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A Concert of Praise and Giving Thanks will be presented by organists and vocalists from several communities this Sunday, Nov. 13 at London’s First Baptist Church.

JACKSON • Mississippi Symphony Orchestra will kick off its 78th season early next month with the return of its popular “Beloved Baroque” concert.

Watermark Art Center is set to host the Third Coast Chamber Collective Festival at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, at Watermark, 505 Bemidji Ave. N.

The Orange Coast College Symphony will have a new conductor at the helm as the College prepares for a phased return to campus in Fall 2021. OCC has hired Dr. Mathew Ward to lead its prestigious community performing group, which has been part of the Costa Mesa campus for 60 years. Dr. Ward is a Southern California native who earned degrees in violin and conducting from the Longy School of Music in Boston and Louisiana State University. He has previously performed as a violinist with organization...

Itasca Symphony releases free virtual concert at 6 p.m. Sunday, December 20 As Northern Minnesota anticipates, inch by inch, celebrating a ‘White Christmas’ during a year many would characterize as ‘charbroiled,’ the Itasca Symphony Orchestra has completed the final edits to its first ever ‘virtual’ concert. Filmed at the Reif Center for the Performing Arts on December 5 with three cameras and multiple microphones, the concert will officially be premiered on the It...

The Itasca Symphony Orchestra prepares the release of their first ever virtual holiday concert on Dec. 20 As with so many arts and educational organizations in 2020, the Itasca Orchestra and Strings Program has used creativity to persevere in the time of COVID. Luckily, as a band of musicians, they’re used to having to ‘play it by ear’ once and a while! Getting creative is what arts organizations do. Shortly after their concert in February that celebrated Beethoven’s 250th b...