Issue link: http://maconmagazine.uberflip.com/i/1546131
Townsend 2026-2027 Calendar Mercer University School of Music | music.mercer.edu January 2027 Friday, Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m. Jubilee Artists Series: Susan Platts $7 advance reservation, Student ID free Tuesday, Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m. Guest Artist Recital: Alan Woo, piano February 2027 Monday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m. McDuffie Young Artists Concert Bell House, Jennings Salon Tuesday, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m. Townsend Symposia on Music, Philosophy, and the Arts: Peter Shannon Tuesday, Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. Fabian Concert Series Tickets $20; Mercer ID/Student ID free Friday, Feb. 12, 7:30 p.m. Faculty Recital: Nathan Gay, tuba/euphonium Saturday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. Mercer University Opera presents Aria Night Tickets $20; student ID free Friday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m. Bands at the Grand Honor Band Festival The Mercer University Wind Ensemble Brittan Braddock, conductor Nicholas Zehao Bai, piano Piedmont Grand Opera House Saturday, Feb. 20, 3 p.m. Bands at the Grand Honor Band Festival Middle and High School Honor Bands Sue Creasap and Dylan Koester, guest conductors Piedmont Grand Opera House Tuesday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. BeautyFull Reconnection Crossing Paths: Then and Now Samantha Friedman, mezzo-soprano Kyung-A Yoo, piano Thursday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Jazz Ensemble Mercer Jazz Ensemble Goes to Hollywood Monty Cole, director March 2027 Monday, Mar. 1, 7:30 p.m. Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra Mei-Ann Chen, guest conductor Piedmont Grand Opera House Tickets: $25-35; student ID free Mar. 4-5 7 p.m. Robert McDuffie Center for Strings Young Artists Chamber Music Marathon Tuesday, Mar. 16, 7:30 p.m. Collectively: All About Collaborative Piano Kyung-A Yoo, producer Students and faculty from the Townsend School of Music Friday, Mar. 19, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Jazz Combo Some Skunk Funk Monty Cole, director Robins Financial Capitol Theatre Monday, Mar. 22, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Harp Ensemble Aria Tuesday, Mar. 23, 7:30 p.m. Fabian Concert Series Tickets $20; Mercer ID/Student ID free Tuesday, Mar. 30, 7:30 p.m. Jubilee Artists Series: The Swingles $7 advance reservation, Student ID free April 2027 Thursday, Apr. 1, 7:30 p.m. Faculty Recital Mozart Meets Modernism Brittan Braddock, conductor R. Timothy McReynolds, piano Kyung-A Yoo, piano Monday, Apr. 5, 7:30 p.m. Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra Yaniv Segal, conductor Piedmont Grand Opera House Tickets: $25-35; student ID free Apr. 8-11 Mercer University Opera presents Computing Venus Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, 3 p.m. Samantha Mishima Friedman, stage director Tickets $20; student ID free Monday, Apr. 12, 7 p.m. McDuffie Young Artists Concert Bell House, Jennings Salon Tuesday, Apr. 13, 7:30 p.m. Student Composition Recital Thursday, Apr. 15, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Jazz Ensemble Strasbourg St Denis: The Music of Roy Hargrove, Matt Carmichael and Other Modern American Jazz Composers Monty Cole, director Friday, Apr. 16, 7:30 p.m. Faculty Recital Winter Words and Midnight Charms: Music from the British Isles Samantha Friedman, mezzo-soprano Richard Kosowski, tenor Brittan Braddock, clarinet R. Timothy McReynolds, piano Sunday, Apr. 18, 3 p.m. Mercer Women's Chamber Choir The Voices of Spring Stanley L. Roberts, conductor Monday, Apr. 19, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Wind Ensemble presents Let's Dance Brittan Braddock, conductor Piedmont Grand Opera House Tickets: $10; student ID free Thursday, Apr. 22, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Percussion Ensemble Saturday, Apr. 24, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Singers Farewell Concert Stanley L. Roberts, conductor Sunday, Apr. 25, 4 p.m. Choral Society of Middle Georgia and Mercer University Choir present Coronation: Music for Kings and Heroes Gary G. Gerber, conductor First Baptist Church of Christ 511 High Place, Macon Tickets: $15 Wednesday, Apr. 28, 7:30 p.m. Brass Band Concert Location TBA Nathan Gay, conductor Thursday, Apr. 29, 3:30 p.m. Townsend School of Music Honors Recital Thursday, Apr. 29, 7:30 p.m. Mercer Flute Choir Kelly Via, conductor May 2027 Sunday, May 2 at 4 p.m. Coro Vocati – Nature Always Sings Stanley L. Roberts, conductor $15 General Admission, Student ID free