The Vienna Boys Choir is the world's foremost children's chorus. For six centuries, these young cultural ambassadors have been adored the world over for their wide range of repertoire, purity of tone and generosity of musical spirit. Over centuries, illustrious composers have written masterpieces for the Boys Choir of the Imperial Chapel, including Mozart, Bruckner, Gluck and Schubert. They are beloved the world over for their lively singing style and beautiful tone. SOLD OUT.

An iconic musical phenomenon with a worldwide fan base. In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, a new mesmerizing production comes to America. Appealing to both theater audiences and concert music fans, the show creates a modern, theatrical world that is uniquely fresh and inspiring. Featuring award-winning music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar is set against an extraordinary series of events during the final weeks in the life of Jesus Christ, as seen through…

Under the direction of Dr. Monty Cole and featuring guest saxophone artist Rick VanMatre, the Mercer Jazz Ensemble takes on the music of Count Basie. This event is free and open to the public.

Join us for a show featuring Margery McDuffie Whatley and her mother, Susan T. McDuffie, performing solos, duets, and duos by such composers as Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Gershwin, Piazzolla, and more! Free and open to the public.

Broadway Does The ’90s is an upbeat cabaret-style performance blending Broadway-inspired vocal stylings with the eclectic atmosphere of an intimate lounge show in downtown Macon. We want to like, totally reimagine where the music of pop queens like Britney can collide with the raw energy of quintessentially ’90s musicals like RENT. We’ll be da bomb singing fun songs from shows like tick…tick…BOOM! or Songs for a New World, as well as getting down with new showtunesy arrangements of songs like…

The March 12 concert will feature violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Matthew Lipman, clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein, cellist Raphael Bell, pianist Andrew Armstrong, and R. J. Kelly on horn performing a variety of pieces, including the Rachmaninoff Piano Trio in G minor.

Georgia-born Filipino-American flutist Norman Menzales brings his “…warm, attractive sound” to the Townsend School of Music as part of the Jubilee Artists Series. Mr. Menzales has served as Principal Flute with the Fort Collins Symphony since 2013, Montana’s Great Falls Symphony since 2012, and the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra since 2021. Come join us for a night of beautiful, mesmerizing, joyful music presented by this award-winning musician and educator.

An avid chamber musician, collaborative pianist, and concerto soloist Dr. Ryan Fogg, Professor of Music and Director of Keyboard Studies at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee will perform a solo recital in Townsend School of Music’s Neva Langley Fickling Recital Hall prior to his Carnegie Hall debut in April 2024.  This event is free and open to the public.

Watch the stars of tomorrow for free today with free concerts and community programs by the McDuffie Center Young Artists at the historic Bell House. Concerts with our emerging artists are engaging, short programs that are a great introduction to classical music for any patron. By keeping these shows free and open to the public, the Center is on the threshold between curriculum and community.

Richard Kosowski, tenor Adrian Gnam, oboe Timothy McReynolds, collaborative piano Themes of devotion, sacrifice, supplication, and hope are explored in Music of Passion for the Season of Lent. Programming will include Benjamin Britten’s rapturously mystical Canticle 1: My beloved is mine and the haunting, angst-ridden Canticle 2: Abraham and Isaac.