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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

Dr. Marcus Reddick, conductor Come and hear traditional and non-traditional percussion music performed by the percussion ensemble and BEAR Steel!

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!

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…

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.

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…