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Arts & Culture

Mercer Artist: Joori Chung, visual art

Joori Chung is a senior at Mercer University majoring in art with a double minor in communications and photography. She is a full-time international student from Seoul, South Korea. Chung said that she always had a passion for art. Her love of art was inspired by her father, as she used to look through ...

The Setonian
Arts & Culture

January album releases

As 2014 begins, the world turns in anticipation of the unknown. For those of us passionate about the arts, this means an exciting year full of new music waiting to make its way to our ears. In order to serve its readers who share in this passion, The Cluster has provided reviews of this month’s latest ...

The Setonian
Arts & Culture

Coming soon to Mercer entertainment...

    Chamber Winds Ensemble Fickling Recital Hall Feb. 7   Picasso at the Lapine Agile Backdoor Theatre Feb. 13- 16   Mercer University Orchestra Fickling Recital Hall Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m.   Student Recitals:   Alison Post Graduate: Collaborative Piano Feb. ...

The Setonian
Arts & Culture

‘Sherlock’ season 3 keeps viewers guessing

The Brits are rapidly climbing the ladder of American entertainment. English musicians such as Adele, Mumford & Sons and One Direction have become top-chart artists in the U.S. This British Invasion II, however, encompasses more media than solely music, with BBC television series sparking their ...

The Setonian
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Grammy victories and ceremony faux pas

CBS broadcasted the 56th Annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26 live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Daft Punk, a French electronic music featuring robotic personas created by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, won big, earning victories in the Record of the Year, Album of the Year, ...

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PBS airs ‘A Grand Mercer Christmas’

Sitting in the Grand Opera House, I was amazed by the music created by my fellow Mercerians. “A Grand Mercer Christmas” was pre-recorded in 2012 to be aired nationwide on PBS in December 2013 through Georgia Public Broadcasting and Brandenburg Productions. The show was comprised of students ...

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Mercer Opera presents ‘The Magic Flute’

Mercer University’s Opera and Townsend School of Music began the semester with a colorful production of W.A. Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” Under the direction of Dr. Martha Malone, Chair of Vocal Studies and the Director of Mercer University Opera, the opera featured over 30 vocalists, ...

The Setonian
Arts & Culture

Country concert tonight at the Cox

Macon’s Cox Capitol Theatre welcomes three of the top songwriters in the south tonight for “Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics.” The concert will be a night of country music and storytelling. Kevn Kinney, singer and songwriter of Drivin N Cryin’, will be joined by fellow country music performers ...

The Setonian
Arts & Culture

National voice competition comes to Mercer

Annual auditions are held for high school and college voice students to participate in a competition through NATS, the National Association of Teachers of Singing.  This year, Mercer’s Townsend School of Music had the honor of hosting this highly anticipated two day event.  On November 15th and ...

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Mercer Artist: diverse musician Dustin Murdock

Dustin Murdock is a sophomore at Mercer University majoring in music performance with an emphasis in classical guitar.  His first experience with guitar was with his grandfather, who taught him how to play old gospel music.  Since then he has not only learned to play guitar but also piano, drums and ...

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Mercer Players entertain with dark comedy

Directed by Scot J. Mann, the Mercer Players opened the comical and charming play, “Love Kills,” by Vladimir Volkoff in the Back Door Theatre. The play is a part of “Exile Is My Country,” the International Colloquium held at Mercer on the writings of Volkoff, a celebrated and provocative Russian ...

The Setonian
Arts & Culture

Macon Pops debut concert thrills audience

These days, to go out dancing usually means going to a club and dancing to the latest pop hits. In earlier years, going out to a club meant something entirely different than twerking and grinding with a crowd of intoxicated young people.  Older generations recall going out dancing to Big Band ...

The Setonian
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Meet the bands of the final battle

“I am excited to see people from different student organizations come together for this event. It is campus unity at its finest,” said Raymond Partolan, master of ceremonies, as he prepared for Battle of the Bands last Thursday night. Six bands took the stage Thursday, Oct. 24, to compete for the ...

The Setonian
Arts & Culture

Percussion faculty gives virtuosic performance

Director of Percussion Studies since 2006, Dr. Marcus Reddick, gave a solo recital on Friday, Oct. 25, in Mercer’s Fickling Hall. Reddick is not only a noted professor, but he is also an experienced performer. As he walked on stage to a welcoming applause, Reddick explained the instrumental setup ...


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