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MMTA State Finals

State Finals are evaluations of pre-college students in the state of Mississippi who achieved superior ratings for their grade and performance category in the District Evaluations. There are four basic categories: Solo Performance, Technical Skills, Written Theory, and Sight-Reading. Students receive awards in each Grade/Division during the recital. Students also receive the highest averaged score in each Grade/Division as it is declared the winner. Pre-College Concerto and Original Composition winners’ medals will be presented at the MMTA State Conference in the fall semester. Students receive ribbons if their average is 95 or higher, ranking in a descending numerical order for Second, Third and Fourth places. All other students who are non-winners but receive a rating of 95 or higher in their performance receive an Honorable Mention. Students who receive the highest composite score in the four basic categories receive a ribbon at State Finals. All students receive a certificate of participation. MMTA website https://www.msmusicteachers.org/competitions-precollege-auditions.php.

May 17, 2025 - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

MSU Department of Music - All-Steinway School Celebration

Mississippi State has joined the elite ranks of institutions with the prestigious All-Steinway School status and will hold a ceremony August 30 celebrating this milestone. The designation is granted to conservatories, colleges, universities and schools that solely use pianos designed by Steinway & Sons for practice, instruction and performance. Less than 250 institutions globally hold the acclaimed distinction. Open to the public, the celebration takes place at 10 a.m. in the Music Building located at 124 Hardy Road. Speakers include MSU President Mark E. Keenum and Chris Gilbert, Steinway & Sons representative. The ceremony will include a concert featuring three pianos and an unveiling of the Steinway plaque, followed by a reception. The university’s All-Steinway Initiative began in 2012 and formally launched in 2014 with an estate gift from the late Scarvia Bateman Anderson, a 1945 MSU education alumna. Since then, MSU has acquired 50 Steinway pianos with private gifts. In fall 2022, the Department of Music opened its 37,000-square-foot Music Building, which includes classrooms, a choral rehearsal hall, sound-proof practice rooms, a high-tech recording studio and an acoustically advanced lecture recital hall. Each room now holds a Steinway piano for teaching and practice. Learn more about its Department of Music at www.educ.msstate.edu.

August 30, 2024 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

American Sonorities

Featuring Serena Scibelli, violin; Amy Catron, cello; Daniel Stevens, viola; Sophie Wang, piano; Jenna Kelin, piano. Dr. Scibelli with colleagues from the Music Department present music by American composers. This concert is connected to her research that wants to extend violin repertoire while celebrating beautiful collaborations with talented colleagues.