By Lauren DealMacon Community News The Choral Society of Middle Georgia and the Mercer University Choir will present their first concert of the 2019-2020 choral season, For a Breath of Ecstasy. The performance will take place on Sunday, November 17, 2019, at 4:00 PM at the First Baptist Church of Christ, located at 511 High …
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By Lee Love Choral Society of Middle Georgia It was the musical experience of a lifetime for two choirs from Macon, Georgia, who recently embarked on a trip to the United Kingdom. While Macon sweltered in record-breaking heat in the last week of May, members of the Choral Society of Middle Georgia, the Mercer Singers, …
By Mel Redd Contributor The Douglass Theatre is pleased to announce the Historically Black College and University Arts Series. The HBCU Arts Series is an ongoing cultural program to highlight the history and value of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to foster greater public appreciation for their historical legacies, and to provide an outlet for …
By Charlene Griffin-Walker CEO/Co-founder at Streetline Streetline is a free year-round, comprehensive 501c3 percussion program. Over the past nine years, Streetline Percussion ENT has been providing 30-50+ inner-city youths from our surrounding community with new avenues of living, learning, and self-expression through music. We are an interactive percussion program emphasizing music education and performance as …
By Lee Love Choral Society of Middle Georgia Tickets are now on sale for the 2018-2019 season of the Choral Society of Middle Georgia. Under the guidance of our conductor, Stanley L. Roberts, and president, Sean Thomas Hendricks, the Choral Society has become the premier choral music organization for singers and audiences in Middle Georgia. …
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By Lauren Deal Aris Johnston, 17, and her sixteen-year-old brother, Artis, are the future of Macon. The siblings moved to Middle Georgia in 2013 with their parents, Artis and Marlene Johnston, from Virginia. They began singing together in their church at early ages: “We began singing in front of the church at 4, 5 years …
By Leighton Akins This month, the world-famous GABBAfest will return to Macon for a celebration like no other. During the fourth weekend of September each year, Allman Brothers Band fans from across the world gather at multiple venues throughout our city to celebrate the life, music, and legacy of the popular southern rock band that …
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Guest article by Lee Love Under the direction of Dr. Stanley L. Robert; Arthur Lowndes Rich Professor of Choral Conducting and the Associate Dean of the Townsend School of Music of Mercer University, The Choral Society of Middle Georgia, joined by the Mercer University Choir, The Mercer Singers, and The McDuffie Center for Strings. will …
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Macon – The Mercer University Youth Choirs announced that they will be holding auditions for the upcoming 2017-2018 season on Saturday August 12 from 9:30 AM – 1 PM and Sunday August 13 from 2-4 PM. The auditions will be held in Neva Fickling Recital Hall inside the McCorkle Music Building. The address is 1329 …
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The Choral Society of Middle Georgia has been providing music to audiences in Macon and beyond since 1975. Membership is open to all high school and adult singers in the community, including senior citizens. Rehearsals are held in the McCorkle Music Building on the campus of Mercer University every Monday night from 7:00 to 9:00 …
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Macon – In August 2013, Greenwood School of Music first opened its doors to the public as Bibb County’s first non-profit, comprehensive music school for all ages and levels of ability. Located off Forsyth Road in North Macon, the school sits back off of a large, rolling, green lawn, sheltered by stout old hardwoods and …
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Rasheda Jones is a music teacher at the Greenwood School of Music in Macon. She sat down with Macon Community News to answer a few questions with us. Macon Community News (MCN): When did you first begin to learn music? Rasheda Jones (RJ): My mother ALWAYS had old instruments just lying around in …
Macon – The sound of Macon music has been echoing through the city streets, downtown alley ways, and on the airwaves for quite some time now. Macon, Georgia has had its share of influential musical titans to emerge and become world renowned superstars. It is also home to a diverse group of talented musicians that …
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