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“One, No One and One Hundred Thousand.” Guise and disguise in the character piece

Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon

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…

The Voices of Spring

Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon

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.

Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra

The Piedmont Grand Opera House 651 Mulberry Street, Macon

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…

The Sams Workshop: An Evening of Students’ Poems

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…

Mercer Jazz Combo Concert

Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon

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.…

Festive Flutes

Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon

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.

Farewell Concert

Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon

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…

Recurring

Alexa Kleinbard: Storm Songs

McEachern Art Center 332 2nd Street, Macon

Mercer University’s McEachern Art Center (the MAC) hosts “Storm Songs,” an exhibition of paintings and drawings by artist Alexa Kleinbard. The exhibition will remain on display through Nov. 5. Admission is free and open to the public during gallery hours, 4-8 p.m., Thursdays-Saturdays. Alexa Kleinbard, a painter from Tallahassee, has decades of experience creating work…

Townsend Symposia on Music, Philosophy and the Arts: David Mallette

Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon

The nonprofit arts field is in the midst of multiple tectonic shifts, including demographic changes, the natural evolution of art, digital delivery platforms, labor challenges, EDIA values and other challenges. Strong, savvy leadership has never been more important. David Mallette, president of Management Consultants for the Arts, will speak about the leadership skills needed in…