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The Mississippi Academy of Ancient Music presents The Rose Ensemble “Slavic Holiday – An evening of hymns and folklore from early Bohemia, Poland & Russia.” Sat., November 6, 7:30 p.m. St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 5400 Old Canton Road (corner Westbrook, opposite the Synagogue) Jackson, MS., Tickets: $15 ($7 for students). Read more about the concert here.

For further information call 601-852-4848 (nights) or 601-540-4319, or [e-mail missing]

The daring and inventive vocal group from Minnesota, The Rose Ensemble, will present a concert of rarely heard gems from 12th-17th-century Moscow, Prague and Krakow. Highlighted by ancient legends of heroes and saints from Eastern Europe, this powerful repertoire, much of which is newly researched and has only recently been performed in the United States, includes Czech chant and polyphony, 12-part Russian Orthodox hymns and motets for double choir from Renaissance Poland.

www.roseensemble.org
www.revolvingpaintdream.com/ancientmusic

What the critics say about The Rose Ensemble’s performances of early Slavic repertoire:

“This group deserves to be known beyond the narrow boundaries of its home.” -Goldberg Magazine(Spain)

“Variety was the watchword…a tremendous diversity of timbres and textures. The group is cohesive and expressive… switching between languages on a dime.”

-Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

“an almost supernatural blend of voices, beauty of tone, and rhythmic acuity. ” -Early Music America Magazine

“A hypnotizing spell … stunning technique….All went home amazed…one musical blossom after another, each one startlingly fresh and vocally brilliant. For this, the responsive audience applauded and stood, whistled and whooped—all for 500-year-old music sung in Russian”

– Duluth News-Tribune

Join us for an evening of unusual music and fine singing.

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.