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Recitals are held in the Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College Street, at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served. Doors open 30 minutes beforehand.

Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Victoria Chiang, viola; Clive Greensmith, cello; & Leo Singer, cello We say "Au Revoir" to our 15th season with the musical postcard Souvenir de Florence by the great Russian Pytor Tchaikovsky and the extraordinary quartet of Arensky. Returning to Macon, guest cellist Clive Greensmith will be joining the Center's own violist…

Dr. Marcus Reddick, conductor Come and hear traditional and non-traditional percussion music performed by the percussion ensemble and BEAR Steel! This performance will take place in Neva Langley Fickling Hall in the McCorkle Music Building on Mercer's Macon Campus. If unable to attend this performance it will be live streamed on Facebook.

The final concert in the inaugural Fabian Center for Musical Excellence features Robert Blocker, pianist and the Henry and Lucy Moses Dean of Music and Professor of Piano at the Yale School of Music. An internationally acclaimed concert pianist, Blocker performs throughout the world, appearing in recital and in chamber music and orchestral settings. Described…

Martha Malone, soprano Timothy McReynolds, collaborative piano We're celebrating life, from the glorious to the absurd. In this program Tom Lehrer may rub elbows with Rodgers & Hammerstein; Johnny Mercer or Stephen Sondheim might make an appearance; Aaron Copland and Johann Strauss might show up for the party...and you're invited! This performance will take place in Neva…

Recitals are held in the Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College Street, at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served. Doors open 30 minutes beforehand.

Dr. Douglas Hill, conductor  Dr. Nathan Gay, conductor  Chuck Herron, conductor  This evening of "soaring" special music will feature two of Middle Georgia's fine concert bands in a "bearish" presentation of wind music selected from the realm of classical band literature as well as 21st century works. Special guests: Northside High School, Chuck Herron, conductor. Thompson Middle School,…

This performance will take place in Neva Langley Fickling Hall in the McCorkle Music Building on Mercer's Macon Campus. If unable to attend this performance it will be live streamed on Facebook.

Get a free copy of the Mercer literary magazine, The Dulcimer, at the 55th edition release party at the McEachern Center for the Arts! The event will be catered.

Dr. Monty Cole, conductor Closing the season with a concert featuring works by Miles Davis, Marcus Miller, and Chick Corea. This performance will take place in Neva Langley Fickling Hall in the McCorkle Music Building on Mercer's Macon Campus. If unable to attend this performance it will be live streamed on Facebook.

Mercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies will award the 2022 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature to renowned poet, professor and author Nikky Finney. The prize will be presented April 23 at 1 p.m. in the Presidents Dining Room inside the University Center on the Macon campus. “Words come and go.…

I believe that identity is a fluid that flows between diversity and uniqueness. It changes and adapts depending on the events and context. For its unpredictable and changing nature, the “character piece” is one of the composers' favorite devices for finding, embracing, transforming, or hiding their identity through music. This program proposes some of these…

Dr. Stanley L. Roberts, conductor  Final choral concert of the year featuring Mercer Women's Chamber Choir. This performance will take place in Neva Langley Fickling Hall in the McCorkle Music Building on Mercer's Macon Campus. If unable to attend this performance it will be live streamed on Facebook.

Ward Stare, conductor The season concludes with the winner of the Townsend School of Music Concerto competition, along with Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 and Macon hip-hop artist, Bob Lennon. Written just after losing his hearing, Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 was composed during one of the most depressed times of his life, but Beethoven shows little…

Sams Distinguished Writer in Residence Rose McLarney, the Enflish Department, and Creative Writing at Mercer present a free reading by student poets in the Sams Writing Workshop (April 26, 7 p.m.) in the President's Dining Room of the University Center. Rose McLarney's poetry collections are Forage and Its Day Being Gone, from Penguin Poets, and…

Dr. Monty Cole, conductor The students of the Mercer Jazz Combo continue their exploration of the music of great American Jazz Artists. Join us for an evening of Grover Washington Jr., Spyro Gyra, and Joseph Zawinul. This performance will take place in Neva Langley Fickling Hall in the McCorkle Music Building on Mercer's Macon Campus.…

Kelly Via, conductor Join the Mercer Flute Choir as they perform an exhilarating musical contribution to the sounds of spring! This performance will take place in Neva Langley Fickling Hall in the McCorkle Music Building on Mercer's Macon Campus. If unable to attend this performance it will be live streamed on Facebook.

Dr. Stanley L. Roberts, conductor Final choral concert of the year featuring Mercer Singers. Our farewell to our seniors and master students who are graduating from the program. This performance will take place in Neva Langley Fickling Hall in the McCorkle Music Building on Mercer's Macon Campus. If unable to attend this performance it will…