(JACKSON, Miss.) – Cellist Patrice Jackson will perform Haydn Cello Concerto with the Jackson State University Chamber Orchestra at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 7, at F.D. Hall Music Center.
Jackson, a St. Louis native, got early music lessons from her parents who are both Jackson State University graduates. She began piano lessons with her mother at age 3 and cello lessons with her father at age 8. At 13, she made her debut with the Belleville Philharmonic Orchestra, performing the Elgar Cello Concerto.
Young musicians from both Jackson State and Jackson Public Schools’ Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex will perform a master class for Jackson at noon, Wednesday, March 6, at F.D. Hall Music Center.
Both events are free and open to the public.
Jackson has performed with the Atlanta, Detroit, Dallas, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Omaha, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Grand Rapids, Nashville, Hartford, Chautauqua, Colorado and Mississippi Symphonies, as well as with the Philadelphia Orchestra. She also made her international orchestral and recital debuts in South Africa in 2002. Highlights of the 2010-2011 season included performances with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Sinfonietta.
Jackson has won numerous competitions and awards throughout her career, including the Alton Symphony Orchestra/Merie Stillwell Solo Competition, University City Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, Laclede String Quartet Solo Competition, and Laclede String Quartet Chamber Music Competition. She has spent several summers studying chamber and solo repertoire at the prestigious Quartet Program, the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, and at the Banff Center for the Arts.
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