DeSoto County

The DeSoto Arts Council is the sponsoring organization for DYT, Kudzu and the DeSoto Youth Symphony. In order to develop and promote the arts in DeSoto County, the council also makes annual grants to DeSoto public schools to support the arts in education. For information about DeSoto County performing arts groups, call the following numbers: DeSoto Youth Theatre,890-4346. Kudzu Players, 429-4439. DeSoto Youth Symphony, 851-3992. Memphis / Shelby County

Opportunities to experience and participate in the performing arts abound for Mid-South residents throughout the year. Just a sampling of what's available is listed below.

DANCE

Classical Ballet Memphis-Germantown • 757-7256

Summer Spectacular at GPAC, July 27

Dance Works, Inc. 333-5174

16th Annual Open House Performance, May 16

Informances, July 18-19, Aug. 1-2

Performance at Dance Works, July 17-18/31, Aug. 2

Memphis Dance Group • 537-1483

Performance at Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center, May 23-24

Take Flight: A Journey into Dance, July 7-11

MUSIC

Bartlett Community Theatre • 543-5765

Lil' Abner, TBA

Bartlett Performing Arts & Conference Center • 385-6440

Lonesome River Band, May 3

Beethoven Club • 274-2504

International Beethoven Sonata Competition, May 16-18

The Blues Foundation, 527-2583

W.C. Handy Awards, May 22

W.C. Handy Awards Blues Festival, May 23

W.C. Handy Children's Festival, May 24

Cultural Development Foundation of Memphis • 323-7522

Ballet Hispanico at Cannon Center, May 1

Germantown Chorus • 757-5063

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Apr. 25 - May 4

Concert at St. George's Episcopal Church, May 16

Germantown Symphony Orchestra • 757-7256

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown w/Germantown Chorus at GPAC, Apr. 25 - May 4

Lindenwood Concerts • 458-1652

The Sweetest Sounds– A Centennial Concert Featuring the Music of Richard Rodgers, May 23

Memphis Chamber Music Society • 758-0150

Romance in Three Languages, May 4

Memphis Symphony Orchestra • 324-3627

Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with Memphis Symphony Chorus, May 3

Peter Nero- Conductor and pianist, May 10

Symphony in the Gardens at Dixon Gallery and Gardens, May 17

Sunset Symphony, May 25

Memphis Vocal Arts Ensemble • 683-6774

Soaring Moments in Grand Opera, May 16-18

Rhodes College Department of Music • 843-3775

Rhodes Orchestra and Ensembles, Apr. 28

Rhodes Concert: Greatest Choral Moments in Opera at Buckman Performing and Fine Arts Center, May 4

University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music • 678-3766

U of M Camerata Singers, Apr. 29

Voices of the South • 323-0128

Place of Enchantment at Buckman Performing Arts Center, May 29-31/June 1

Mississippi Stories at Buckman Performing Arts Center, June 13-15

Wolf River Singers • 758-8634

Cabaret/Pops Concert, May 31 - June 1

WEVL FM90 • 528-0560

Summer Concert, TBA

15th Annual Blues on the Bluff, part 1, July 19

15th Annual Blues on the Bluff, part 2, Aug. 23

THEATRE

Bartlett Performing Arts & Conference Center • 385-6440

John Maxwell – Mr. Faulkne Can You Write?, May 17

Circuit Playhouse • 726-4656

Fully Committed, Apr. 18 - May 25

Copenhagen, June 6 - July 12

DeSoto Youth Theatre • 662-429-0105

Several summer theater camps pending, call for information.

Germantown Community Theatre • 754-2680

Noel and Gertie, May 30-June 15

Harrell Performing Arts Theatre • 853-3228

Godspell, July 11-27

The Orpheum Theatre • 525-300

Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk, Apr. 22-27

The Full Monty, May 27 - June 1

Evita, Aug. 5-10

Playhouse on the Square • 726-4656

The Dinner Party, Apr. 1-19

Ragtime, May 2-June 8

Bat Boy, June 20 - July 27

Sylvia at TheatreWorks, July 11 - Aug. 3

Playwrights’ Forum • 725-2040

Tommy Pine's Greatest Hits at TheatreWorks, June 19-July 5

Theatre Memphis • 682-8323

The Fantasticks, May 2-18

Morning's at Seven, June 13 - 29

Theatreworks • 274-7139

Here & Now, May 30-June 6

Out Tonight 2, June 14-15

Call these organizations for additional event information not listed here

Buckman Performing Arts Center • 537-1483

Cannon Center • 576-1203

Cultural Development Foundation of Memphis • 323-7522

Germantown Performing Arts Center • 757-7256

DeSoto Center • (662) 470-2131

Memphis Arts Council • 578-2787

The following organizations are in off-season hiatus and will return with new offerings in the fall:

Ballet Memphis • 737-7322

Calvary and the Arts • 525-6602

Center for Southern Folklore • 525-3655

Concerts International • 527-3067

Kudzu Players • (662) 429-4439

Memphis Black Arts Alliance's FireHouse Community Arts Academy • 948-9936

Greater Memphis Music Teachers Association • 678-3784

Opera Memphis • 257-3100

Rhodes College McCoy Theatre • 843-3839

River City Concert Band • 678-2263

University of Memphis Theatre and Dance • 678-3184

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