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A Word from the Dean Learn more by visiting Music.Mercer.edu Welcome to the 2025-2026 Discover Townsend concert season at Mercer University. I am proud and excited to share with you the programs planned for this upcoming year. The Townsend School of Music has a strong reputation for providing outstanding guest and faculty recitals, 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 Piedmont 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 The Tallis Scholars, internationally recognized Seraph Brass, Broadway sensation Jacob Keith Watson, and world-class pianist Michelle Cann. The Townsend Symposia on Music, Philosophy, and the Arts will host Stephen Darlington, British choral director, organist, and conductor for a weeklong residency, symposium, and concert with Mercer Singers. The 2025-2026 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 large ensembles like the Wind Ensemble, Mercer Singers, and Mercer Opera to smaller chamber groups of the Jazz Ensemble, Flute Choir, Percussion Ensemble, and Harp Ensemble. The quality and reputation of Mercer's Townsend School of Music is reaching audiences from Georgia to Carnegie Hall and around the world. I encourage you to consider making music a part of your life this year by attending programs which will inspire, enrich, and bring joy to your life. Gary G. Gerber, Dean Townsend School of Music