Music

Oxford Civic Chorus

Website: http://www.oxfordcivicchorus.org/

• Local musicians audition to join the chorus
• Puts on a series of concerts each year
• Patriotic, popular, spiritual, stage, screen, and folk songs
• Has performed with the Memphis Symphony and Jackson Symphony

Music in the Hall

Website: http://musicinthehall.com/

• Grass roots music series
• Also a documentary project
• Can view videos online

Lafayette-Oxford-University Symphony Orchestra

Website: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/music/ensembles/orchestra.html

• Students, faculty, and staff from the University of Mississippi
• Concerts are given at the Gertrude Ford Center For Performing Arts

University of Mississippi Choirs

Website: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/music/choral/index.html

• Includes Concert Singers, Women’s Glee, Men’s Glee, Women’s Ensemble and University Chorus
• Performances are given at the Ford Center for Performing Arts, David H. Nutt Auditorium, North Oxford Baptist Church, and Paris-Yates Chapel

Ole Miss Opera Theatre

Website: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/opera/

• Fully staged opera productions
• Fall and spring performances

University of Mississippi Jazz Ensembles

Website: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/music/ensembles/jazz_band.html

• Includes The Mississippians and The Collegians
• At the University of Mississippi
• Perform standard big band and contemporary repertoire

Mississippi Early Music Ensemble

Website: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/music/ensembles/meme.html

• Performances are given at the Nutt Auditorium on University of Mississippi campus

The Blues Archive at the University of Mississippi

Website: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/blues/

• Open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• One of the largest collections of blues recordings, publications, and memorabilia in the world
• Sound recordings, photographs, videos, and printed publications
• Third floor of the J.D. Williams Library

Thacker Mountain Radio

Website: http://thackermountain.com/

• Recorded in spring and fall
• At Square Books in Oxford
• Showcases prominent writers and local musicians