Delta Music Institute

Inspiration visited Delta State University’s Delta Music Institute (DMI) on Tuesday, Jan. 26, in the form of the Winona School District Show Choir. Approximately 135 choir members in grades four through 12 gathered in Studio A of the DMI to record a song to be entered in the Kennedy Center School of Distinction in Arts [...]

Ol’ Skool Revue, R&B/Soul/Funk/Blues band from the Delta Music Institute at Delta State University, represented the Crossroads Blues Society of Rosedale with a blues set during the Youth Challenge showcase at the 26th International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN. The band performed at the historic New Daisy Theatre on Beale Street…..congratulations to the band and [...]

As part of Delta State’s Year of the Arts: Crossroads of Creativity celebration, DMI Director Tricia Walker submitted the following letter to the Editor to area news publications last week…enjoy! WE’RE ROLLING Moving forward in the Year of the Arts “We’re rolling….” Traditionally, these are the words a recording engineer utters when he’s about to [...]

http://www.mpbonline.org/news/story/marty-stuarts-sparkling-obsession Great piece from reporter Ron Brown on Mississippi Public Broadcasting…enjoy!

Ol’ Skool Revue, the Delta Music Institute’s (DMI) Blues/R&B/Soul/Funk band, has been selected to perform at the 2010 International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, January 20-23, 2010. Ol’ Skool Revue will represent DMI and Delta State University in the Youth Challenge (IBC) during this 26th year of the International Blues Challenge. The band, made up [...]

DMI Director Tricia Walker, along with several friends of DMI, performed last month at the 20th Annual Evening in December concert, benefitting Daystar Ministries of Nashville, TN. Women in the Round singer/songwriters Tricia Walker, Ashley Cleveland, Karen Staley, and Pam Tillis originated the event in 1989. Master of ceremonies for the event was writer/artist Buddy [...]