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Mercer University Townsend School of Music | music.mercer.edu Townsend All-Faculty Gala Monday, Aug. 25 at 7:30 p.m. The Townsend concert season opens with a showcase of performances by the distinguished faculty artists in a festival gala concert event. Please join us afterwards for a reception celebrating the start of the concert year. Faculty Recital Trey English, trombone Anna Schmitz, horn Kyung-A Yoo, collaborative piano Monday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Just Friends: Faculty Jazz Quintet Monty Cole, saxophone Marcus Reddick, percussion Jeremy Roberts, guitar Keven Bales, piano Andy Eulau, bass Friday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. The Mercer Jazz Faculty Combo performs a collection of jazz standards and original music. To Tell You the Truth Martha Malone, soprano Timothy McReynolds, collaborative piano Friday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. This tell-all cabaret takes a ride through a wide swath of musical styles to celebrate life in all its glory and folly with emerita faculty Martha Malone. Expect songs of all kinds from the Great American Songbook. Broadway, pop music of many decades, and classical composers to satirical songs of all stripes. If you've thought it, someone has written a great song about it—you may be surprised! Faculty Recital M. Isaac Ripple, oboe Jazmyn Barajas-Trujillo, bassoon Kyung-A Yoo, collaborative piano Friday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Unseen Horizons: The Depths of Love, Longing, and Disappointment Richard Kosowski, tenor Timothy McReynolds, collaborative piano Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Tubonium Nathan Gay, tuba and euphonium Kyung-A Yoo, collaborative piano Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Nathan Gay, accompanied by Kyung-A Yoo, will be performing a variety of works for euphonium and tuba. Come out and enjoy the sonorous sounds of both the euphonium and tuba! Townsend Presents Faculty Artist Recitals Unless otherwise noted, all performances are ee and in Neva Langley Fickling Hall in the McCorkle Music Building on Mercer's Macon campus. Inaugural Recital on the New Desautels Organ in Fickling Hall Sunday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. Organist Jack Mitchener performs celebratory works by Bach, Dupré, Eben, Guilmant, Hailstork, Laurin, Lebègue, and Mendelssohn on the stunning new Desautels organ. Handcrafted near Montréal over three years by François Desautels, the instrument features mechanical key action, 27 voices, 34 ranks, and 1,693 pipes in a solid cherry case. A protégé of Hellmuth Wolff and Karl Wilhelm, Desautels brings old-world artistry to this magnificent new organ, an instrument built to inspire.