Mercer Wind Ensemble Presents “Eagles + Bears = Band”
Thomson Middle School 301 Thomson St., Centerville, GADr. Douglas Hill, conductor Dr. Nathan Gay, conductor Chuck Herron, conductor This evening of "soaring" special music will feature two of Middle Georgia's fine concert bands in a "bearish" presentation of wind music selected from the realm of classical band literature as well as 21st century works. Special guests: Northside High School, Chuck Herron, conductor. Thompson Middle School,…
TSM Honors Student Recital
Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconThis 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.
The Dulcimer 55th Edition Release Party
McEachern Art Center 332 2nd Street, MaconGet a free copy of the Mercer literary magazine, The Dulcimer, at the 55th edition release party at the McEachern Center for the Arts! The event will be catered.
Mercer Jazz Ensemble Presents “Milestones”
Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconDr. Monty Cole, conductor Closing the season with a concert featuring works by Miles Davis, Marcus Miller, and Chick Corea. 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.
Nikky Finney: Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature
Presidents Dining Room 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconMercer University’s Spencer B. King Jr. Center for Southern Studies will award the 2022 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature to renowned poet, professor and author Nikky Finney. The prize will be presented April 23 at 1 p.m. in the Presidents Dining Room inside the University Center on the Macon campus. “Words come and go.…
“One, No One and One Hundred Thousand.” Guise and disguise in the character piece
Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconI 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, MaconDr. 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, MaconWard 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, MaconDr. 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.…