Townsend School of Music

Mercer’s Townsend School of Music, the McDuffie Center for Strings and the Townsend-McAfee Institute for Graduate Studies offer undergraduate and graduate professional music studies in a comprehensive university environment. The School is nationally recognized for its outstanding faculty, award-winning students, performance ensembles and state-of-the-art facilities.

The Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, a special institute within Mercer’s Townsend School of Music on the Macon campus, is a highly selective program
that prepares string students for success in the real world. Students study with some of the nation’s renowned string musicians, receiving music instruction of conservatory quality, while earning an academically well-rounded education from a comprehensive, nationally recognized university.