{"id":152430,"date":"2025-10-07T15:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=152430"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:10:11","slug":"golden-hour-concert-series-debuts-with-jiwon-lee-in-an-intimate-garden-party-setting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/golden-hour-concert-series-debuts-with-jiwon-lee-in-an-intimate-garden-party-setting\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Hour Concert Series Debuts with Jiwon Lee in an Intimate Garden Party Setting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/19vfnfbgPy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Golden Hour Concert Series<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0launches with a captivating evening of contemporary music featuring violinist\u00a0<strong>Jiwon Lee<\/strong>\u00a0and a quartet, set in the intimate basement space of\u00a0<strong>Tom Beckbe<\/strong>\u00a0on the <strong>Oxford Square<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by the worldwide success of candlelit concert experiences, Golden Hour transforms nontraditional spaces into pop-up performance venues illuminated by the warm glow of LED candles. Each concert invites audiences to discover the magic of live music up close \u2014 in unique and unexpected settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The debut event embraces a&nbsp;garden party theme, welcoming guests into a relaxed yet elegant atmosphere where world-class musicianship meets community connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Event Details:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>What:<\/strong>\u00a0Golden Hour Concert Series featuring Jiwon Lee &amp; Quartet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0Sunday, October 12 at 6:30 pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Tom Beckbe, 120 Courthouse Square, Oxford, MS (Basement Space)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Theme:<\/strong>\u00a0Garden Party \u2013 Contemporary music in an intimate, candlelit setting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tickets:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>$20 per person<\/strong>, available now at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordarts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.oxfordarts.com<\/a>\u00a0through the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGolden Hour is designed to reimagine how we experience live music \u2014 by creating an atmosphere that feels personal, enchanting, and unforgettable,\u201d said&nbsp;<strong>Jiwon Lee<\/strong>. \u201cIt\u2019s about transforming spaces and sharing music in ways that bring people together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee worked with the&nbsp;<strong>Lafayette Oxford Foundation for Tomorrow (LOFT)<\/strong>&nbsp;to secure a grant from the&nbsp;<strong>Mississippi Arts Commission<\/strong>&nbsp;to launch the project. \u201cI was able to call on community partners including the Arts Council and LOFT to see the benefits of this project. While it adds to the artistic and cultural landscape of the community, it also activates spaces, creates employment opportunities for highly trained artists, and increases access to the arts,\u201d added Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosting the concerts in intimate spaces creates a new kind of experience where attendees feel part of the music, able to see the artists up close, and free of the barriers often created in a full-scale theatre setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Golden Hour Concert Series<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Golden Hour Concert Series brings contemporary classical and chamber music into Oxford\u2019s most distinctive and intimate spaces. By transforming familiar venues into candlelit stages, the series offers audiences a chance to experience music in a setting that feels both magical and accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Golden Hour Concert Series\u00a0launches with a captivating evening of contemporary music featuring violinist\u00a0Jiwon Lee\u00a0and a quartet, set in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":152431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7887],"tags":[32759,15671,5,642,4,9186,3,753,32760,32761],"class_list":["post-152430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-music","tag-golden-hour-concert-series","tag-jiwon-lee","tag-mississippi","tag-ms","tag-oxford","tag-quartet","tag-the-local-voice","tag-tlv","tag-tom-beckbe","tag-violinist"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/golden-hour-scaled.png?fit=2048%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152432,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152430\/revisions\/152432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}