The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, from 1944 to 1989 the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, is the oldest Symphony Orchestra in the State of Mississippi.Westley F. Busbee, Jr Mississippi: A History - 2014 - Page 250 "Beginning in Jackson in 1944, symphony orchestras were ... Forty-five years after its small beginning following a concert at Belhaven College, the Jackson Symphony Orchestra in 1989 became the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, .

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