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Pre-ACM Awards forum urges more female empowerment in country music

MTSU Recording Industry Chair Beverly Keel joined her two fellow co-founders of Change the Conversation for a special forum Saturday (Aug. 14) right before the Academy of Country Music Awards to discuss obstacles faced by women in country music. In addition to Keel, the open-to-the-public forum at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino featured singer/songwriter…

The Ethos Youth Ensembles

Local Youth Prepare for Grand Finale Concert

The Ethos Youth Ensembles, a non-profit youth orchestra program based in Murfreesboro and featuring student musicians from around Middle Tennessee, will present its Grand Finale Concert of the 2017-2018 season at 3pm on Sturday, April 21 at the First United Methodist Church (265 W. Thompson Lane, Murfreesboro) at 3pm. Included in the concert will be…

Students from 26 Tennessee high schools  to participate in 2018 Spotlight Awards

Students from 26 Tennessee high schools to participate in 2018 Spotlight Awards

Talented students from 26 Tennessee high schools are seizing an opportunity to improve their skills and be recognized for theatrical and musical talent as part of the fifth annual Nashville High School Musical Theater Awards, or Spotlight Awards. Founded in 2013 by Mike Fernandez, dean of Lipscomb’s George Shinn College of Entertainment & the Arts,…

Murfreesboro City Schools Music Festival Set to Perform March 9

Murfreesboro City Schools Music Festival Set to Perform March 9

Music teachers and over three hundred students from Murfreesboro City Schools will be participating in the annual MCS Music Festival concert Friday, March 9th. The free performance begins at 6:00 p.m. in the Cason Lane Academy gymnasium. Students and teachers will perform as part of Music in Our Schools Month. Music in Our Schools Month…

Celebrate Spring with Murfreesboro Drumming Community

Celebrate Spring with Murfreesboro Drumming Community

Everybody Drum Some, the open-ended percussion collective led by Murfreesboro drum instructor Ross Lester, will host its next community rhythm event on Thursday, March 22, at Mayday Brewery. As always, Lester invites all in the Middle Tennessee community to gather together with their neighbors and make music. These seasonal group drumming sessions are open to all…

Winterfest’s first community concert this Saturday – The Ball Brothers Christmas Concert

Winterfest’s first community concert this Saturday – The Ball Brothers Christmas Concert

Winterfest at Fountains at Gateways presents the Ball Brothers Christmas Concert,  Saturday, December 2 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on the Fountains Plaza stage at the far end of the ice rink.  The performance is the first in the series of free community concerts at Winterfest. Concertgoers are invited to bring their own chairs or find a…

Stewarts Creek Middle’s band selected among best in Tennessee

Stewarts Creek Middle’s band selected among best in Tennessee

The Stewarts Creek Middle School Band has again been recognized by the Tennessee Music Education Association as one of the state’s top school band programs, and as such, has been invited to perform at state music conference in April. The band has been selected to perform for the TMEA State Professional Development Conference on April…

Music-led enhanced campus tour experience awaits MTSU visitors

Music-led enhanced campus tour experience awaits MTSU visitors

Prospective Middle Tennessee State University students and their families will enjoy an enhanced campus tour experience — featuring live, acoustic music by current students — following upgrades unveiled this week for the weekday campus visits. The upgrades — live music, a walk through MTSU history, selfie spot, a new video in cinemascope and surround sound featuring…