Labor Day Festival
Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconAfter 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…
Guest Artist Recital
Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconDíana 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…
Townsend Symposia on Music, Philosophy and the Arts Series: Scott Sheehan
Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconA 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…
From Ocmulgee to Okmulgee: Part of Firestarters Indigenous Festival
McEachern Art Center 332 2nd Street, MaconSeptember 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…
Firestarters Film Festival
The Piedmont Grand Opera House 651 Mulberry Street, MaconA 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…
Alumni Guest Artist Recital: Bobby Hall, Guitar
Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconBobby 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…
Firestarters Film Festival
The Piedmont Grand Opera House 651 Mulberry Street, MaconA 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…
Ignite the Night – Indigo Girls ft. Jontavious Willis, part of Firestarters Indigenous Festival
The Piedmont Grand Opera House 651 Mulberry Street, MaconSupport 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…
McDuffie Young Artist Concerts
Bell House Jennings Salon 315 College Street, MaconRecitals are held in the Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College St., at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. Doors open 30 minutes beforehand.
Mercer Theatre Presents “Alice in Wonderland”
Tattnall Square Park 1155 College St, Macon, GAAlice In Wonderland, adapted by Scot Mann Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland reimagined, adapted and directed by Mercer Theatre’s Scot Mann, the familiar plot is set in a steampunk world…