Review: Stand and Shout! with Leonardo Altino

Review: ‘Stand and Shout!’ brings Philharmonic audience to its feet GUEST CELLIST MAKES A BIG NOISE By J. Kevin Butler, For The Republic – 11/16/17 7:53 PM View Article Here The Columbus Indiana Philharmonic presented its “Stand and Shout!” concert Saturday at...

Review: Celebrating The Reformation

Standing ovation for Philharmonic’s music celebrating the Reformation By Staff Reports, For The Republic – 10/31/17 11:33 PM View Article Here The Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and Festival Chorus, with three outstanding vocal soloists, treated a large and...

Review: I Love A Piano with Tony DeSare

Piano man DeSare wows audience By J. Kevin Butler,  For The Republic – 9/21/17 11:07 PM View Article Here The Columbus Indiana Philharmonic opened its 2017-18 season Saturday at Columbus East High School’s Clarence Robbins auditorium with its “I Love a Piano”...

Review: Bernstein & Gershwin with Drew Petersen

Rising pianist and others earn ovations in Philharmonic concert opener By: Charles Webb, For The Republic – 9/18/18 9:44 PM View Article Here Maestro David Bowden, music director of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, inaugurated the 2018-19 season by featuring...

More about Michael Mercer

After seeing some classmates senior to me at a concert at Central Junior High I decided that playing music was what I wanted to do.  My mother bought me a guitar from Tom Picket and I started lessons. This was a turning point in my life. Tom was kind, patient, helpful...