Opening Reception: August 4 at 7pm (Free Admission) (Meet the artist, view the show, and enjoy light bites hosted by the MAC) The show will be on display at the McEachern Art Center, Thursday - Saturday, August 4-October 21 PROOF is an archive documenting Gretchen Wagner’s ongoing research, process, and exploration of color as both form and content. The monoprints in the show address the contemporary commercialization of color and craft synthesized through printmaking and embroidery. Each varied edition is…

Join us for a dazzling display of music of all genres and instruments from our faculty talent here at Townsend School of Music to kick off a new school year. The Townsend concert season opens with a showcase of performances by the distinguished faculty artists in a festival gala concert event.  Please join us for a reception honoring the performers and the start of the concert year. This event is free and open to the public

After three days of intense solo and chamber study with Robert McDuffie Center for Strings faculty, eight high school seniors have a chance to showcase their talents in this free afternoon concert. Help celebrate Labor Day in a concert that features Center faculty and students. Fickling Hall seating is first-come, first served.

Díana Thompson-Brewer, soprano Christopher Cooley, piano Lyric coloratura soprano, Díana Thompson-Brewer returns to the Mercer University School of Music to perform at first sight, a song cycle that chronicles the life of a woman through the lens of what it means to love a black man in America. The song cycle will be paired with Robert Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben. Thompson-Brewer is joined by pianist Christopher Cooley, composer of at first sight.

A nationally recognized advocate and leader for the advancement of music education, Scott Sheehan is the Director of Bands and Music Department Chairperson at the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School in Pennsylvania. The town has been named one of the Best Communities for Music Education in the United States by the NAMM Foundation for the past eight years under Scott’s leadership. In addition to his duties at the school, Mr. Sheehan was a finalist for the 2019 GRAMMY Music Educator…

September 14-November 18 From Ocmulgee to Okmulgee: Part of Firestarters Indigenous Festival McEachern Art Center, open 4-8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday   A look behind the lands, stories, and peoples that come from the flowing waters of the Ocmulgee to today’s Muscogee traditions, towns, and governments. Randy Kemp is a multidisciplinary artist whose body of work includes painting, printmaking, mixed media, installation, music, and performance. His work includes both traditional tribal life and contemporary works concerning American Indian issues, themes, and views.…

A mini-film festival featuring Indigenous-made films to complement Macon’s Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration. Thursday, Sept. 14 at  7:30 p.m. – Bad Press, a documentary film about press freedom in the Muscogee Nation. Friday, Sept. 15 at 12 p.m. – A lunch hour shorts block featuring a narrative love story Dead Bird Hearts and a sports documentary about women’s stickball, The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo. Friday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Fancy Dance, a narrative feature about a hustler trying…

A mini-film festival featuring Indigenous-made films to complement Macon’s Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration. Thursday, Sept. 14 at  7:30 p.m. – Bad Press, a documentary film about press freedom in the Muscogee Nation. Friday, Sept. 15 at 12 p.m. – A lunch hour shorts block featuring a narrative love story Dead Bird Hearts and a sports documentary about women’s stickball, The Journey of Tiak Hikiya Ohoyo. Friday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Fancy Dance, a narrative feature about a hustler trying…

Bobby Hall has been playing the guitar for over 30 years and teaches in Macon. As a Townsend alumnus trained in classical guitar, Hall has over two decades of experience. His compositions have been performed by groups such as the Karkov Guitar Quartet from Ukraine and the Macon Guitar Quartet. He performs several genres of music, including classical, jazz, rock, blues, country, and more.

Support America’s next national park with a concert of the Indigo Girls featuring Jontavious Willis for the benefit of Ocmulgee National Park and Preserve Initiative. Over a 35 year career that began in clubs around their native Atlanta, Georgia, the Grammy-winning folk duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have built a dedicated following across the globe. They’ve recorded 16 studio albums and sold over 15 million records as one of the most successful folk acts in history. New generations…