Turquoise Quartet Chamber Music Recital
Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconThe Turquoise Quartet, silver medalists at the 2023 Saint Paul String Quartet Competition, will present a recital on Monday, May 8 at 7:00 pm in the McCorkle Music Building’s Neva Langley Fickling Hall. The recital is part of the quartet’s preparation for the 2023 Fischoff Competition, the largest chamber music competition in the world. The…
Movie Screening: “Steel Magnolias”
The Piedmont Grand Opera House 651 Mulberry Street, MaconIn Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin parish, Louisiana, six Southern women of three generations tell it like it is. Through joy and sadness, from laughter to tears, this star-studded ensemble…
“PROOF: From the Archive of ABSOLUTE COLOR” Opening Reception
McEachern Art Center 332 2nd Street, MaconOpening Reception: August 4 at 7pm (Free Admission) (Meet the artist, view the show, and enjoy light bites hosted by the MAC) The show will be on display at the…
Townsend School of Music Faculty Gala
Fickling Hall 1501 Mercer University Drive, MaconJoin us for a dazzling display of music of all genres and instruments from our faculty talent here at Townsend School of Music to kick off a new school year. The…
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
A 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…
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.…