Delta Music Institute

We’re happy to report that the B. B. King concert tonight at the Bologna Performing Arts Center is SOLD OUT! That means that this blog will cover the event and give you all the inside scoop after the fact… The King of the Blues, born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, will turn 85 this [...]

Pictured, L to R: Joanna Sabine, DMI Director Tricia Walker, Katie Gibson Delta State University students Katie Gibson of Summerdale, Ala., and Joanna Sabine of Columbia, were invited to participate as production assistants for the 4th Annual Mississippi Grammy™ Legacy Celebration recently held at the Hard Rock Live! venue in Biloxi. Gibson and Sabine are [...]

Michael Mattox, Delta State student from Madison, Mississippi, recently contributed his long beautiful mane to the Locks of Love program for cancer survivors. Everyone at the Delta Music Institute (DMI) likes the new look, Michael!

Cole Furlow, Delta State graduate of the Delta Music Institute, is releasing his first full length release, “End of Days, Why Not You?” from his project DEAD GAZE. Copies will be available to purchase from Mirroruniversetapes.blogspot.com on March 16. Congratulations, Cole!

The Grammy U chapter of Delta State and the Delta Music Institute will host a student songwriter’s night on Thursday, March 4 at 7:00 pm at Hey, Joe’s in downtown Cleveland, MS. Writers performing on the showcase include Content Despair, Phillip Carter, Jordan Smith, Kristen Brassel, Stephen Chew, Aaron Taylor, Jeremiah Matthews, Joanna Sabine, Eric [...]

Award winning singer-songwriters George Jackson, Troy Jones and Patti Ryan will be the featured songwriters during the live broadcast of Thacker Mountain Radio as part of the Delta Music Institute (DMI) Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, March 6 at 3 p.m. in Studio A of the DMI in the historic Whitfield Building on the Delta State [...]

Friends and students are mourning the loss of a beloved music instructor in Winona. Patti Finley, 50, died Thursday at a Memphis hospital. Finley, an elementary school music teacher, was with the Winona Show Choir on Feb. 2, when the group recorded “Rise Above” at the Delta Music Institute at Delta State University. The choir [...]