30 P.M. Free.
CHAMBER (601)974-1422.
SEP 28, 2010 (Tue) RACHEL HEARD at the MS MUSEUM of ART, 5:45 P.M.
FORTE PIANO Free. (601)354-1535. Wine & Hor D'euvres at 5:15 P.M.
Music in the City series.
OCT 3, 2010 (Sun) LYNN RALEY at MILLSAPS, 3:00 P.M. Free.
PIANO (601)974-1422.
OCT 4, 2010 (Mon) ARTISTS TBA at MILLSAPS, 3:00 P.M. Free.
CHAMBER (601)974-1422.
OCT 8, 2010 (Fri) The MILLSAPS SINGERS ON CAMPUS, 7:30 P.M.
CHORAL Free (donations accepted) (601)974-1422.
"Our Wesleyan Heritage": A choral concert
celebrating the Anglican roots of the United
Methodist Church’s choral music.
OCT 12, 2010 (Tue) JACKIE McGINNIS & JOHN PAUL at the MS MUSEUM of ART,
CABARET 5:45 P.M. Free. (601)354-1535. Wine & Hor D'euvres
at 5:15 P.M. A Cabaret of Jazz Standards.
Music in the City Series.
OCT 16, 2010 (Sat) The MSO at MARA HALL, 7:30 P.M. Tickets:(601)960-1565.
ORCH Music of Jacob Druckman (Summer Lightning), Copland
(Lincoln Portrait, with London Branch, Narrator),
and Rachmaninoff (Symphony No. 2)
OCT 18, 2010 (Mon) The MS COMMUNITY SYMPHONIC BAND at the BELHAVEN U
BAND ARTS CTR AUD, 7:00 P.M.
Free. (601)605-2786 / www.mcsb.us
OCT 21, 2010 (Thu) HEATHER DENHAM & JOHN PAUL at ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL
VOCAL/PIANO C, MERIDIAN, 12 NOON. Free.
(601)679-8288. Copland's Emily Dickinson Song Cycle.
OCT 22, 2010 (Fri) PAUL LEE at the 1ST BAPTIST C, 7:30 P.M.
ORGAN Free. (601)362-3235. AGO
OCT 23, 2010 (Sat) The MSO with TAVIT TASHJIAN and the MS CHORUS
POPS/PIANO at the JACKSON CONVENTION CTR, 7:30 P.M.
CHORAL/ORCH Tickets:(601)960-1565. Music of Gershwin (Rhapsody
in Blue & I've Got Rhythm), Cole Porter, Irving
Berlin & Frederick Lowe (My Fair Lady)
OCT 26, 2010 (Tue) HEATHER DENHAM & JOHN PAUL at MILLSAPS, 7:30 P.M.
VOCAL/PIANO Free. (601)354-1535. Copland's Emily Dickinson
Song Cycle with poet Greg Miller.
NOV 1, 2010 (Mon) ARTISTS TBA at MILLSAPS, 3:00 P.M. Free.
CHAMBER (601)974-1422.
NOV 2, 2010 (Tue) JOHN PAUL at the MS MUSEUM of ART, 5:45 P.M.
HARPSICHORD Free. (601)354-1535. Wine & Hor D'euvres at 5:15 P.M.
J.S. Bach's Partita #6 in e minor.
Music in the City series.
NOV 6, 2010 (Sat) JOSEPHINE BRYAN at the 1ST BAPTIST CHURCH,
ORGAN 3:00 P.M. Free. (601)956-7482. On the occasion
of her 90th birthday.
NOV 6, 2010 (Sat) MS OPERA presents PASSION & FIREWORKS: THE HEART
OPERA OF OPERA, at the BELHAVEN U ARTS CTR AUD, 7:30 P.M.
Tickets: (601)960-2300/www.msopera.org
NOV 13, 2010 (Sat) The JACKSON CHORAL SOCIETY, details TBA.
CHORAL 50th Anniversary concert.
NOV 15, 2010 (Mon) CHERYL COKER at MILLSAPS, 7:30 P.M. Free.
SOPRANO (601)974-1422.
NOV 20, 2010 (Sat) The MSO with CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE at MARA HALL,
CIRCUS/ORCH 7:30 P.M. Tickets:(601)960-1565. Popular classical
music with acrobatics.
NOV 29, 2010 (Mon) ARTISTS TBA at MILLSAPS, 3:00 P.M. Free.
CHAMBER (601)974-1422.
NOV 30, 2010 (Tue) LESSONS & CAROLS at MILLSAPS, 12:00 NOON.
CHORAL/ORGAN Free. (601)974-1422.
DEC 3, 2010 (Fri) THE MILLSAPS SINGERS on campus at 7:30 P.M.
Free (donations). (601)974-1422.
Christmas Carols.
DEC 5, 2010 (Sun) ADVENT PROCESSION, LESSONS and CAROLS at ST ANDREW'S
CHORAL/ORGAN EPISCOPAL CL, 5:30 P.M. Free. (601)354-1535.
DEC 7, 2010 (Tue) The ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CL CHOIR at the MS MUSEUM
CHORAL of ART, 5:45 P.M. Free. (601)354-1535. Wine & Hor
D'euvres at 5:15 P.M. Christmas music & the Lighting
of the Bethleham Tree. Music in the City series.
DEC 12, 2010 (Sun) The ST. JOSEPH ORCHESTRA at the SCHF AUD in
ORCH VICKSBURG, 2:30 P.M.
Details: (601)631-2997.
DEC 18, 2010 (Sat) The MS COMMUNITY SYMPHONIC BAND at the BELHAVEN U
BAND ARTS CTR AUD, 7:00 P.M.
Free. (601)605-2786 / www.mcsb.us
JAN 9, 2011 (Sun) The MILLSAPS CHAMBER SINGERS at GALLOWAY U
CHORAL METHODIST C, 6:00 P.M. Free. (601)353-9691.
JAN 11, 2011 (Tue) THOMAS LOWE & JOHN PAUL at the MS MUSEUM of ART,
VIOLIN/PIANO 5:45 P.M. Free. (601)354-1535. Wine & Hor D'euvres
at 5:15 P.M. Beethoven's Violin Sonatas in A Major
and D Major. Music in the City series.
JAN 14, 2011 (Fri) SUSANNA PHILLIPS & JAMES MARTIN with the MS OPERA
SOPRANO/ CHORUS and the MS CHORUS at the WESLEY BIBLICAL
BARITONE/ SEMINARY, 7:30 P.M.
CHORAL Tickets: (601)960-2300/www.msopera.org
JAN 15, 2011 (Sat) SUSANNA PHILIPS at MILLSAPS, 10:00 A.M. Free.
SOPRANO Masterclass - contact Cheryl Coker at
(601)974-1425 / cokercw@millsaps.edu
JAN 15, 2011 (Sat) The MSO with CATHERINE KEEN and the MS CHORUS at
MEZZO SOPRANO MARA HALL, 7:30 P.M. Tickets:(601)960-1565.
CHORAL/ORCH Music of Debussy (Iberia), Crafton Beck (Two Songs:
"Old English" and "Letter from the End of the World"),
and Prokofiev (Alexander Nevsky)
JAN 16, 2011 (Sun) JAMES MARTIN & RACHEL HEARD at MILLSAPS, 3:00 P.M.
BARITONE/ Free. (601)974-1422.
FORTEPIANO
JAN 22, 2011 (Sat) PEDALS, PIPES & PIZZA at FONDREN PRESBYTERIAN C,
ORGAN 8:00 A.M. Free. (601)362-3235. For piano students
(who need to register). Observers welcome.
JAN 27 & 29, 2011 BEGGAR'S OPERA at MILLSAPS, 7:30 P.M. (Thu) and
OPERA 2:00 P.M. (Sat). Free. (601)974-1422.
JAN 28, 2011 (Fri) DAVID HIGGS at ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CL,
ORGAN 7:30 P.M. Free. (601)362-3235. AGO.
JAN 29, 2011 (Sat) The MSO and CLASSICAL MYSTERY TOUR at MARA HALL,
POPS 7:30 P.M. Tickets:(601)960-1565. Music of the Beatles.
FEB 5, 2011 (Sat) The MSO with MARTA SZLUBOWSKA and IAN HOMINICK
VIOLIN/PIANO at the BELHAVEN U ARTS CTR AUD, 7:30 P.M.
ORCH Tickets:(601)960-1565. Mozart by Candlelight
(Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, Violin
Concerto No. 5, in A, K219, Piano Concerto No. 20
in d Minor, K466, and A Musical Joke, K522).
FEB 7, 2011 (Mon) ARTISTS TBA at MILLSAPS, 3:00 P.M. Free.
CHAMBER (601)974-1422.
FEB 15, 2011 (Tue) HEATHER DENHAM & JOHN PAUL at the MS MUSEUM of ART,
VOCAL/PIANO 5:45 P.M. Free. (601)354-1535. Wine & Hor D'euvres
at 5:15 P.M. Copland's Emily Dickinson Song Cycle,
with poet Greg Miller. Music in the City series.
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FEB 24, 2011 (Thu) JOHN PAUL at ST. ANDREW'S EPISCPAL CL CHAPEL,
HARPSICHORD/ 7:30 P.M. Free. (601)354-1535. J.S. Bach's
MA'AM Partitas 3 & 4, in a minor & D Major.
FEB 26, 2011 (Sat) The MSO with ALEXANDER GHINDIN at MARA HALL,
PIANO/ORCH 7:30 P.M. Tickets: (601)960-1565. Music of Wagner
(Overture to Tannhauser), Prokofiev Piano Concerto
No. 5) and Bartok (Concerto for Orchestra)
MAR 1, 2011 (Tue) The USM TROMBONE CHOIR at the MS MUSEUM of ART,
BRASS 5:45 P.M. Free. (601)354-1535. Wine & Hor D'euvres
at 5:15 P.M. Music in the City series.
MAR 4, 2011 (Fri) CHRIS BRUNT and the MILLSAPS SINGERS, directed
CHORAL/ORGAN by TIMOTHY COKER, on campus at 7:30 P.M.
Free. (601)362-3235. The 25th Annual AGO
Choral-Organ Festival.
MAR 7, 2011 (Mon) ARTISTS TBA at MILLSAPS, 3:00 P.M. Free.
CHAMBER (601)974-1422.
MAR 8, 2011 (Tue) EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC at MILLSAPS, 7:30 P.M. Free.
CHAMBER Details: Lynn Raley (601)974-1423 /
raleyhl@millsaps.edu
MAR 11, 2011 (Fri) The MSO with JAMES MARTIN and VIOLA DACUS at
BARITONE/MEZZO GALLOWAY U METHODIST C, 7:30 P.M.
ORCH Tickets:(601)960-1565. Music of Mahler (Lieder eines
fahrenden Gesellen, arr. Schoenberg, for baritone &
orchestra), James Sclater (for mezzo and orchestra),
Andrew Sauerwein (The Landing: Reflections on poetry
by C.S. Lewis), and Stravinsky (Pulcinella).
MAR 19, 2011 (Sat) The MS COMMUNITY SYMPHONIC BAND at the BELHAVEN U
BAND ARTS CTR AUD, 7:00 P.M.
Free. (601)605-2786 / www.mcsb.us
MAR 26, 2011 (Sat) The MSO at MARA HALL with MARTA SZLUBOWSKA,
VIOLIN/ORCH 7:30 P.M. Tickets:(601)960-1565. Music of
Moussorgsky (Night on Bald Mountain), Ralph
Vaughan-Williams (Lark Ascending, for Violin &
orchestra), Verdi (Ballet music from MacBeth)
and Beethoven (Symphony No. 5, in C minor, Op. 67)
APR 2, 2011 (Sat) The MSO WOODWIND & BRASS QUINTETS, and STRING
CHAMBER QUARTET at TOUGALOO COLLEGE'S WOODWORTH CHAPEL,
7:30 P.M. Tickets:(601)960-1565.
APR 4, 2011 (Mon) ARTISTS TBA at MILLSAPS, 3:00 P.M. Free.
CHAMBER (601)974-1422.
APR 5, 2011 (Tue) HRISTO HRISTOV & SHAWN LEOPARD at the MS MUSEUM of
GAMBA/HARPSICHORD ART, 5:45 P.M. Free. (601)354-1535. Wine & Hor
D'euvres at 5:15 P.M. The J.S. Bach Gamba Sonatas.
Music in the City series.
APR 7, 2011 (Thu) JOHN PAUL at ST. ANDREW'S EPISCPAL CL CHAPEL,
HARPSICHORD/ 7:30 P.M. Free. (601)354-1535. J.S. Bach's
MA'AM Partitas 5 & 6, in G Major and e minor.
APR 8, 2011 REBECCA WASCOE and LEN BOBO at TOUGALOO COLLEGE'S
SOPRANO/ORGAN WOODWORTH CHAPEL, 7:30 P.M. Free. (601)362-3235.
Music of Len Bobo. AGO.
APR 8-9, 2011 The MS OPERA presents the BARBER OF SEVILLE at
OPERA MARA HALL, free matinee for MS students & teachers
(Fri, time TBA), Public performance (Sat) 7:30 P.M.
Joint production with Opera Memphis.
Tickets (60)960-2300/www.msopera.org
APR 10, 2011 (Sun) CHAMBER SINGERS at MILLSAPS, 3:00 P.M. Free.
CHORAL (601)974-1422. Handel's Messiah.
APR 15, 2011 (Fri) The MILLSAPS SINGERS ON CAMPUS, 7:30 P.M. Free.
CHORAL (Donations accepted) (601)974-1422. Premieres a work
commissioned by a former Singers' member, composed
by alumnus Sam Jones in memory of Pop King, a
former director of the Singers.
APR 20, 2011 (Wed) The ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CL CHOIR at the CL,
CHORAL/ORCH 12:00 NOON. Free. (601)354-1535. Excerpts from
J.S. Bach's St. John Passion.
MAY 3, 2011 (Tue) THOMAS LOWE & JOHN PAUL at the MS MUSEUM of ART,
VIOLIN/PIANO 5:45 P.M. Free. (601)354-1535. Wine & Hor D'euvres
at 5:15 P.M. More Beethoven Violin Sonatas.
Music in the City series.
MAY 6, 2011 (Fri) The MSO at the OLD TRACE PARK, Tickets:(601)960-1565.
POPS Pepsi Pops with fireworks.
MAY 21, 2011 (Sat) The MS COMMUNITY SYMPHONIC BAND at the BELHAVEN U
BAND ARTS CTR AUD, 7:00 P.M.
Free. (601)605-2786 / www.mcsb.us
JUN 7, 2011 (Tue) JAMES SCLATER & ANGELA WILLOUGHBY at the MS MUSEUM of
CLARINET/PIANO ART, 5:45 P.M. Free. (601)354-1535. Wine & Hor
D'euvres at 5:15 P.M. Music in the City series.
JUL 6, 2011 (Tue) STEPHEN SACHS at the MS MUSEUM of ART, 5:45 P.M.
PIANO Free. (601)354-1535. Wine & Hor D'euvres at 5:15 P.M.
Music of Ginastera. Music in the City series.
AUG 16, 2011 (Tue) DON MESSER & JOHN PAUL at the MS MUSEUM of ART,
PIANO 5:45 P.M. Free. (601)354-1535. Wine & Hor D'euvres
at 5:15 P.M. Piano music for four hands.
Music in the City series.
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ABBREVIATIONS: AGO=American Guild of Organists; APAC=Academic & Performing
Arts Center at Power School; AUD=Auditorium; Belhaven=Belhaven College;
C=Church; CL=Cathedral; [D]=daytime; [E]=evening; CC=Community
College; Co-Lin=Copiah-Lincoln; HCU=Hattiesburg Choral Union;
HS-High School; JSU=Jackson State University; LRH=Large Rehearsal Hall;
MA'AM=MS Academy of Ancient Music; MC=MS College;
MCC=Meridian Community College;
MCO=Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra
Millsaps=Millsaps College Academic Complex Recital Hall;
MMTA=MS Music Teachers' Association
MSO & MSYO=MS Symphony & Youth Orchestra;
MRSO=Meridian Symphony;
RIVERSIDE AUD = Belhaven's Fine Arts Center on Riverside Drive
TBA= To be Announced; Tougaloo=Tougaloo College;U=United.
USMSO=University of Southern MS Symphony Orchestra;
USMC=University of Southern MS Chorus.
WESLEY AUD=Wesley Seminary Auditorium on Northside Dr
(X2=Duo; X3=Trio; X4=Quartet; etc)
CHANGES: Programs DO GET CHANGED! When in doubt, VERIFY!
LOCATIONS: Programs outside Jackson are indicated.
NOTE: The use of "!!" before an entry means that this entry was added (or
changed) AFTER the date was included in an UPDATE. UPDATEs cover
a specific range of dates - usually a few weeks. Their purpose
is to keep you informed of changes (it has proven impossible to
publish a calendar that will remain accurate for several months
- or even a few weeks). If you would like to receive updates of
the Continuo Calendar, please send E-mail to gag1391@aol.com
THE CONTINUO CALENDAR is published by the Jackson Chapter of the AGO,
216 Ashcot Circle, Jackson, MS 39211, and made possible in part by support
from the MS Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Questions? Call Glenn Gentry, Editor, at (601)362-3235
E-mail: gag1391@aol.com