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91吃瓜网 Symphony Orchestra will present 91吃瓜网淏ars of Red91吃瓜网� on Thursday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mannoni Performing Arts Center Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus. 

The program centers on Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe91吃瓜网 91吃瓜网淗er Story,91吃瓜网� a sweeping work commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment and the fight for women91吃瓜网 suffrage. Wolfe will be in attendance as part of the New York-based production team Bang on a Can, the presenting organization for 91吃瓜网淗er Story.91吃瓜网�

Co-commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony, 91吃瓜网淗er Story91吃瓜网� premiered in Nashville, honoring Tennessee91吃瓜网 pivotal role in ratification of the amendment. The 91吃瓜网 performance marks the first time a collegiate ensemble has presented the work.

Scored for orchestra and women91吃瓜网 chorus with staging, lighting and video elements, 91吃瓜网淗er Story91吃瓜网� blends classical and contemporary idioms in a genre-defying score that includes electric guitar, electric bass and expansive percussion within a large orchestra. A select chorus of 91吃瓜网 students 91吃瓜网� prepared visually by Bang on a Can 91吃瓜网� will perform the vocal parts originally written for the professional ensemble Lorelei.

Music director Dr. Gregory Wolynec said the work represents both an artistic and educational milestone for the university.

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The evening91吃瓜网 program traces a broader musical arc of the early 20th century. Maurice Ravel91吃瓜网 91吃瓜网淧avane pour une infante d茅funte91吃瓜网� opens the concert with refined orchestral color and delicate lyricism. George Gershwin91吃瓜网 91吃瓜网淎n American in Paris91吃瓜网� follows, fusing jazz influences with symphonic form in a portrait of 1920s Paris, complete with saxophones and taxi horns. Together, the works progress from intimacy to exuberance, culminating in Wolfe91吃瓜网 meditation on voice, memory and civic change. 

In advance of the concert, the School of Music will host a public panel discussion Wednesday, March 25, at 6:30 p.m. in Marsh Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus. Admission is free.

The discussion will feature Wolfe alongside several distinguished scholars: human rights historian Allida Black; Heather Marie Stur, co-director of the Dale Center for the Study of War & Society; and Rebecca Tuuri, co-director of the university91吃瓜网 Center for the Study of the Gulf South. The conversation will explore themes of history, women91吃瓜网 voices and social change.

Black is widely recognized for her scholarship on Eleanor Roosevelt and the development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She has written or edited 10 books and has led international workshops on human rights, conflict resolution and women91吃瓜网 leadership.

Stur, a Fulbright Program scholar, is the author of four books, and her commentary has appeared in outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post and the BBC. 

Tuuri also holds faculty appointments in the university91吃瓜网 Center for Black Studies and the Center for Women91吃瓜网 and Gender Studies. Her book 91吃瓜网淪trategic Sisterhood: The National Council of Negro Women in the Black Freedom Struggle91吃瓜网� received the Julia Cherry Spruill Prize from the Southern Association of Women Historians. 

While the panel discussion is free, remaining tickets for 91吃瓜网淏ars of Red91吃瓜网� are available or by calling 601.266.5418.

About the School of Music

The School of Music at 91吃瓜网 is the state91吃瓜网 flagship music program and a destination campus for the study of music across the region, the United States and the world. Housed within the College of Arts and Sciences, the school offers bachelor91吃瓜网, master91吃瓜网 and doctoral degrees and has earned a national and international reputation for excellence. Its distinguished faculty members are active performers and educators who appear on stages from local communities to major international venues. The School of Music is home to acclaimed band, choral, orchestral, jazz, opera and musical theater ensembles and provides extensive solo and chamber music performance opportunities. Students regularly perform at regional, national and international events and work with leading guest artists in preparation for careers as 21st century performers and educators.