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Townsend 2025-2026 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 2025 Monday, Aug. 25, 7:30 p.m. Townsend All-Faculty Gala September 2025 Monday, Sept. 8, 7:30 p.m. Faculty Recital: Trey English, trombone Monday, Sept. 15, 7 p.m. McDuffie Young Artists Concert Bell House, Jennings Salon Friday, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m. Faculty Jazz Quintet Monty Cole, director Monday, Sept. 22, 7:30 p.m. Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra Joseph Young, guest conductor The Piedmont Grand Opera House Tickets $25-35; Student ID free Friday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m. Faculty Recital Cabaret: To Tell You the Truth… Martha Malone and Timothy McReynolds Monday, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Wind Ensemble presents Fall Side by Side Brittan Braddock, conductor Veterans High School 598 Old Perry Road, Kathleen, GA October 2025 Saturday, Oct. 4, 11 a.m. Townsend Family Day Concert Tuesday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m. Fabian Concert Series Jasmine Habersham, soprano Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin Becca Albers, viola Hal Robinson, double bass Jeewon Park, piano Tickets $20; Mercer ID/Student ID free Thursday, Oct. 16, 3:30 p.m. Townsend Symposia on Music, Philosophy and the Arts: Stephen Darlington Friday, Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Singers Concert Stanley Roberts, director Stephen Darlington, guest performer Sunday, Oct. 19, 4 p.m. Choral Society of Middle Georgia and Mercer University Choir present To Celebrate Music Gary G. Gerber, conductor Mulberry Street United Methodist Church 719 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA Tickets $15 Monday, Oct. 20, 7 p.m. McDuffie Young Artists Concert Bell House, Jennings Salon Tuesday, Oct. 21 Tenor/Bass Day Wednesday, Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m. Chamber Winds and Friends Friday, Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. BeautyFull Collaboration: une soirée de musique française Kyung-A Yoo, piano Samantha Mishima Friedman, mezzo soprano McDuffie Young Artists Oct. 30 – Nov. 1 Mercer University Opera presents Public Lies, Private Truths Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $20; Student ID $10 November 2025 Monday, Nov. 3, 7 p.m. McDuffie Young Artists Concert Bell House, Jennings Salon Tuesday, Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m. Jubilee Artists Series: Jacob Keith Watson $7 advance reservation, Student ID free Friday, Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Jazz Ensemble Songs in Passage Monty Cole, director Sunday, Nov. 9, 4 p.m. New Desautels Organ Inaugural Recital Tuesday, Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m. Fabian Concert Series Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin Stella Chen, violin Matthew Lipman, viola Brannon Cho, cello Michael Stephen Brown, piano Tickets $20; Mercer ID/Student ID free Monday, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra Peter Oundjian, guest conductor The Piedmont Grand Opera House Tickets $25-35; Student ID free Tuesday, Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Harp Ensemble With One Voice Calista Anne Koch, conductor Thursday, Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Percussion Ensemble Marcus Reddick, director Friday, Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Jazz Combo Amsterdam After Dark Monty Cole, director Sunday, Nov. 23, 3 p.m. Mercer Women's Chamber Choir and Mercer Singers Thanksgiving Song Stanley Roberts, conductor Monday, Nov. 24, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Wind Ensemble presents Voices Brittan Braddock, conductor The Piedmont Grand Opera House Tickets $10; Student ID free December 2025 Tuesday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Flute Choir Kelly Via, conductor Wednesday, Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m. Brass Band Concert Nathan Gay, conductor Stratford Academy 6010 Peake Rd, Macon, GA Dec. 4-5, 7:30 p.m. Choral Society of Middle Georgia and Mercer University Choir present Messiah by G. F. Handel Gary G. Gerber, conductor St. Joseph Catholic Church 830 Poplar Street, Macon, GA Tickets $15 Dec. 6-7, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Singers, Women's Chamber Choir Mercer Brass Choir Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols St. Joseph Catholic Church 830 Poplar Street, Macon, GA Tuesday, Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m. Jubilee Artists Series: The Tallis Scholars St. Joseph Catholic Church 830 Poplar Street, Macon, GA $20 advance reservation, Student ID free