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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) The Brookdale Warming Center received $35,000 in donations Tuesday. Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller says due to the generosity of the community, they haven’t had to use county funds for the center.
“We’re looking forward to the day we could spend money to make more changes in people’s live but we have to come up with a long term solution,” said Mayor Miller.
Southern Trust and Southern Specialty Underwriters raised $10,000. The Peyton Anderson Foundation also donated a $25,000 grant. Mayor Miller says the donations are a big help.
“We were getting to the bottom of the money quite honestly,” said Mayor Miller. “Trying to cut a few corners here, needing more staff when we really couldn’t afford it. So this is very timely on their behalf.”
Now, 26 Mercer University students have the opportunity to work with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Author: Molly Jett Updated: 7:06 PM EST February 18, 2021
MACON, Ga. A $300,000 grant from the Peyton Anderson Foundation is helping jumpstart the new Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra.
Now, 26 students have the opportunity to work with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
In 2017, Macon s last symphony orchestra shut down. However, on Thursday, Mercer University and the Peyton Anderson Foundation announced the return of symphony music to Central Georgia.
Mercer University Musician Seido Karasaki said, As a strings player, I think it is an extraordinary opportunity for us.
Karasaki moved from California to play classical music a few years back.
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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.