Members of the Belhaven Chamber Strings will be eligible to audition for the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra . The role of the Belhaven Chamber Strings is to be a flagship performing ensemble, making concert appearances in its own right, and in collaboration with other Belhaven choral and instrumental ensembles. The Belhaven Chamber Strings will represent the College extensively through performances on the campus and in the community. Literature will include works for soloists, duets, quartets, piano trios, and the entire string ensemble. Because Belhaven Chamber Strings will represent the College in a significant way, scholarship recipients must be supportive of the College Mission .
Priority is given to students who live on campus.
Conductor Song Xie , an accomplished instructor of violin and viola, is a native of China, where he studied at the Guangxi Institute of Arts and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. There he was distinguished as first violinist of the Institute Quartet and concertmaster of the Institute Orchestra. He earned his master's degree in violin performance from Louisiana State University. Currently principal second violinist with the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra , Mr. Song won the National Violin Competition in China in 1984 and won the Louisiana State University Violin Concerto Competition in both 1991 and 1993. Click here for information about the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra .