MACON – Townsend School of Music will present the 2024 GRAMMY® winner in the Classical Compendium category, Imani Winds, to begin the 2024-2025 Jubilee Artists Series. The show will take place on Sept. 27 at Neva Langley Fickling Hall in McCorkle Music Building. Tickets are available now.
“Through the invisible hands of music, the soul is touched and healed,” Josephine “Jo” Phelps Fabian said. In her life, Fabian was a dedicated arts patron, donor, board member and advocate who loved classical music and opera. She frequently attended concerts at Townsend School of Music.
Through The Fabian Center for Musical Excellence, the Jubilee Artists Series features leading artists performing concerts that are free or low cost to the public, making the best of music available to all.
Celebrating more than a quarter century of music making, the three-time GRAMMY® nominated group Imani Winds has “led both a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet through their dynamic playing, adventurous programming, imaginative collaborations and outreach endeavors that have inspired audiences of all ages and backgrounds,” according to their biography. “The ensemble’s playlist embraces traditional chamber music repertoire and newly commissioned works from voices that reflect historical events and the times in which we currently live.”
Townsend School of Music Dean Gary Gerber said, “I am excited to have such a premier instrumental ensemble on the Jubilee Artists Series. Imani Winds have proven themselves as a world-class wind quintet with their range of classical literature to new and innovated repertoire.”
The rest of the series will excite opera fans with powerhouse soprano Ana María Martínez on Nov. 14. Ana María’s repertoire encompasses opera’s most intriguing and diverse leading ladies, with her work taking her to great stages like The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington National Opera and many more. Tickets are available here.
Just in time for a Valentine’s Day date, the Jubilee Artists Series will thrill fans of Disney and Broadway with a charming performance of a capella sensation Voctave on Feb. 13, 2025. With more than 160 million social media views of their videos and top 10 debuts on the Billboard and iTunes charts, everyone will love their unique vocal arrangements. If you liked the “Pitch Perfect” movie franchise, you’ll love Voctave. Get tickets here.
The season will close with Anton Nel, prize-winning pianist, on March 25, 2025. Nel has enjoyed a remarkable and multifaceted career playing across six continents with an active repertoire of more than 100 works. Tickets can be purchased now at this link.
A series subscription is available for all four Jubilee Artists Series shows for just $30 at mercerevents.tixr.com. Admission is free to students with a Mercer or any valid student I.D., with tickets held even for sold-out performances for students. Call (478) 301-5470 to reserve or pay at the door.
