MSO tells plans for camp, concert

Published 11:51 pm Saturday, May 29, 2010

The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Premier Orchestral Institute, a summer camp for string instrumentalists, Monday-June 5 in Madison. The six-day camp is open to strings players of all skill levels.

Instructors include MSO’s concert mistress Marta Szlubowska, local strings teachers, and professors and instructors from the University of New Mexico, Northwest Florida State College, Weber State University in Utah and the University of Southern Mississippi.

The camp will close with a concert at noon June 5.

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Cost is $250 per student, and scholarships are available. The camp will be at St. Joseph’s Catholic School, 308 New Mannsdale Road. For more information, call MSO director of education Alex Encinas at 601-960-1565 or e-mail him at aencinas@msorchestra.com.

Visit www.msorchestra.com or call 601-960-1565 for more information on the MSO.