GUESTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!

SECTION I
7:00pm - Tag time   
7:10pm - Warmup (Sloan)  
7:20pm - The Lord's Prayer   

SECTION II (prep for December 31 performance)
7:30pm - Tonight (Sloan)
7:40pm - How High the Moon   
7:45pm - Beyond the Sea
7:50pm - It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Sloan)
7:55pm - Let It Snow (Sloan)
8:00pm - Bad Day  
8:05pm - Blew By You   

SECTION III
8:10pm - Break   
8:30pm - Unveiling of 2013 music plan (listen to full mixes of audio)
9:15pm - Business   

SECTION IV (prep for December 31 performance)
9:30pm - Star Spangled Banner   
9:30pm - Oh Bla Di Oh Blah Da   
9:35pm - Man in the Mirror   
9:40pm - Happy Together   
9:45pm - Lion Sleeps Tonight   
9:50pm - Closing song

A performing arts organization must focus its energies on those directions for which it has the capacity to successfully engage and in where leaders have defined areas of strategic importance. A total of 13 areas of strategic importance have been identified.

1. Membership: Increase active membership, through continued high performance standards, and proactive recruitment and orientation efforts;
2. Music: Maintain high performance standards (vocal and visual) through greater focus on outside coaching and regular use of audio video tools by all members;
3. Marketing: Increase awareness of the organization and its activities utilizing a mix of marketing, advertising, web development, and public relations strategies;
4. Program Development: Develop fundable outreach programs that support the mission and vision of the organization;
5. Financial Development: Build the framework to achieve long-term financial stability by establishing cost efficiencies, ensuring an effective investment program, and developing new funding sources. 
6. Outreach:  Complete a mix of gratis and paid performances within the community, partnering with a local schools district group and a representative from another arts organization;
7. Staff & Leadership Development: Fill vacancies in board and staff positions, begin utilizing one or more college interns, and focus resources to provide educational opportunities to help the board and staff become more effective in their positions;
8. Alliances, Partnerships, and Sponsorships: Form relationships with educational institutions, other music associations, businesses, and other entities. Create strategic alliances to maximize our influence and efforts to sustain, build awareness for, and strengthen our organization.  Secure sponsorships to increase non-dues revenue;
9. Audience Development: Increase the audience impacted by our music;
10. Philanthropy: Achieve budget to facilitate the increased funding of our Music Makes a Difference grant program and Educator of the Future college scholarship programs;
11. Diversity: Achieve greater diversity in members, leaders, and audiences;  
12. Facilities: Secure meager-sized office space to accommodate paid staff and volunteers, use for board meetings, and storage for music, risers, costumes, etc.; Be the leading partner or catalyst organization to conduct a capital campaign to build a new or purchase and renovate an existing facility to serve as the Nashville Center for the Performing Arts, a multi-purpose facility that would allow a number of local arts organizations space to rehearse, store risers, music, costumes, props, instruments, and provide administrative office space for the staff of these organizations. 
13. Awards: Earn awards for philanthropy, organizational management, outstanding recordings and for excellence in choral competition; 

Save These Dates!

To increase awareness of our music, events, community outreach activities, music education and philanthropic programs, Nashville Singers will be hosting a number of "open rehearsals" at college campuses across Middle Tennessee in 2013. Whether you are are interested in getting up on the risers and SINGING a song or two with us, or simply want to watch and listen, guests are welcome. You do not have to be a college student to attend these "open rehearsals." We will have TTBB and SATB charts available. For more information, click on the university logos shown above.

More "open rehearsals" are in the works for 2013. If you would like to host one of these events at your high school, college or university in Middle Tennessee, please contact Executive Director Todd Wilson by calling 615-852-SING (7464) or via email.

Upcoming Schedule

  

December 20 - (Thu) Abbreviated rehearsal/unveiling of 2013 music  (7:00pm to 10:00pm) at Whitworth Memorial Baptist Church 

December 27 - No rehearsal

 
December 31 - (Mon) Performance at Music City Bowl - LP Field at an assigned location (TBA) Chorus call: 9:00am, Performance time: 9:30am-11:00am, Kickoff 11:00am, Stay tuned for more details as they become available.

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