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Macon has a symphony, again, thanks to young musicians and seasoned pros

Georgia Public Broadcasting | By Grant Blankenship
Published October 5, 2021 at 4:22 PM EDT
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Four years ago the Macon Symphony Orchestra took the stage for the last time. This week they returned to the city’s Grand Opera House, thanks to a new collaboration between the young musicians of the Mercer University McDuffie Center for Strings and the seasoned professionals of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. 

 

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The Macon Symphony Orchestra in rehearsal recently. Credit: Grant Blankenship/GPB

 

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Grant Blankenship
Grant came to public media after a career spent in newspaper photojournalism. As an all platform journalist he seeks to wed the values of public radio storytelling and the best of photojournalism online.
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