Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra's Criss Christmas Concert

Under the baton of Mississippi State University Department of Music Head Barry E. Kopetz, the Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra is performing its annual Criss Christmas Concert on the Starkville campus. Admission is free. Sponsored by the Starkville-MSU Symphony Association, the evening 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 MSU Professor and Steinway Artist Rosângela Yazbec Sebba on piano. 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-MSU Symphony Chorus, the “Requiem” will feature vocal accompaniment from the State Singers, MSU’s premier choral ensemble led by MSU Choral Activities Director and Associate Professor of Music Gary Packwood. Click the "Link" below for more information.