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Charley Pride, born in Sledge, Mississippi

The SOUNDS of MISSISSIPPI

From Jimmy Buffet to Leontyne Price, music is in the heartbeat of Mississippi..

It's not just Elvis. Mississippi's Symphony and Malaco Records, are a part of those southern variations. Little Boogaloo, Eden Brent of Greenville, Mississippi is an International Blues performer, playing coast to coast. ETV/PRM programming hosts daily delights. Use PollStar to find info on major contemporary and country music concerts. The PEAVEY corporation has produced sound instrumentation for the world. Based in Meridian, Peavey sound equipment has supported the likes of Mississippi's B.B. King, Elvis, LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill, Sam Cooke . . . . Mary Wilson (The Supremes), Dorothy Moore, Charley Pride, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winters, Jimmy Rodgers, and many more.

Metro Classical / Ancient Music: The Mississippi Academy of Ancient Music. Great Stuff ! For information call 977-7782 or 852-4848, or send email to maam@meta3.net
The Continuo is a journal published in hardcopy in January and September, and is aimed at the classical music community of Mississippi. Published by the Jackson Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, it includes a schedule of local events and more.

Worldwide, Christopher Hogwood directs the Academy of Ancient Music. They perform on period instruments and with the Handel & Haydn Society chorus; (America's leading professional chorus and period instrument orchestra, our oldest continuously-active performing arts organization.) Collections of early music material and links are found here. St. Paul Sunday will guide you to some wonderful classics ! Try it.

International / Broadway: Our Boston Pops are still great, ( . . even after Arthur Fiedler). The Metropolitan Opera Guild list current tours and news. Our National Symphony Orchestra visited Mississippi this year. Broadway/ Off Broadway/ London . . . and Carnegie Hall have wonderful talent. Virginia's exciting Wolf Trap events are a great experience. (they offer scholarships)
Chicago's Ravinia Outdoor Music Festival is directed by Christoph Eschenbach. Switzerland's Verbier Festival, and the Austrian Graz Festival draw top performers.

Music Scholars: For students of music or needed background on professional projects, try the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers web site. Also, information and major resources are available thru the Harvard University Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library and resources..

These sites provide diversity, information, facts and news; just point and click.
. . Bach . . . Great Composers . . . Early and Classical Music Source . . . . . . National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) . . . Current News on Classical Music. . Young Concert Artists . . American Indian Music, . . Musical Schools and, online music resource listings.

Opera: OperaGlass; from Stanford University, a good source. The Metropolitan Opera Guild with it's current tours and news. Click the Opera House icon for photos. And the Kennedy Center for performing Arts.
Opera America, a national service organization.

Attache' Show Choir

Mississippi Opera

Mississippi Chorus

Voice / Chorale

Voice / Teachers of Singing

American Choral Directors

Opera in Natchez, Mississippi