L-O-U Symphony Orchestra Sets Spring Concert for April 26 at Ford Center

OXFORD, Miss. – Solos by two University of Mississippi music students are among the highlights of the Lafayette-Oxford-University Symphony Orchestra spring concert, set for April 26 at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts.

The 8 p.m. concert is to open with the Masquerade Suite of Armenian composer Aram Khatchaturian and also features Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 in D minor, which is written for an eclectic combination of wind and string instruments. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $6 for students with a valid ID. They can be purchased at the UM Box Office in the Student Union or by calling 662-915-7411.

Joshua Hall, a freshman music education major from Southaven, is slated to perform first movement of the Marimba Concerto by contemporary Brazilian composer Ney Rosauro, and Ben McLemore, a senior music education major from Corinth, is to play the last movement of Eugene Bozza’s Concertino for Saxophone and Orchestra.

“We are very excited for the spring concert,” said Ron Vernon, UM professor of music and associate dean of liberal arts. “It’s something that only comes once a year, and the students’ interpretation of Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 should be very remarkable.”

For more information on the concert, visit http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/music. For assistance related to a disability, call 662-915-7411.