Merrie K. Christmas Teaches Master Classes to Dance Students

Merrie K. Christmas, a certified teacher and performer of the Isadora Dance Institute, recently resided at Mississippi School of the Arts to set Brahms Waltzes and teach master classes to junior andRead More…

Keara Jones Receives 2017 Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Award

Class of 2016 alumna, Keara Jones, is a recipient of the 2017 Coca-Cola Scholarship and a new Coca Cola First Generation Scholar. She is one from a select list of students from around the countryRead More…

Mississippi Museum of Art Showcases MSA on Modern Mississippi

MSA Executive Director, Suzanne Hirsch, sat down with media content creators back in August 2016 for Mapping a Modern Mississippi at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Hirsch was given the opportunity to talk about lifeRead More…

MSA Students Provide a Christmas for Local Children’s Home

The Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) has many student-led clubs and activities on campus fueled by the wants and needs of the students. For the past five years, students have heldRead More…

MSA Brings Home Awards from Theatre DramaFest 2016

While prospective parents and students from all over Mississippi were visiting Mississippi School of the Arts for Experience MSA Day, several students from our school’s Department of Theatre were in Hattiesburg theRead More…

Christian Brumfield Wins Second at Tri-State Vocal Competition

Over the course of three days, vocal students from high schools and colleges in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas gathered at the Southern Regional NATS conference for the annual vocal competition. Four studentsRead More…

Kelly Walters Featured in Publication, Receives 2017 Art Educator Award

Recently, Kelly Walters, a visual arts instructor in the Department of Visual Arts at Mississippi School of the Arts, was featured in several pages of the Brookhaven Magazine, a local publication. Mississippi SchoolRead More…

Beta Club Collects Cranberry Sauce for Thanksgiving

In cooperation with First United Methodist Church in Brookhaven, Mississippi, the Mississippi School of the Arts Beta Club initiated a campus drive for cranberry sauce and other canned goods for a community-wideRead More…

Students Utilize Moodle for Senior Seminar Class

Mississippi School of the Arts technology department has launched a new tool this year to aid in senior seminar class. Moodle, an open source learning management system, is being used to conductRead More…

MSA Featured on Arts Hour at Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Executive Director Suzanne Hirsch, along with Coordinator for School Advancement Jennifer Jackson, received an opportunity to tout Mississippi School of the Arts in front of a state-wide audience. Turry Fluker, Arts Industry Director atRead More…

Mississippi College Joins MSA Students in Vocal Music Workshop

Mississippi School of the Arts recently welcomed the Mississippi College (MC) Department of Music to the campus. During the course of the afternoon, Dr. Mark Nabholz (director of choral activities at MC)Read More…

College Representatives Review Visual Art Portfolios

On October 20th, 2016, colleges and universities, once again, gathered at Mississippi School of the Arts to review current students’ visual art portfolios of seniors and juniors. Institutions such as University of SouthernRead More…

MSA Graduate Creates Scholarship in Honor of Host Parents

Victor Terry, a 2009 graduate of the Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) in Vocal Performance, has created the David and Jackie Martin Scholarship for students of color with hardship needs. TerryRead More…

Beta Club Collects Books for Children’s Literacy Program

The Beta Club at Mississippi School of the Arts recently initiated a Children’s Book Drive on campus. Club members set up a location to collect children’s books for the Karen Sullivan Literacy in Education BookRead More…

MSA Dance Performs at Carey Dance Leader Alliance Concert

A new organization has emerged for dance artists, originating at the campus of William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. On September 9th, Dance students from the Mississippi School of the Arts had theRead More…

Shelburne Leads Discussion Panel at “Film Haven” Film Festival

Students from Mississippi School of the Arts had the opportunity to be a part of the audience at Brookhaven’s first-ever film festival, “Film Haven”. The event, hosted by Running Wild Films andRead More…

Elise McMurry Debuts in Independent Motion Picture

Elise was not only a singer during her studies at Mississippi School of the Arts, the staff and student body soon found out she could act, too. Elise, a former MSA vocal studentRead More…

MSA Students Experience Film Life “On Set”

Porches and Private Eyes has finally hit the hometown of Brookhaven, Mississippi. With the premiere showing Saturday, September 3rd, 2016 and again at the first-ever Film Haven Film Festival on September 10th, the independent film hasRead More…

Kelly Walters Shares Her Story – Mapping a Modern Mississippi

Kelly Walters, a visual arts instructor at Mississippi School of the Arts, recently interviewed for the Mississippi Museum of Art’s Mapping a Modern Mississippi Initiative. Modern Mississippi aims to showcase the arts around ourRead More…

OVER $8.5 MILLION DOLLARS: Class of 2016 Sets Milestone

The Class of 2016 has set a remarkable milestone as the recipients of over $8.5 million dollars worth of scholarships and financial aid from universities stretching from Hawaii to the west, to NewRead More…

“Red’s Untold Tale” – Artist’s Portfolio Lands on Novel Cover

Most of the 2015-2016 visual artists and showcase guests at Mississippi School of the Arts remember the red cloak on display in Enoch’s Art Gallery for the senior portfolio showcase, as well as the VernonRead More…

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