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Friday, September 25, 2009 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Music Concert Music by Haydn and Korngold Elizabeth Baker and Stephen Redfield, violins Alexander Russakovsky, cello Lois Leventhal, piano This concert presents four outstanding musicians from the music faculty of University of Mississippi and friends performing music by Joseph Haydn (his TRIO IN G, for Piano, Violin and Cello, the “Gypsy Rondo”) and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (his SUITE, Op. 23, for Two Violins, Cello and Piano-left hand). Don’t miss this wonderful evening of chamber music!
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:30 p.m. 
Madrigals and More From Jones County Junior College Fine Arts Division Susan Smith, Director JC Voices, the premiere vocal ensemble at Jones County Junior College, will present a concert entitled "Madrigals and More" featuring the madrigal singers and other ensembles and soloists from the JCJC Fine Arts Division. In addition to the presentation of madrigals by JC Voices, students and faculty representing the guitar, brass, woodwind, and percussion areas will be also be featured. Dr. Michael Boyd, guitar instructor, will assist the madrigal singers as well perform solo selections. |
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Sunday, November 8, 2009 4:00 p.m.
Stephen Redfield, violin
Lorenz Maycher, organ
(followed by a special fundraising New Orleans-style dinner with live music provided by The Pfister Sisters!) Lorenz Maycher is organist-choirmaster at First-Trinity Presbyterian Church, Laurel, Mississippi. He has played recitals in all parts of the United States, and has performed for ten national conventions of the Organ Historical Society, has recorded five compact discs, and has played the world premiere performances of works by Charles Callahan and Leo Sowerby. Violinist Stephen Redfield, D.M.A., is a member of the University of Southern Mississippi School of Music faculty, where he performs with the Mississippi Chamber Circle and the Baroque duo HauptMusik. Stephen is frequently featured as a soloist with orchestra. During 2009, Mendelssohn’s 200th birth-year, he will perform both Mendelssohn violin concertos (and also play and record his three sonatas). As a chamber musician, Stephen has performed throughout the United States and internationally collaborating with artists Andre-Michel Schub, Peter Wiley and Mark Peskanov This recital will be followed by a special fund-raising New Orleans-style gumbo dinner, with live music provided by The Pfister Sisters, New Orleans’ jazz vocal harmonists. “The Pfister Sisters are exactly what music SHOULD be…they bring joy to your soul, harmony to your ears, and the best and biggest boogie-woogie to your feet!” Tickets for the fundraiser will be on sale beginning October 10 and will be available for $25 from the church office and members of the Fine Arts Committee. |
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Friday, February 12, 2010 7:30 p.m.
Silent Movie: “Safety Last” Starring Harold Lloyd With
Brett Valliant, organist Back by popular demand, Brett Valliant returns to us from Wichita to play First-Trinity’s Aeolian-Skinner during the screening of this great silent film. Brett is the artist-in-residence for Wichita Theatre Organ Inc. where he plays the world famous New York Paramount Wurlitzer Organ installed in Century II Civic Center. He is known for playing dramatic films such as King of Kings, Phantom of the Opera, The Ten Commandments, and The Eagle, but has also scored numerous comedies for the Harold Lloyd Foundation. Brett plays annually for several film festivals including the International Film Festival, hosted by the American Film Institute. He is organist at First United Methodist Church, Wichita, where he plays the largest pipe organ in Kansas. This is an event for the whole family! |
