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Ken Medema
piano
Friday, October 20, 7:30 p.m.
Though blind from birth, Ken sees and
hears with heart and mind, singing
stories from his audience and accenting
themes and perspectives from speakers
and workshop leaders. Ken custom
designs every musical moment through
improvisation and new composition to bring
each event to life. Join us in a celebratory
concert of song and story-telling featuring
Ken Medema, the Mercer Singers, and
the Mercer University Youth Choir to
commemorate the opening of the Ken
Medema collection in the Tarver Library.
Elegy for Martin Luther King, world premiere
Monday, January 15, 7 p.m.
Mercer University celebrates Martin Luther King with a special concert featuring
the Hayiya Dance Theatre, directed by Ms. Pilar Wilder Lowden, and the Mercer
Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dr. Monty Cole. Elegy for Martin Luther King,
an original composition by Dr. Christopher Schmitz based on the poetry of
Senegalese poet and statesman Leopold Sedar Senghor, and read by Mercer
alumnus Michael Scott, will receive its world premiere on January 15th at 7 pm,
at Macon's Grand Opera House. Admission is free.
2017 – 2018
MUSIC.MERCER.EDU
Mercer University Townsend School of Music
