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Jane Monheit will perform Thursday, Feb. 2, at MSU.

Jane Monheit will perform Thursday, Feb. 2, at MSU.

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Jane Monheit, Starkville, MS

Jazz vocalist to perform at MSU

by Cheré Coen | January 26, 2012

Internationally known jazz vocalist Jane Monheit will be the next guest performer for Mississippi State University’s 2011-12 Lyceum Series. Monheit will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium. The concert will feature romantic interpretations of American jazz standards by such composers as Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz, Rogers and Hart, Irving Berlin, and Jerome Kern.

The annual performances hosted by the Lyceum Series are …


MSU clarinet instructor Sheri Falcone will perform Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.

MSU clarinet instructor Sheri Falcone will perform Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.

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Starkville/MSU Symphony Orchestra, Starkville, MS

Sheri Falcone celebrates music of Mozart

by Cheré Coen | January 17, 2012

The Starkville/Mississippi State University Symphony Orchestra kicks off 2012 with a Jan. 21 concert dedicated to parents of the performing musicians. The free 7:30 p.m. program in Lee Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium will celebrate the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with MSU clarinet instructor Sheri Falcone as the featured soloist on Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.

In addition to also teaching saxophone and woodwind and instrumental technique classes, Falcone directs the music department’s …


Former Mississippi Gov. William F. Winter will be the keynote speaker at MSU.

Former Mississippi Gov. William F. Winter will be the keynote speaker at MSU.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast, Starkville, MS

Former Gov. Winter to be keynote speaker

by Cheré Coen | January 10, 2012

Former Mississippi Gov. William F. Winter will be the keynote speaker at 7 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16, 2012, for Mississippi State University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast in the Bill Foster Ballroom of the university’s Colvard Student Union.

MSU President Mark E. Keenum will give the program’s welcome, and Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman will make special presentations.

The student Black Voices gospel choir also will perform.

Additionally, winners of a …


MSU Men's Basketball

MSU Men's Basketball

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MSU Men’s Basketball, Starkville, MS

Team plays in state's largest on-campus basketball arena

by Cheré Coen | January 02, 2012

This time of year thoughts turn to basketball. Mississippi State Bulldogs Men’s Basketball team, lead by Head Coach Rick Stansbury, offers an exciting schedule of home games in Humphrey Coliseum, the largest on-campus basketball arena in the state of Mississippi.

The home Winter-Spring schedule of the Bulldogs’ 36th season is as follows:

Tennessee, 8 p.m. Jan. 12

Alabama, 3 p.m. Jan. 14

LSU, 7 p.m. Jan. 25

Auburn, 3 p.m. …


Carl Jackson learned the banjo early on, played the Grand Ole Opry at age 14.

Carl Jackson learned the banjo early on, played the Grand Ole Opry at age 14.

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Carl Jackson Country Music Trail Marker, Louisville, MS

Louisville native a child star, versatile musician

by Cheré Coen | December 21, 2011

Multi-Grammy Award winner Carl Jackson received a Mississippi Country Music Trail marker during the 2011 “Home for Christmas Concert” at the Strand Theatre, located at 118 S. Church St. in Louisville, Miss.

Jackson was born to a musical family on Sept. 18, 1953, in Louisville, Miss. He played many instruments as a boy, but took to the banjo. By age 9, he played with his father’s and uncles’ bluegrasss band, The Country Partners, which …


Big Joe Williams was one of the many blues musicians from Oktibbeha County.

Big Joe Williams was one of the many blues musicians from Oktibbeha County.

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Okitibbeha County Blues Marker, Starkville, MS

Historic sign graces Heritage Museum

by Cheré Coen | December 06, 2011

Oktibbeha County recently received a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail, located in front of the Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum, 206 Fellowship St. in Starkville.

Oktibbeha County has produced several blues artists who achieved fame for their recordings and live performances in places such as Chicago and California. Blues Hall of Famer Big Joe Williams (1903-1982), who wrote “Baby, Please Don’t Go,” was born close to Noxubee Swamp on the southern …


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