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This evening of live music is sure to open a blossom of spring joy for all viewers. The Woodwind Choir, Brass Choir, and Jazz Ensemble will perform a wide variety of works from many genres. Performance can be viewed on our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/musicatmercer/.

We are closing out the season with a powerful night of music. Featured musicians are Joyce Yang, piano; Ara Gregorian, violin and viola; Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Clive Greensmith, cello; and McDuffie Center Young Artists. The Fabian Concert Series continues bringing great chamber music, collaboration, education, and outreach to Mercer and Macon. Over the course…

Mercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies will award the 2021 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature to novelist, essayist and poet Barbara Kingsolver. The prize will be presented April 17 at 1 p.m. in a livestreamed ceremony at kingcenter.mercer.edu. Kingsolver was born in 1955 and grew up in rural Kentucky. She…

The Last Sorcerer  is an operetta from 1867 composed by opera star and composer Pauline Viardot, recently rediscovered and made available for performance. Deep in the forest, fairies play tricks on the old sorcerer in his decaying palace in an effort to dislodge him from their woodland home. The opera incorporates magic, love, and comedy in…

The Last Sorcerer  is an operetta from 1867 composed by opera star and composer Pauline Viardot, recently rediscovered and made available for performance. Deep in the forest, fairies play tricks on the old sorcerer in his decaying palace in an effort to dislodge him from their woodland home. The opera incorporates magic, love, and comedy in…

The Trial of Susan B. Anthony is a new opera with tremendous impact on many levels.  The famous suffragette was arrested in 1872 for attempting to vote, and the text of this opera was taken directly from her trial. Set as a tour de force for one singer, Steven Mark Kohn’s rich, gorgeous music of our time…

A multimedia, creative outdoor spectacular that includes giant puppets, pyrotechnics, and more on Cruz Plaza. The Phoenix Project is inspired by the societal upheaval of 2020 to ask what innovations and creativity will rise from the ashes, much like the mythical bird of its title. This is an original work generated collaboratively by Mercer Theatre…