Middle Tennessee State University alumnus and adjunct jazz professor Miguel Alvarado will showcase his impressive saxophone skills with members of MTSU Combo 1 on Feb. 1 in the second concert of MTSU’s School of Music’s Jazz Artist Series. The concert, which will feature original compositions and arrangements by Alvarado, begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb….
The Rockvale Band is excited to host their 3rd annual “Bands at the Rock” Marching Band Competition & Exhibition on Saturday, September 16. The event will feature performances by 21 high school bands from across Tennessee and Alabama as they compete for a chance to take home “The Rock” for the small or large division….
Eight Middle Tennessee State University students — a record number — qualified for and attended the prestigious National Flute Association, or NFA, Convention in Phoenix, Arizona, earlier this month. “I was overjoyed and incredibly proud,” said Deanna Little, the students’ flute studies professor in the MTSU School of Music. “This is truly a wonderful and…
Middle Tennessee State University’s Center for Historic Preservation will host author and historian Bob Beatty at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, for a Q&A on his book, “Play All Night! Duane Allman and the Journey to Fillmore East.” The recently released book by the MTSU alumnus dives deep into the motivations and musical background of…
Aubry Redhair and Elexis Thepthongsay, students at Riverdale High School, have been selected for the High School Honors Performance Series at Sydney Opera House. Both Aubry and Elexis will perform Alto in August with the Honor Choir. Participation in the Honors Ensembles is limited to the highest-rated young performers from across the world. After being…
Main Street Murfreesboro, a nonprofit, 501c3 has been focused on economic development, design, and promotions of the historic downtown business district for the past 38 years. Main Street Murfreesboro hosts several downtown events to bring tourism and community residents to the historic downtown business district. The July 7th concert features local band Entice performing three…
Here are two updates I get asked for the most, Notes Live Amphitheater and Legacy Sports Complex coming to Murfreesboro.
Bands from Rutherford County Schools recently participated in the Middle Tennessee Band and Orchestra Association’s Concert Performance Assessment (CPA). Performances at CPA serve as summative assessments for musical ensembles. Each group performs for a panel of judges and is evaluated on prepared music performance as well as the ability to read and perform never-before-seen music….
MixTape 80s Band members Bon Jody and Dougie Fresh joined us with Cheryl Blanchard from Alzheimer’s Tennessee to talk about a big benefit concert event they have coming up in Murfreesboro on May 20th at Hop Springs. Get your tickets here before they sell out – https://alztennessee.org/rock/
Two pairs of the music industry’s best “ears,” trained at Middle Tennessee State University, will be hearing plenty of congratulations as they figure out the best locations for their newly acquired Grammy Awards for engineering two spectacular albums. Both Brandon Bell and Tony Castle, graduates of MTSU’s internationally recognized Department of Recording Industry, have already…