Guest composer Alan Schmitz will be honored for his 70th birthday in a concert of his solo/chamber music. Schmitz earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of New Mexico and Ph.D. in music theory and composition from Rutgers University. Recordings of his music are available on PARMA Records' Ravello Label.

The Mercer University composition studio will present several new and exciting works to the public. Enjoy a variety of sonic adventures for vocal, instrumental, and electronic music.

This show will spotlight the songs and melodies of America’s greatest composer, George Gershwin. Our special guests will be pianist Elizabeth Pridgen, saxophonist Mike Burton and vocalist Michelle Amato. The performance will include our very own Matt Catingub’s Juno nominated arrangement of the famous “Rhapsody in Blue.” BUY NOW

The Mercer Jazz Ensemble kicks off a new season featuring guest saxophone artist Matthew Patnode.

Collaborative pianist Kyung-A Yoo continues to explore lesser known but compelling American piano chamber works accompanied by soprano Martha Malone, cellist Leo Singer, flautist Kelly Via, and violinist River Sawchyn. The program "Mementos" consists of works composed by Bolcom, Previn, Ives, and Piston.

Part of Mercer’s Gothic Festival, this show features ghost stories from Mercer and Middle Georgia, interspersed with moments from Gothic authors. Special effects from the newly constructed tech booth are set to impress! These creepy haunts and horrors will be the epitome of the spirit of fall. Admission to the Nov. 12 show is free.

Featuring Amy Schwartz Moretti, Annie Fullard, Ettore Causa, Christopher Costanza and Kyung-A Yoo in a concert that celebrates the music of Dvořák.

Saxophonist Matthew Patnode is associate professor of saxophone and jazz studies at North Dakota State University in Fargo. He has earned degrees and certificates from the State University of New York at Potsdam, the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, France, and Arizona State University. He has studied saxophone with Joseph Wytko, Joe Viola and Jean-Marie Lond. As a member of the FM Jazz Arts Big Band, he has performed with such noted artists as Buddy DeFranco, Jimmy Heath, Slide Hampton, Allen Vizzutti…

For over two decades, Gary Mullen & The Works have performed to sold-out audiences around the world, playing more than 2,500 live shows to audiences in over 20 countries around the globe. Gary Mullen & The Works’ One Night Of Queen show has played at London’s Hyde Park (twice) as a featured attraction during the prestigious BBC Proms concert series in front of enthusiastic crowds of over 40,000 people! Additionally, Gary Mullen & The Works have performed at many of…

Mercer Women’s Chamber Choir and Mercer Singers Stanley L. Roberts, conductor