Mercer University Orchestra
2021-04-27 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
Program:
Higdon ‘String’
Concerto comp winner To Be Determined
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht

Mercer Flute Choir Chamber Ensemble
2021-04-29 19:30 - 20:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Join the Mercer Flute Choir Chamber Ensemble in a jubilant musical celebration of spring!
Open to Mercer Music Faculty, Music Students, and parents of the performers only. Performance can be viewed on our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/musicatmercer/.

A GRAND night for Percussion
2021-04-30 19:30 - 21:00 | The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
An evening of music specifically written for instruments that are within the percussion family.
Performance can be viewed on our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/musicatmercer/

Townsend All-Faculty Gala
2021-08-31 19:30 - 21:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
The Townsend concert season opens with a showcase of performances by the distinguished faculty artists in a festival gala concert event. Afterward please join us for a pre-packaged reception on the patio honoring the performers and the start of the concert year.

Robert McDuffie Labor Day Festival Concert
2021-09-06 15:00 - 17:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Help celebrate Labor Day in a festive concert that features Center faculty and students. Founder Robert McDuffie, Artistic Director Amy Schwartz Moretti, and Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra Conductor Ward Stare will be among the performers. Fickling Hall, seating is first-come, first served.

McDuffie Young Artist Concert
2021-09-13 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-10-18 19:00 - 20:30, 2021-11-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College Street, Macon, 31201
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.

Fabian Concert Series: September Salute
2021-09-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Lawrence Dutton, viola; Zlatomir Fung, cello; & Orion Weiss, piano
We begin this fabulous 15th season with a memorable concert featuring the music of Spanish composer Joaquin Turina, German composer Robert Schumann and others. Opening night artists include the award-winning pianist Orion Weiss, multi-GRAMMY winning violist Lawrence Dutton, recent gold medalist of the Tchaikovsky International Competition cellist Zlatomir Fung, Fabian Series curator and violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, and the young artists of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings.
The 2021-22 Fabian Concert Series welcomes new friends as well as the return of artists from previous seasons. Reserve your seats today and enjoy performances by some of today’s top classical musicians in the McCorkle Music Building’s intimate Fickling Hall. This anniversary season celebrates 15 fantastic years of music…with more to come! For Tickets call (478)301-5470 or visit mcduffie.mercer.edu.

Family Weekend Gala Concert
2021-10-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Dr. Stanley L. Roberts, conductor
A gala concert featuring students of the School of Music, hosted by the Mercer Singers.

Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra
2021-10-04 19:30 - 21:30 | The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
Ward Stare, conductor
The newly formed Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra begins its inaugural season with a blockbuster concert featuring the Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1 (Classical Symphony), Beethoven Symphony No. 7, and Otis Redding Foundation students and campers. Prokofiev’s work premiered in 1918 and has become one of his most popular compositions. In composing the Classical Symphony, Prokofiev sought to draw inspiration from Joseph Haydn and other classical composers. Of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, it has been written that “this symphony is the richest melodically and the most pleasing and comprehensible of all Beethoven symphonies.” Making the evening more memorable will be an appearance of the Otis Redding Foundation students and campers performing their songs, orchestrated by Townsend School of Music faculty member Christopher Schmitz. An opening concert not to be missed!
Symphony Tickets:
Tickets: $30 premium supporter seats / $20 adults
Free with any valid student ID
Save with season tickets or bring a group (10+) for special pricing!
Call (478)301-5470 or visit mcduffie.mercer.edu to subscribe.

Mercer Wind Ensemble presents "Dance Music from Across America"
2021-10-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Warner Robins High School, 401 South Davis Drive, Warner Robins, 31088
Dr. Douglas Hill, conductor
Dr. Nathan Gay, conductor
Todd Howell, conductor
The Mercer University Wind Ensemble will join musical forces with the Warner Robins High School band in a concert featuring music of the dance from around the country. Special guest: Warner Robins High School Symphonic Band, Todd Howell, conductor. The concert is performed at Warner Robins High School, 401 South Davis Drive, Warner Robins, GA.

Postponed Until 2022/2023 School Year: Guest Artist Recital: Diane Huling, Piano
2021-10-12 19:30 - 20:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Details to come at a later date.

Mercer University Opera presents "Dido and Aeneas"
2021-10-21 19:30 - 20:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Dido and Aeneas
By Henry Purcell
Martha Malone, director
Richard Kosowski, conductor
The exquisite music of Dido and Aeneas contains all the drama and variety of a much longer work. The opera is by turns graceful, romantic, bawdy, suspenseful and grief-stricken. This is music that lifts the spirit and moves the soul. Come to experience a much-loved classic again, or to discover it for yourself. Tickets: $15 adults. Free with Mercer ID or any student ID.

Fabian Concert Series: Oktoberfest
2021-10-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
We continue the season with a concert highlighting several of the talented principal players of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in the intimacy of a chamber music setting. Joining flutist Christina Smith, clarinetist Laura Ardan, bassoonist, Andrew Brady, oboist, Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, harpist Elisabeth Remy Johnson, and McDuffie Center director and curator of the Fabian Series, violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, as well as the young artists from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings.
The 2021-22 Fabian Concert Series welcomes new friends as well as the return of artists from previous seasons. Reserve your seats today and enjoy performances by some of today’s top classical musicians in the McCorkle Music Building’s intimate Fickling Hall. This anniversary season celebrates 15 fantastic years of music…with more to come! For Tickets call (478)301-5470 or visit mcduffie.mercer.edu.

Gothic Festival
2021-10-27 18:00 - 2021-10-30 17:00
Mercer University will host the very first Gothic Festival this Fall semester. The festival will include several events celebrating Gothic culture during the last week of October.
One of the important events of the festival will be an art contest. Students can participate by submitting poems, stories, drawings, photography or short movies, all related to a gothic theme.
For details on submissions please contact Dr. Clara Mengolini at:
gothicfestival@mercer.edu
The deadline for submissions is October 27.

Mercer Jazz Combo Concert
2021-10-28 19:30 - 20:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
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 John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Eddie Harris.

Godsey Concert Series: Have You Heard This One?
2021-10-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Timothy McReynolds, collaborative piano
Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano
R. Timothy McReynolds, celebrated vocal collaborator and new faculty member of Mercer’s Townsend School of Music, joins Georgia College and State University faculty member and internationally acclaimed soprano, Jennifer Piazza-Pick, champion of American women composers in presenting a recital of new music by living composers.

Dueling Harps and Flutes
2021-11-02 19:30 - 20:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Calista Koch, conductor
Kelly Via, conductor
An evening of harp and flute transcriptions will fill Fickling Hall with unforgettable sounds!

Godsey Concert Series: BeautyFull Collaboration
2021-11-04 19:30 - 21:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Kyung-A Yoo, collaborative piano
Join with new faculty collaborative pianist Kyung-A Yoo, faculty, and students of the Townsend School of Music in a varied genre and exhilarating program of captivating chamber music. The concert will feature music of Ives, Still, Jalbert, and Barber’s Souvenirs, Op. 28 (for piano four hands).

Choral Society of Middle Georgia and Mercer University Choir present “For All the Saints”
2021-11-07 16:00 - 17:30 | Mulberry Street United Methodist Church, 719 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
Stanley L. Roberts, conductor
A celebration of life featuring “Requiem for the Living” by Dan Forrest. Tickets are $15. Call (478)200-1064 or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/csmg-and-mercer-university-choir-present-for-all-the-saints-tickets-192781603967 to purchase tickets.

Mercer Jazz Ensemble Presents "Speak No Evil"
2021-11-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Dr. Monty Cole, conductor
The Mercer Jazz Ensemble kicks off a new season with a concert featuring works by Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane and Stevie Wonder.

Godsey Concert Series: Early Music Splendor
2021-11-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Jack Mitchener, organ
An exploration of keyboard music from the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras. The Richards & Fowkes organ in Fickling Hall was designed to play repertoire of the 16th and 17th centuries, and that literature will be featured in this recital. Come enjoy and share in the beauty, elegance, and excitement of early music!

Homecoming Kaleidoscope Concert
2021-11-13 12:30 - 13:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
A concert showcasing the students in the Townsend School of Music on Saturday, November 13. This special Kaleidoscope concert is in conjunction with Mercer’s annual Homecoming celebrations. Come early! Seating is always limited!

Mercer Wind Ensemble Presents "Band Notes of November"
2021-11-16 19:30 - 20:30 | Howard High School, 6400 Forsyth Road, Macon, 31210
Dr. Douglas Hill, conductor
Dr. Nathan Gay, conductor
Emmanuel Johnson, conductor
Join the Bears and Huskies for this concert of eclectic wind music that is sure to appeal to the musical palette of all music lovers across the Middle Georgia region! Special guest: Howard High School, Emmanuel Johnson, conductor. Howard High School, 6400 Forsyth Road, Macon, GA.

Mercer Percussion Ensemble Concert
2021-11-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Dr. Marcus Reddick, conductor
Come and hear traditional and non-traditional percussion music performed by the percussion ensemble and BEAR Steel!

Thanksgiving Song: Mercer Women's Chamber Choir and Mercer Singers
2021-11-21 15:00 - 16:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Dr. Stanley L. Roberts, conductor
Just in time for the start of the holiday season, Thanksgiving Song is cornucopia of choral gems as sung by the Mercer Singers and Women’s Chamber Choir. A perfect way to begin a week of traditional celebration!

Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra
2021-11-22 19:30 - 21:30 | The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
Ward Stare, conductor
The second concert of the Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra opens with the powerful and dramatic tone poem Egmont Overture by Beethoven. This work remains one of his most performed orchestral pieces and is correlated to the story of Count Egmont by the great German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Concluding the concert will be the immensely popular Italian Symphony of Felix Mendelssohn. This work is considered by many to be the epitome of Mendelssohn’s compositional genius. Also appearing on tonight’s concert will be the Beulahland Gospel Choir performing orchestrated spirituals by the celebrated conductor of Macon Pops, Matt Catingub.
Symphony Tickets:
Tickets: $30 premium supporter seats / $20 adults
Free with any valid student ID
Save with season tickets or bring a group (10+) for special pricing!
Call (478)301-5470 or visit mcduffie.mercer.edu/symphony for tickets.

Fabian Center for Musical Excellence Presents How the Arts Prepare Us for Leadership
2021-11-30 10:00 - 11:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Jane Chu, former Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts
Jane Chu, former Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, will present the first symposium for the Fabian Center for Musical Excellence. During her four-year tenure at the NEA, Chu traveled to all 50 states, 200 communities, and made more than 400 site visits to visual artists, musicians, dancers, actors, writers, arts educators, and arts administrators.

Fabian Center for Musical Excellence presents Canadian Brass
2021-12-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
The inaugural concert in the Fabian Center for Musical Excellence will feature Canadian Brass. This quintet has earned the distinction of “the world’s most famous brass group.” Masters of concert presentations, Canadian Brass has developed a uniquely engaging stage presence and rapport with audiences. Their concert will show the full range from trademark Baroque and Dixieland tunes to new compositions and arrangements created especially for them – from formal classical presentation to music served up with lively dialogue and theatrical effects. The hallmark of any Canadian Brass performance is entertainment.
This event is free and open to the public, however, tickets are required. Contact Leigh Anne Hise (478)301-2748 or Lisa Sturgis (478)301-5751 for tickets. All seating will be general admission – no reserved seats. Masks are required.
