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Townsend 2023-2024 Calendar Unless otherwise noted, all performances are ee and held in Neva Langley Fickling Hall in the McCorkle Music Building on Mercer's Macon campus. Mercer University School of Music | music.mercer.edu August 2023 Thursday, Aug. 31, 7:30 p.m. Townsend All-Faculty GALA September 2023 Sept. 2 – 3 Labor Day Festival Classes Bell House, Jennings Salon Monday, Sept. 4, 3 p.m. Robert McDuffie Labor Day Festival Concert Tuesday, Sept. 5, 7:30 p.m. Guest Artist Recital Díana Thompson-Brewer, soprano Christopher Cooley, piano Monday, Sept. 11, 2:30 p.m. Townsend Symposia on Music, Philosophy and the Arts Series: Scott Sheehan Friday, Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m. Alumni Guest Artist Recital Bobby Hall, guitar Monday, Sept. 18, 7 p.m. McDuffie Young Artists Concert Bell House, Jennings Salon Thursday, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m. Faculty Artist Recital Perfect Pairings in Song Martha Malone, soprano Katherine Trotter, soprano Samantha Friedman, mezzo-soprano Timothy McReynolds, piano Tuesday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m. Fabian Concert Series Robert McDuffie, violin Margery McDuffie Whatley, piano McDuffie Center Young Artists Tickets $20; Mercer ID/Student ID free Friday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m. Faculty Jazz Combo Seven Steps to Heaven Saturday, Sept. 30, 11 a.m. Mercer Singers Family Day Concert October 2023 Tuesday, Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m. Jubilee Artist Series: Chanticleer $5 advance reservation, Student ID Free Wednesday, Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Wind Ensemble presents Fall Side-by-Side Brittan Braddock, conductor Academy for Classical Education 5665 New Forsyth Rd., Macon, GA Monday, Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m. Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra Roderick Cox, guest conductor Grand Opera House Tickets: $25-35; Student ID free Oct. 19-22 Mercer University Opera presents The Trial of Goldilocks Thursday–Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday 3 p.m. Martha Malone, director Tickets $10; Students Pre-K-12 free Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. Faculty Artist Recital: And Legions Will Rise Monty Cole, clarinet/saxophone Brittan Braddock, clarinet Marcus Reddick, percussion David Johnson, violin Kyung-A Yoo, piano Sunday, Oct. 29, 4 p.m. Choral Society of Middle Georgia and Mercer University Choir present Celebrating Macon's Bicentennial Gary Gerber, conductor Mulberry Street United Methodist Church 719 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA Tickets: $10 Monday, Oct. 30, 7 p.m. McDuffie Young Artists Concert Bell House, Jennings Salon Monday, Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Wind Ensemble presents Winds and Friends Brittan Braddock, conductor November 2023 Monday, Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Jazz Combo: The Jazz Messengers Monty Cole, director Tuesday, Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m. Jubilee Artist Series: Omar Lopez-Cepero $5 advance reservation, Student ID Free Friday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m. BeautyFull Collaboration Kyung-A Yoo, piano Minhae Lee, piano Sunday, Nov. 12, 3 p.m. Faculty Artist Recital Jack Mitchener, organ Newton Chapel Tuesday, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m. Fabian Concert Series Ehnes Quartet James Ehnes, violin Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin Che-Yen Chen, viola Edward Arron, cello Tickets $20; Mercer ID/Student ID free Friday, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Jazz Ensemble Everything in its Right Place Monty Cole, director Saturday, Nov. 18, 12:30 p.m. Harp and Flute Fusion Calista Koch, conductor Sunday, Nov. 19, 3 p.m. Thanksgiving Song Mercer Women's Chamber Choir and Mercer Singers Stanley Roberts, conductor Monday, Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra Filippo Ciabatti, guest conductor Grand Opera House Tickets: $25-35; Student ID free Monday, Nov. 27, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Wind Ensemble presents Fanfares and Symphonies Brittan Braddock, conductor Grand Opera House December 2023 Friday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Percussion Ensemble Marcus Reddick, director Dec. 1 – 2, 8 p.m. Choral Society of Middle Georgia and Mercer University Choir presents Messiah by G.F. Handel Gary Gerber, conductor St. Joseph Catholic Church 830 Poplar St., Macon, GA Tickets: $10 Monday, Dec. 4, 7 p.m. McDuffie Young Artist Concert Bell House, Jennings Salon Thursday, Dec. 7, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Flute Choir Kelly Via, director Dec. 9 – 10 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m. Mercer Singers, Women's Chamber Choir, Mercer Brass Choir St. Joseph Catholic Church 830 Poplar St., Macon, GA