Guest composer Alan Schmitz will be honored for his 70th birthday in a concert of his solo/chamber music. Schmitz earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of New Mexico and Ph.D. in music theory and composition from Rutgers University. Recordings of his music are available on PARMA Records' Ravello Label.

The Mercer University composition studio will present several new and exciting works to the public. Enjoy a variety of sonic adventures for vocal, instrumental, and electronic music.

The Mercer Jazz Ensemble kicks off a new season featuring guest saxophone artist Matthew Patnode.

Collaborative pianist Kyung-A Yoo continues to explore lesser known but compelling American piano chamber works accompanied by soprano Martha Malone, cellist Leo Singer, flautist Kelly Via, and violinist River Sawchyn. The program "Mementos" consists of works composed by Bolcom, Previn, Ives, and Piston.

Featuring Amy Schwartz Moretti, Annie Fullard, Ettore Causa, Christopher Costanza and Kyung-A Yoo in a concert that celebrates the music of Dvořák.

Saxophonist Matthew Patnode is associate professor of saxophone and jazz studies at North Dakota State University in Fargo. He has earned degrees and certificates from the State University of New York at Potsdam, the Conservatoire de Bordeaux, France, and Arizona State University. He has studied saxophone with Joseph Wytko, Joe Viola and Jean-Marie Lond. As a member of the FM Jazz Arts Big Band, he has performed with such noted artists as Buddy DeFranco, Jimmy Heath, Slide Hampton, Allen Vizzutti…

Mercer Women’s Chamber Choir and Mercer Singers Stanley L. Roberts, conductor

Conducted by Dr. Stanley Roberts, Arthur Lowndes Rich Director of Choral Conducting. Tickets are $10.00, please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/handels-messiah-tickets-450985558947?aff=erelexpmlt or email the Choral Society at admin@csmga.org to purchase tickets.

Recitals are held in the Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College Street, at 7:00 pm and are free/open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served. Doors open 30 minutes prior to concert.

Conducted by Mr. Kelly Via, the nationally acclaimed Mercer Flute Choir performs a program of exciting new compositions, along with many holiday favorites.