A Night of Georgia Music featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, and Chuck Leavell
October 5, 2019
8:00 PM
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
A Night of Georgia Music featuring Mike Mills, Robert McDuffie, Chuck Leavell Performing The Mills Concerto and Music of
Ray Charles
The Allman Brothers Band
Outkast
Gram Parsons
James Brown
Gregg Allman
R.E.M.
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Brook Benton
Otis Redding
Mike Mills, of two-decade rock powerhouse R.E.M., and Robert McDuffie, internationally renowned violinist, have been close friends since they were children growing up in Macon, Georgia. In the spring of 2016, inspired by the blurred lines between contemporary classical audiences and rock and pop music, McDuffie commissioned Mills to write a new composition they could share with audiences both classical and modern.
In 2016-2017, Mills and McDuffie performed Concerto for Violin, Rock Band and String Orchestra to sold-out venues on the east coast. Concerto for Violin, Rock Band and String Orchestra is the first classical work composed and performed by Mike Mills with his longtime friend and new collaborator, McDuffie. The pair is joined on the recording by the McDuffie Center for Strings Ensemble conducted by Ward Stare and made up of students from the award-winning Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University. This piece will also be performed at A Night of Georgia Music.
Ray Charles
The Allman Brothers Band
Outkast
Gram Parsons
James Brown
Gregg Allman
R.E.M.
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Brook Benton
Otis Redding
Mike Mills, of two-decade rock powerhouse R.E.M., and Robert McDuffie, internationally renowned violinist, have been close friends since they were children growing up in Macon, Georgia. In the spring of 2016, inspired by the blurred lines between contemporary classical audiences and rock and pop music, McDuffie commissioned Mills to write a new composition they could share with audiences both classical and modern.
In 2016-2017, Mills and McDuffie performed Concerto for Violin, Rock Band and String Orchestra to sold-out venues on the east coast. Concerto for Violin, Rock Band and String Orchestra is the first classical work composed and performed by Mike Mills with his longtime friend and new collaborator, McDuffie. The pair is joined on the recording by the McDuffie Center for Strings Ensemble conducted by Ward Stare and made up of students from the award-winning Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University. This piece will also be performed at A Night of Georgia Music.
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