Mississippi Symphony Orchestra

08/31/2026

Fall is bringing three FREE nights of live music to the Jackson area! 🌳🎶 Join MSO for Symphony on the Green on Sept. 10 at St. Andrew’s Upper School, Symphony at Sunset on Sept. 24 beneath the ancient trees at The Cedars in Fondren, and Sundown at Renaissance on Oct. 15 at Renaissance at Colony Park. Bring your friends, family, blankets, and chairs, and make an evening of live music outdoors!
Learn more about all three concerts at https://msorchestra.com/

08/29/2026

Are you a musician looking for your next orchestral opportunity? MSO will hold auditions this fall for several positions in the orchestra.
🎻 Oct. 24: Principal Bassoon + woodwind quintet
🎻 Oct. 31: Principal Second Violin, Assistant Principal Second Violin + 3 Violin I positions
Stay tuned and visit msorchestra.com/about-us/careers/ for details.

08/26/2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ‘Baroque Splendor’ opens MSO ‘Season of Excellence’

The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra launches ‘A Season of Excellence’ in its 82nd year, packing its popular opening concert with all-time greats Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann and more, for an evening of “Baroque Splendor,” 7:30 p.m. September 19 at St. Andrew’s Cathedral in downtown Jackson, MS.

This first concert of the Chamber Series each season unfailingly fills St. Andrew’s sanctuary with listeners eager for its combination of lovely setting, stellar acoustics and gorgeous compositions. Classical music of the era, about 1600 to 1750, is beloved for its dynamic energy and grand ornamentation.

“It’s perfect music,” MSO Maestro Crafton Beck said. “It’s always beautiful, it’s rhythmical.… It’s dance tunes. It’s melody. It’s just everything we expect music to be.”

Read more: https://msorchestra.com/2026/08/baroque-splendor-opens-mso-season-of-excellence/

08/26/2026

From bold American masterworks to candlelit Mozart, from family-friendly Pops to adventurous new sounds –MSO’s 82nd season offers unforgettable musical experiences across Mississippi’s most beloved venues.

Five Masterworks concerts at Thalia Mara Hall, five Chamber music concerts in metro-area chapels, the debut of Video Games LIVE in Mississippi and Pepsi Pops on the Reservoir. Plus, there’s early access to Fearless Fusion, our special edition concert at Duling Hall.

A Season of Excellence.

Current patrons and season ticket holders receive exclusive first access to seats. To learn more about becoming a season ticket holder, call Patron Services: 601-414-6005

08/25/2026

08/25/2026

Mississippi gave the world the blues, gospel, country, rock and roll – and generations of extraordinary musicians.

We believe it should also be a place where the symphony orchestra doesn't simply survive, but grows.

Not because of nostalgia.
Because live music still matters. Because professional musicians matter. Because children deserve the opportunity to hear an orchestra and imagine themselves on that stage.

Because communities still need places where people gather and experience something together.

That is the purpose behind our Season of Excellence.

08/24/2026

There is no single way to fall in love with an orchestra.

Maybe it happens with Beethoven.
Maybe it happens under the stars at Pepsi Pops.
Maybe it's the soundtrack of Halo.

Our Pops performances are part of our commitment to opening the doors wider – bringing new audiences into the orchestra while giving longtime patrons completely new ways to experience these musicians.

A Season of Excellence is a season for everyone.

Special thanks to Keesler Federal for sponsoring our Pops Series again this year.

08/22/2026

What happens onstage doesn't stay onstage.

French harpist Emmanuel Ceysson has performed on some of the world's most celebrated stages – from Paris to the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra to the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

He is also a teacher and mentor committed to developing the next generation.

That combination of performance and education is at the heart of what makes an orchestra valuable.
Great musicians don't simply perform extraordinary music. They pass it forward.

08/21/2026

Great music matters most when people have the opportunity to experience it.

Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Martinez has built an international career around extraordinary artistry, while also maintaining a deep commitment to music education and welcoming new audiences into classical music.

That's a belief we share.

A professional orchestra should belong not only to lifelong concertgoers, but to children hearing this music for the first time, families discovering something new together and anyone willing to walk through the doors and listen.

We can't wait to welcome Gabriela to Mississippi this season.

08/20/2026

Excellence deserves to be experienced live.

Acclaimed American classical violinist Basil Alter has built a remarkable career from Tennessee to the Royal Academy of Music in London and concert stages throughout the United States and Europe.

This season, that journey brings him to Mississippi.

Bringing artists of this caliber together with the musicians of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra is one of the things a professional orchestra makes possible – and one of the experiences we believe Mississippi deserves.

This is A Season of Excellence.