On September 24, 1947, approximately fifty citizens of Morgan City met to organize the Morgan City Municipal Concert Association. The goal was to bring world-class live entertainment to the community. The Association was officially incorporated on August 17, 1950, and was renamed the Morgan City Community Concert Association on January 12, 1987. The first officers were President Mrs. P.R. Norman, Vice President Mr. John Pharr, and Treasurer Mr. Eldred Naquin. The board has consisted of 6 to 24 members over the years.

Forty Two years ago a small idea of Jo Nevins and family was discussed with Sherry Peterson Foster, Debbie Haynes Jenke, Nell Franklin and Miriam Young. This idea has grown into a community dream come true. There were just a handful of patrons then; we now have 390 patrons, Endowment contributors, Benefactors, Sponsors and 325 members of the Livingston Community Concert Association, Inc. They are making a tremendous impact on the community with outstanding musical talent and musical education for both adults and students.

The mission of McKinney Community Concerts is to offer everyone in the area an opportunity to experience the magic of first-class live performances from around the world at an affordable cost

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In 1933, soon after the Harlingen Municipal Auditorium was built, the Rio Grande Valley Civic Music Association formed to bring top-notch entertainment to the area. The roster of performers who have graced the stage of the Harlingen Municipal Auditorium over the decades reads like a who’s who of international and American stars. Paul Robeson, the Von Trapp Family Singers, Mitch Miller, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and Guy Lombardo are among the more familiar names. In January 1941, the famous pianist, composer, and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff performed. “America’s Foremost Tenor” boasts the program for Jan Peerce’s 1945 appearance. The yellowing playbill for violin virtuoso Heiftez waxes eloquent on his favorite instruments, a 1731 Stradivarius and a 1742 Guarnerius, which accompanied him on all of his concert tours. There have been ballet and dance troupes, big bands and orchestras, choral groups, vocalists, pianists, folksingers, brass, jazz, and string ensembles, banjo quartets, harpists, harmonica virtuosos, and much, much more