I attended a great new program at the Mississippi Museum of Art last night known as Music In The City.  It is a series of free concerts one Tuesday a month at St. Andrew's Cathedral and the Mississippi Museum of Art.  Last night was a cheerful evening of Chamber Music for violin and piano featuring Marta and Danuta Szlubowska.  Marta, a native of Warsaw, Poland is the Concertmaster of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and Danuta is her mother, both teach music at Millsaps College as well.  The event was held in the Trustmark Grand Hall at MMA and the program consisted of the Sonatina in G Major, Op. 100 by Antonin Dvorak, Mediation from "Thais" by Jules Massenet and concluded with a rousing Zigeunerweisen (Gipsy Airs) Op. 20 by Pable de Sarasate.  This piece brought back a recent memory of Marta's performance at Bravo Two, when MSO took on Astor Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires with great flare and success!  This Music In The City program was delightfully conceived by John Paul and finely delivered by the Szlubowska women. 

The next performance will be Tuesday, January 13, 2008 at MMA featuring John Paul and Sibyl Child visiting songs of Claude Debussy.  For more information call the Museum at 601 354-1535 or go online at www.msmuseumart.org

Sophia's Restaurant at the Fairview Inn furnished lite snacks that were tasty and seasonal. MAC Commissioner David Trigiani and I were partial to the holiday cheese straws that came with a nice zing and a nutty sesame flavor.  

It was a wonderful way to spend a Tuesday evening in the fading light of winter's sunset and support the vast artful offering of our capital city.  

Bravo!