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A Word from the Dean Learn more by visiting Music.Mercer.edu Welcome to the 2024-2025 Discover Townsend concert series at Mercer University. I am proud and excited to share with you the programs planned for this year's concert season. The Townsend School of Music has a strong reputation of providing outstanding guest and faculty recitalists, large and chamber ensemble concerts, and distinguished lectures and symposia. This year will feature an abundance of talent performing in the McCorkle Music Building's exquisite Neva Langley Fickling Hall, the intimate Bell House Jennings Salon, and the spectacular Grand Opera House. The Fabian Concert Series will feature students from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings combined with distinguished artists in a variety of concerts held in Fickling Hall. The Jubilee Artists Series will include the critically acclaimed vocal ensemble Voctave, internationally recognized Imani Winds, opera sensation Ana María Martínez, and world-class pianist Anton Nel. The Townsend Symposia on Music, Philosophy, and the Arts will host Dr. Jack Stamp, conductor, composer, and educator for over 50 years in the national and international wind ensemble field. The 2024-2025 concert season will also feature the Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra, combining students from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings with winds and brass players from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The Townsend School of Music students and faculty bring a variety of performances from larger acts such as the Wind Ensemble, Mercer Singers, and Mercer University Opera to smaller chamber groups of the Jazz Ensemble, Flute Choir, Percussion Ensemble, and Harp Ensemble. Confucius said, "Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without." That pleasure can be felt and heard in the passions and emotions of the musical performances at Mercer. I encourage you to consider making music a part of your life this year by attending programs which will inspire you with musical enlightenment and entertainment. Gary Gerber, Dean Townsend School of Music