Editing Macon, Georgia (section)

===Musical heritage===
Macon has been home for numerous musicians and composers, including [[Emmett Miller]], [[The Allman Brothers Band]], [[Randy Crawford]], [[Mark Heard]], [[Lucille Hegamin]], [[Ben Johnston (composer)|Ben Johnston]], [[Otis Redding]], [[Little Richard]], [[Mike Mills]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Jason Ankeny |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mike-mills-mn0000414895/biography |title=Mike Mills &#124; Biography & History |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=December 17, 1958 |access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> and [[Bill Berry]] of [[R.E.M.]], as well as more recent artists like [[violin]]ist [[Robert McDuffie]] and [[country music|country]] artist [[Jason Aldean]].{{clarify|these need to have their START in Macon. There is already an article for People from Macon|date=February 2012}} [[Capricorn Records]], run by Macon natives [[Phil Walden]] and briefly Alan Walden, made the city a [[Southern rock]] music production center in the late 1960s and 1970s.<ref name=HallOfFame>Georgia Music Hall of Fame. [http://www.georgiamusicstore.com/artist/G8/ "Alan Walden - Georgia Music Hall of Fame 2003 Inductee"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511225903/http://www.georgiamusicstore.com/artist/G8/ |date=May 11, 2008 }}. Georgiamusicstore.com. Retrieved August 27, 2008.</ref>

The Macon Symphony Orchestra,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maconsymphony.com/ |title=Macon Symphony Orchestra Website |publisher=Maconsymphony.com |date=May 5, 2012 |access-date=2012-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061105174528/http://www.maconsymphony.com/ |archive-date=November 5, 2006 |url-status=usurped |df=mdy-all }}</ref> a youth symphony, and the Middle Georgia Concert Band perform at the [[Grand Opera House (Macon, Georgia)|Grand Opera House]] in [[downtown Macon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.middlegeorgiaconcertband.org/ |title=Middle Georgia Concert Band website |publisher=Middlegeorgiaconcertband.org |date=January 9, 2012 |access-date=2012-05-30}}</ref>

The [[Georgia Music Hall of Fame]] was located in Macon from 1996 to 2011.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2012/02/23/closed-georgia-music-hall-site.html | first=Dave | last=Williams | title=Closed Georgia Music Hall site 'surplus property' | date=2012-02-23}}</ref>