Tupelo Symphony Orchestra, the only all professional orchestra in North Mississippi, is made up of 65-70 professional musicians from the surrounding region of Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

THE AMERICAN VOICE

Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 7:30 PM
Link Centre Concert Hall - Tupelo - Mississippi

Steven Byess, Conductor
Jan Grissom, Soprano
John Clayton, Piano
Jack Reed, Sr., Speaker
Jack Reed, Sr.

Celebrate the voice of American music in this program featuring two exceptional native Tupelo musical artists. A distinguished Mississippi Statesman will narrate a tribute to Thomas Jefferson, and the TSO will present a surprise speaker to recite important works of our American history!

Aaron Copland

(1900-1990)
  • Old American Songs (1950-52)
  • Dodger Song
  • Simple Gifts
  • I Bought Me a Cat
  • At the River
  • Ching-A-Ring Chaw
    Ms. Grissom

Lee Holdridge

(b. 1944)
  • Jefferson Tribute (1995)
    Mr. Reed

Samuel Barber

(1910-1981)
  • Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1947)
    Ms Grissom
INTERMISSION

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

(1829-1869)
  • Grand Tarantelle (1868)
    Mr. Clayton

Aaron Copland

 Appalachian Spring

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Tupelo Symphony Orchestra
P.O. Box 474 - Tupelo, MS 38802
Phone: (662) 842-8433
Fax: (662) 842-9565
Email: tso@tupelosymphony.com