Fabian Concert Series: Amazing America
2020-02-11 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Annie Fullard, violin; Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Emily Brandenburg, viola; Daniel Tosky, bass; Christina Smith, flute; Andrew Brady, bassoon; Bixby Kennedy, clarinet; Jeewon Park, piano
This evening of iconic American music will feature the artistry of concert pianist Jeewon Park and two principal members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s woodwind section, flutist Christina Smith and bassoonist Andrew Brady. Also new to the Fabian series is clarinetist Bixby Kennedy. A NYC-based performer, he holds positions in the New Haven and Albany symphony orchestras, is a member of the chamber ensemble Frisson and performs regularly at the Marlboro Music Festival. Whether you are a fan of fiddle tunes, jazz, hymns or spirituals, this concert has a little something for everyone. The program includes John William’s Air and Simple Gifts, Charles Washington’s Midnight Child, George Gershwin’s Three Preludes, as well as Aaron Copland’s incredibly beautiful, charming, lyrical and memorable Appalachian Spring.
This year’s Fabian Concert Series beings a tour of music from six different countries, in six different concerts, over the span of the 2019-2020 season. Reserve your seats today and enjoy performances by some of today’s top classical musicians in the McCorkle Music Building’s intimate Fickling Hall. Tickets are $15 per person/free with Mercer or any valid student ID. Purchase season tickets and save! Call (478)301-5470 to subscribe and reserve by phone, or pay at the door.

Godsey Concert Series: Leah Partridge, Soprano; Carol Goff, Collaborative Piano
2020-02-13 19:30 - 21:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
“Songs for the soul” – Leah Partridge, soprano, will join Carol Goff, piano, in a beautiful evening of collaborative artistry. Leah Partridge, a Mercer alum, has received consistent praise worldwide for her intelligent and compelling operatic roles, making her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 2008. Her interpretations of song literature reflect stunning clarity and deep reflection.

Mercer University Orchestra: Ward Stare, Conductor
2020-02-18 19:30 - 21:30 | The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
Mercer University Orchestra will be playing works by Mason Bates and Bizet.

The Master Works of Bob Mintzer: Dr. Monty Cole, Conductor
2020-02-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Join us for an evening of music focused on the deep grooves of this great American composer.

Townsend Masterclass: Rita Sloan, Piano
2020-02-24 11:00 - 13:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Rita Sloan is acknowledged internationally as a leading teacher of piano, collaborative piano, and chamber music. In 1999, she was appointed a piano faculty member and director of the collaborative piano program at the University of Maryland. As an artist-faculty member at the Aspen Music Festival and School, Sloan founded their collaborative piano program.

McDuffie Young Artist Concert
2020-02-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College Street, Macon, 31201
Recitals are held in the Bell House Jennings Salon at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served. Doors open 30 minutes beforehand.

Godsey Concert Series: Rita Sloan, Collaborative Piano; Amy Schwartz Moretti, Violin; Elizabeth Pridgen, Piano; and McDuffie Center Young Artists
2020-02-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Rita Sloan is acknowledged internationally as a leading teacher of piano, collaborative piano and chamber music. In 1999, she was appointed a piano faculty member and director of the collaborative piano program at the University of Maryland. As an artist faculty member at the Aspen Music Festival, Sloan founded their Collaborative Piano Program. Ms. Sloan joins violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, Elizabeth Pridgen, and McDuffie Center young artists for an evening of unforgettable solo and chamber music.

Greyhounds and Bears: Dr. Douglas Hill, Conductor
2020-02-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Jones County High School, 339 Railroad Street, Gray, 31032
The unlikely combination of “mammals” form two schools will present a varied program of music written by composers from around the world. Audience members will enjoy literature originating from several countries. Special guest: Jones County High School Symphonic Band, Robert Groves, conductor. Jones County High School Auditorium, 339 Railroad Street, Gray, Georgia.

TSM Student Composer's Recital
2020-02-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
The Student Composers’ Concert will feature a variety of exciting new works by Townsend School of Music students. Enjoy pieces written for voice, acoustic instruments, and electronic media!

Creative Activism: The Role of the Arts in Confronting Economic Injustice
2020-03-10 18:00 - 19:30 | McEachern Art Center, 332 2nd Street, Macon, 31201
Join us for an evening with Macon artist Charvis Harrel as he speaks with Dr. Laura Simon and Dr. Cameron Kunzelman from Mercer University about using his art to confront injustice.

McDuffie Center Masterclass: Andrew Armstrong, Piano--CANCELLED
2020-03-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College Street, Macon, 31201
Master classes allow Center students to interact with and learn from our talented guest artists, in the intimate setting of the Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College Street. The classes are free and open to the public. Please call (478)301-2886 for times.

Fabian Concert Series: German Greatness--CANCELLED
2020-03-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Violin: III
250th Anniversary Year of Beethoven’s Birth
Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Andrew Armstrong, piano
Closing out the season, the duo of violinist and Center Director, Amy Schwartz Moretti and pianist, Andrew Armstrong reunite to perform the sixth, seventh and tenth Violin Sonatas of Beethoven. This, the final concert of their three-year project to perform all 10 violin sonatas celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth in 2020, will surely be an incredible musical experience to end this season of musical travels.
This year’s Fabian Concert Series beings a tour of music from six different countries, in six different concerts, over the span of the 2019-2020 season. Reserve your seats today and enjoy performances by some of today’s top classical musicians in the McCorkle Music Building’s intimate Fickling Hall. Tickets are $15 per person/free with Mercer or any valid student ID. Purchase season tickets and save! Call (478)301-5470 to subscribe and reserve by phone, or pay at the door.

Guest Artist Recitals: Alan Schmitz, Composer - Cancelled
2020-03-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Guest composer Alan Schmitz is being honored for his 70th birthday in a concert of his solo/chamber music. Schmitz earned bachelor and master of music degrees from the University of New Mexico and his Ph.D. in music theory and composition from Rutgers University. Recordings of his music are available on PARMA Records’ Ravello Label.

The Commedia Pinocchio - Cancelled
2020-03-20 10:00 - 2020-03-22 11:00 | Tattnall Square Park, 1155 College St, Macon, GA, 31201
Come one and all to “The Commedia Pinocchio” at Tattnall Square Park.
Free and Open to the Public!
March 20-22 at 10 a.m.
March 27-29 at 10 a.m.

McDuffie Young Artist Concert - Cancelled
2020-03-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College Street, Macon, 31201

Mercer University Opera Presents: Theatrical Inconveniences - or - Viva la Mamma! (Gaetano Donizetti) - Cancelled
2020-03-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Martha Malone, director
The ultimate stage mother wreaks havoc on opening night: Donizetti’s hilarious one-act is a spoof of the opera world’s traditions and the demands of star singers. Outrageous behavior rules the day, while lovely melodies and musical inventiveness charm the ear.
Tickets #15 adults
Free with Mercer ID or any valid student ID

Mercer University Opera Presents: Theatrical Inconveniences - or - Viva la Mamma! (Gaetano Donizetti) - Cancelled
2020-03-29 15:30 - 18:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Martha Malone, director
The ultimate stage mother wreaks havoc on opening night: Donizetti’s hilarious one-act is a spoof of the opera world’s traditions and the demands of star singers. Outrageous behavior rules the day, while lovely melodies and musical inventiveness charm the ear.
Tickets #15.00 adults
Free with Mercer ID or any valid student ID

Mercer Jazz Combo: Dr. Monty Cole, Director - Cancelled
2020-03-31 19:30 - 21:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
The Mercer Jazz Combo closes out the season with their favorite jazz standards from swing to latin to funk. Works include: Au Privave, Footprints, Perdido, Take the A Train, Impressions, plus, a World Premiere by future jazz great Jarrick Hillery.

Mad About Chamber Music: Special Edition
2020-09-15 19:30 - 20:30 | Toney Auditorium, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Please join us for a special night of music during our 19th annual presentation of Chamber Ensembles. Our unique program, featuring performers from Mercer’s Wind Ensemble, Marching Band and Colorguard, will take you on a diverse musical journey, with selections that range from hit blockbuster film scores to pieces composed by major Classical icons throughout history. We hope to see you at the concert!

Postponed: Harp Ensemble Concert
2020-09-18 18:00 - 19:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Will be rescheduled at a later date. Stay tuned for details.
The Mercer Harp Ensemble, founded in the Fall of 2019, performs works arranged or transcribed for harp ensemble. The ensemble focuses on repertoire that is considered standard for harpists and that features the artistic capabilities of a professional harpist. Under the direction of Calista Anne Koch, much of the music is arranged specifically for the members of this particular ensemble.
Open to Mercer Music Faculty, Music Students, and parents of the performers only. Performance can be viewed on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TownsendSchoolofMusic.

Fabian Concert #1: James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Edward Arron, & Andrew Armstrong
2020-09-29 19:30 - 21:30 | The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
The opening Fabian Concert of the 20-21 season will be an inspiring, celebratory evening, as we gather together to safely hear live music again– for many, the first time in six months! The program includes the soulful and dramatic piano quartet of Korngold, (the Austrian born composer who moved to Hollywood and wrote for movie soundtracks), a little known piano quartet by Finnish composer Sibelius and the popular and lovely Bagatelles by the Czech composer Dvorak. Recent Grammy winner and Fabian regular,violinist James Ehnes, cellist Edward Arron, and pianist Andrew Armstrong are back in Macon to play with violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti for this healing and captivating night of inspiring music.
Adjusting to the new normal of 2020, the Fabian Concert Series will continue to bring great chamber music, collaboration, education,and outreach to Mercer and Macon. This year, we will explore the diversity and expressiveness of music with some of the world’s greatest musicians and bring healing and thoughtfulness during this unprecedented time.We officially begin our 13th Anniversary Season on September 29th at the Grand Opera House in downtown Macon, where we will have addressed all our concerns for health and safety. Tickets are $15 per person/free with Mercer orany valid student ID. Single tickets will be available prior to each performance. Call (478) 301-5470 to find out more.

TSM Student Recital Hour
2020-10-01 15:55 - 16:55, 2020-10-15 15:55 - 16:55 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Open to Mercer Music Faculty, Music Students, and parents of the performers only. Performance can be viewed on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TownsendSchoolofMusic.

Harp Ensemble Concert
2020-10-16 18:00 - 19:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
The Mercer Harp Ensemble, founded in the Fall of 2019, performs works arranged or transcribed for harp ensemble. The ensemble focuses on repertoire that is considered standard for harpists and that features the artistic capabilities of a professional harpist. Under the direction of Calista Anne Koch, much of the music is arranged specifically for the members of this particular ensemble.
Open to Mercer Music Faculty, Music Students, and parents of the performers only. Performance can be viewed on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TownsendSchoolofMusic.

Fabian Concert #2: Orion Weiss, Itamar Zorman, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Leo Singer, and Daniel Tosky
2020-10-20 19:30 - 21:30 | The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
This concert introduces a new artist to the stage, violinist Itamar Zorman, winner of the 2011 Tchaikovsky International Competition. Extraordinary guest pianist Orion Weiss, along with violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, cellist Leo Singer, bassist Daniel Tosky and young artists of the McDuffie Center, will join together to play the works of Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Jessie Montgomery, Shostakovich, and Bottesini. It will be a wonderfully diverse musical evening.
Adjusting to the new normal of 2020, the Fabian Concert Series will continue to bring great chamber music, collaboration, education,and outreach to Mercer and Macon. This year, we will explore the diversity and expressiveness of music with some of the world’s greatest musicians and bring healing and thoughtfulness during this unprecedented time. We officially begin our 13th Anniversary Season on September 29th at the Grand Opera House in downtown Macon, where we will have addressed all our concerns for health and safety. Tickets are $15 per person/free with Mercer orany valid student ID. Single tickets will be available prior to each performance. Call (478) 301-5470 to find out more.

TSM Student Recital Hour
2020-10-29 15:55 - 16:55, 2020-11-12 15:55 - 16:55 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
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/

Percussion Ensemble Concert
2020-11-05 19:30 - 21:00 | The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
Ready for a fantastic night of music on November 5th with the Mercer University Percussion Ensemble and BEAR Steel, Mercer’s own Steel Drum Band? We’ll be playing music written over the last 40 years to show the diversity of the percussion world. We guarantee a great time, so come out to Macon’s Grand Opera House and share the evening with us!!!
Performance can be viewed on our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/musicatmercer/.

Z-4! Four One Acts in the Zoom Room
2020-11-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Online
Students are performing an exciting evening of entertaining one-acts using the COVID-Compliant medium of Zoom. Individual sets and costumes raise the level of fun as the cast tackles time travel, western gun spinning, alternate realities, cyber hacking, and racial inequity. Two of the four plays were written by Mercer students, and a third by alumna T-Cat Ford is based on hundreds of interviews telling the true story of the integration of Coffee County, Georgia. $15 or $10 with Mercer ID or any student ID. Buy streaming tickets and watch from home.

Fabian Concert #3: Anne Marie McDermott, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Lawrence Dutton, and Paul Watkins
2020-11-17 19:30 - 21:30 | The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
Two members of the multi-Grammy award winning Emerson Quartet, violist Lawrence Dutton and cellist Paul Watkins, will be on stage to join dazzling pianist Anne Marie McDermott and violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti.
Adjusting to the new normal of 2020, the Fabian Concert Series will continue to bring great chamber music, collaboration, education,and outreach to Mercer and Macon. This year, we will explore the diversity and expressiveness of music with some of the world’s greatest musicians and bring healing and thoughtfulness during this unprecedented time.We officially begin our 13th Anniversary Season on September 29th at the Grand Opera House in downtown Macon, where we will have addressed all our concerns for health and safety. Tickets are $15 per person/free with Mercer orany valid student ID. Single tickets will be available prior to each performance. Call (478) 301-5470 to find out more.
