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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) According to Mercer University and Peyton Anderson Foundation, a world class orchestra is coming to Macon this fall.
It will be called the Macon Mercer Symphony, and the group will include Robert McDuffie Center for Strings. Organizers will have 13 members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra come to mentor the center’s students.
“In my opinion it will be the best orchestra in the country,” said founder of Mercer’s McDuffie Center for Strings Robert McDuffie.
The Macon native says after becoming a world renowned violist, it’s time to pay it forward to Macon’s music community and Macon music legends.
Mercer-Macon Symphony Orchestra plans first performance in fall 2021
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Robert Spano Appointed Music Director of Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
February 9, 2021 GMT
Conductor Robert Spano. Photo by Jason Thrasher.
FORT WORTH, Texas (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 9, 2021
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra President and CEO Dr. Keith Cerny and Board Chair Mercedes T. Bass today announced the appointment of conductor Robert Spano as the orchestra’s next Music Director. His initial three-year term will begin with the 2022–23 season. Having worked with the orchestra as Principal Guest Conductor since 2019, Robert Spano will become Music Director Designate on April 1, 2021, and will serve in this capacity until assuming the title of Music Director on Aug. 1, 2022.