Shakespeare Festival continues with ‘The Sound Of Music’
OXFORD TOWN – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s enduring musical, “The Sound of Music,” opens June 28 as part of the 2012 Oxford Shakespeare Festival. Turn to Page 7 in Oxford Town No. 985 to read more about the classic musical and be sure to check out Page 4 in the same issue to see what other plays — Shakespeare or not — the L-O-U community can look forward to this weekend and next week as the 2012 Oxford Shakespeare Festival rolls on. “All’s Well That Ends Well” (pictured here) is also playing this week (June 30) at the Ford Center’s Studio Theater at 2 p.m. (June 28, 2012, Page 7, 12)
The Glenn Miller Orchestra returns to the Ford Center
OXFORD TOWN – The Glenn Miller Orchestra returns to the University of Mississippi’s Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, May 27, at 3 p.m. Page 7 in Oxford Town No. 980 has complete details about the legendary orchestra and its return to Oxford this Sunday after church. (May 24, 2012, Page 7)
Pride of the South Band hosts fundraising concert at the Ford Center
OXFORD TOWN – The Pride of the South Marching Band featuring the UM Wind Ensemble is hosting a concert fundraiser on April 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ford Center. Admission is free but donations will be accepted as this is a major fundraiser for the hardest working band in the south. Page 8 in Oxford Town No. 975 has more information about the hardest working band in the SEC. (April 19, 2012, Page 8)
Gertrude Ford Center wraps up its season tonight with Bach’s “Mass in B Minor”
OXFORD TOWN – The University of Mississippi Concert Singers with orchestra and soloists will perform “Mass in B Minor” by Johann Sebastian Bach conducted by Donald Trott (pictured here), director of choral activities, at the Gertrude Ford Center tonight (March 
at 7. Turn to Page 7 in Oxford Town No. 969 to see what’s in store at the Ford Center tonight as it wraps up its 2011-12 programming. (March 8, 2012, Page 7)
Vienna Boys Choir set for Ford Center Friday, March 2
OXFORD TOWN – The ultimate polished ensemble of children’s voices – the Vienna Boys Choir (on the OT cover this week) – is set to perform this Friday (March 2) at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi. Turn to Page 5 in this week’s issue of Oxford Town (No. 968) for complete details. (March 1, 2012, Page 5)
Bruce Levingston returns to Ole Miss for a night of classical elegance
OXFORD TOWN – Acclaimed pianist and Mississippi native Bruce Levingston returns to the University of Mississippi this week for a concert at Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts tonight (Thursday, Feb. 2). The concert, set for 7, also features renowned violinist Colin Jacobsen and the Brooklyn Rider String Quartet. Page 8 in this week’s issue of Oxford Town has complete details. (February 2, 2012, Page 8)
Westminster Choir set for Ford Center
OXFORD TOWN – The Westminster Choir will present a concert entitled “Light of a Clear Blue Morning: Sound and Memory” on Saturday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. The concert is free and open to the public. Turn to Page 5 in this week’s issue of Oxford Town for complete details about the choir and its rare, free performance headed to the Ford Center. (January 5, 2012, Page 5)
Ford Center rings in the holiday season
OXFORD TOWN – “Sounds of the Season” rolls in and warms Oxford on Dec. 11 at the Ford Center as the Emmy Award-winning actress, Doris Roberts (pictured on the OT cover this week), and the reigning Miss America, Teresa Scanlan (pictured here), collaborate with the Tupelo Symphony Orchestra and others to ring in the holiday season. The Sunday afternoon shows begins at 3. Page 9 in this week’s issue of Oxford Town has complete details. (December 8, 2011, Page 9)
‘South Pacific’ roars into Gertrude Ford Center
OXFORD TOWN – The timeless musical, “South Pacific,” features music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and is headed to the Ford Center tonight (Nov. 17) at 7. Page 8 in this week’s issue of Oxford Town has details about the classic musical set in World War II. (November 17, 2011, Page 8)
‘Rent’ screams its way into the Ford Center
OXFORD TOWN – Ole Miss Theatre presents the broadway hit musical, “RENT, ” tonight (Thursday, Nov. 11) and Friday (Nov. 12) at 7:30 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts on the University of Mississippi campus. The audience is invited to join the cast and crew for an opening night reception immediately following the performance on Thursday. Page 5 in this week’s issue of Oxford Town has complete details. (November 10, 2011, Page 5)
