Delta Music Institute

Award winning singer-songwriters George Jackson, Troy Jones and Patti Ryan will be the featured songwriters during the live broadcast of Thacker Mountain Radio as part of the Delta Music Institute (DMI) Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, March 6 at 3 p.m. in Studio A of the DMI in the historic Whitfield Building on the Delta State [...]

The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC), Mississippi Humanities Council, SonEdna Foundation, Inc., Delta Music Institute, and Delta State University, in celebration of the “Year of the Arts” at Delta State University, will partner to host the Mississippi Writers Roundtable for literary artists on Saturday, March 6, 2010. The convening of writers will be held from 10 [...]

Friends and students are mourning the loss of a beloved music instructor in Winona. Patti Finley, 50, died Thursday at a Memphis hospital. Finley, an elementary school music teacher, was with the Winona Show Choir on Feb. 2, when the group recorded “Rise Above” at the Delta Music Institute at Delta State University. The choir [...]

The Winona Show Choir from Winona, Mississippi, performs “Rise Above” during a recording session in Studio A at Delta Music Institute, Delta State University. The children are from the Winona Public School District. The song was written by the program director Patti Corley (DSU ’82). The choir is competing for a spot as a Kennedy [...]

The Delta State University’s Delta Music Institute will present Dr. Mark Snyder in a faculty recital on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Bologna Performing Arts Center. Snyder will perform his own works on tuba, clarinet and accordion. All of the compositions have video, electronics and live processing and [...]

DMI’s Grammy U chapter traveled to Memphis Sunday night for a viewing party to watch the 2010 Grammy Awards with other members of the Memphis Chapter of the Recording Academy. Great music, great food, a great time was had by all! The party was hosted by the Hard Rock Cafe on Beale St. Rock on!