Delta Music Institute

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 [...]

P. Diddy’s Starmaker winner, Liz Davis, performs during 2005 Homecoming festivities at Delta State Mississippi native and former Delta State University student Liz Davis was crowned the winner of P. Diddy’s Starmaker during Sunday night’s finale broadcast of the MTV reality competition series. The 21 year-old claimed the show’s grand prize of a record deal [...]

DMI Director Tricia Walker has been selected as a video showcase artist for the 2009 Performing Arts Exchange in Norfolk, VA. Tricia’s five-minute video showcasing her “Heart of Dixie” show was selected by a jury of the Southern Arts Federation, and will be featured throughout the hotel during the PAE conference in September. Congrats, Tricia!

As a part of Delta State University’s Delta Music Institute grand opening weekend, an official ribbon cutting ceremony was held Sunday, March 9, at the front of the Whitfield Building on the campus. Pictured are, from left, Malcolm White, executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission, Hartley Peavey, founder and CEO of Meridian-based Peavey Electronics [...]