| |
Supporting music education in our schools and the community
|
|
|
|
We hope you enjoy this week's issue of the
Nashville Singers News
You are subscribed to the official weekly publication of Nashville Singers, Inc., a Tennessee 501(c)3 non-profit, performing arts organization. We celebrate the power of the human voice to entertain, educate, unite, uplift, enrich, and inspire, by performing an ever-widening repertoire of choral music at the highest artistic level for a broad community of audiences.
You are receiving this email because you likely fall into one of these categories: supporter of music education, chorus member, music educator, donor, fan, in-kind sponsor, advisory board member, leader of another Middle Tennessee nonprofit organization, have attended one of our meetings or performances, have inquired about Nashville Singers via phone or email, have been identified as someone who enjoys SINGING.
If you do not desire further contact, please unsubscribe following the instructions at the bottom of this email. You can also modify your profile or change your preferred email address using this link.
|
|
Mission & Vision
|
Organizational Mission
The mission of Nashville Singers is to entertain, educate, unite and uplift our audiences and members through music that is distinguished for its innovation, diversity and artistic excellence.
Philanthropic Mission The philanthropic mission of Nashville Singers is to provide resources and support for music education in our schools and the community.
Leadership MissionThe leadership mission of Nashville Singers is to seek, develop, use and enhance the skills and talents of each member to such an extent that progress seems limitless. Vision The vision of Nashville Singers is to be a dynamic choral leader, enriching lives through the performance of significant music; collaborating with highly engaged, skilled donors to make a substantial impact on music education in our schools and the community.
|
| | |
Nashville Singers
In-Kind Sponsors
Ambassador Formalwear
1714 North Gallatin Road
Madison, TN 37115
(Rivergate)
615.865.4640 Carl Diebold
Sincera Media Solutions Dove Award-winning videographer
Suzi Moran
For more information about becoming an in-kind sponsor of Nashville Singers, please click HERE to review a list of our current needs.
|
| About Us |
Nashville Singers, Inc. is a 501(C)3 non-profit corporation and performing arts organization founded in 2008.
The members reside in Brentwood, Hermitage, LaVergne, Lebanon, Nashville, and Smyrna.
The group meets at Whitworth Memorial Baptist Church the first three Thursday evenings of each month from 7-10pm. Membership in Nashville Singers is open to all men who demonstrate the ability, desire, and a commitment to excellence in vocal and choral performance.
|
|
We Are Grateful for the Support from our Donors and Grant Funders
|
Sustaining Donors
Bruce and Kellye Cokeroft
Bryan Patrick
Individual Donors
Nikki Baker
Sarah Beatty
Janet Koch Colonel Samuel Liburdi Ed and Tracey Luke Doug and Trish Morrison Tim and Amy Mullican Jonathan (Jay) Ress Lisa Black Schlossberg Brett and Brandrea Sweeney Gary Sinagra Dr. Jane Warren Darlene Williamson Harlan and Sandy Wilson Todd and Jennifer Wilson Sloan Yarborough Grant Funders  
|
|
| |
Todd Wilson
Executive Director
Ex Officio
Director of Music
Music Evaluation Committee
Webmaster
Newsletter Editor
 Doug Morrison
President/Board Chair  Lenny Farmer Vice-Chair
Board Secretary Celebration Coordinator
Tim Mullican Treasurer In-House Photographer Historian
Taylor Wilson Board Member At Large
Baritone Section Leader
Music Evaluation Committee
Visual Performance Coach
Mike Casper
Board Member At Large
Performance Scout
Venue Search Task Force 
Sloan Yarborough Associate Director Bass Section Leader
Music Evaluation Committee
Pitch Pipes
Annual Survey Administrator 
Bruce Cokeroft Membership Manager Manager of Auditions Tenor Section Leader Venue Search Task Force 
Bryan Patrick
Music Evaluation Committee Prime Minister of Fun & Mischief Interim Costume Manager 
Ric Domenico Music Evaluation Committee Learning Media Producer Lead Section Leader Music Engraver Music Librarian
 Harlan Wilson
Performance Coach
 Bob Allen
Venue Search Task Force  Michael Schwalbe
Venue Search Task Force 
Grace Thomson
Performance Coach Voice Teacher
|
|
Advisory Board
| |
Nashville Singers is blessed to have some outstanding community, business, and association leaders serving as volunteers on our team
Sarah Beatty
Director of Events and Communications
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee
Dawn Davenport
Sports Anchor/Reporter
WKRN, News 2
Cheryl B. Davis
Director, Dickson and
Cheatham Divisions
Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity
Dr. Robert L. Elliott
Professor of Music and Department Head
Tennessee State University
Shane Fortner
Senior Sales Manager
Jason G. Franke
Assistant General Manager of Sales and Marketing
Nashville Sounds Baseball
Carrie Hobbs Guiden Executive Director
The Arc of Tennessee
Don Hart
Professional music arranger, composer, orchestrator
Laura Landress
Manager of Corporate Support
Nashville Public Radio
Emily Lansdell
Director of
Marketing & Admissions
Columbia Academy
Lynn D. McGill, CLU, ChFC
Financial Advisor
The McGill Financial Ensemble
Choir Director
Trinity United Methodist Church
Joann McIntire
Office Assistant IV
Neurology Department Vanderbilt University
Dr. Jeffrey T. Phillips
Director of Fine Arts
Hendersonville High School
President
Tennessee Music Education Association
Amanda Foster
VP of Development
Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce
Tom Ventress
President
Ventress Design Works
Jane Warren
Assoc. Professor of Music
Belmont University
Roger White
Trainer / Outside Sales
Dr. Gary Wilson
Director of Choral Activities
Ruth Woodall Associate Vice-President of Education and Workforce Development
|
Current Repertoire |
REGULAR
Bad Day
Beyond the Sea
Blew by You
Bring Him Home
Danny Boy
Happy Together
How High the Moon
I Then Shall Live
My Lord and I
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
Over the Rainbow
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The Lord's Prayer
Man in the Mirror
Star Spangled Banner
Tonight
When She Loved Me
HOLIDAY
Believe
Birthday of a King
It's the Most Wonderful
Time of the Year
Let It Snow
I Wonder What You're
Doing for Christmas Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
Silent Night The Secret of Christmas We Wish You a Merry Christmas
|
|
Philanthropy
|
Music Makes a Difference
Grants Awarded
2012
Lakeview Design Center ($500) Oliver Middle School ($500) 2011
John Overton High School ($500) Educator of the Future
College Scholarships Awarded
2012
Michael Collins ($1000) McGavock High School |
|
 |
VIPs in Abundance at TN Chamber Performance
In excess of 300 business leaders and state legislators from across Tennessee assembled at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Nashville on April 2nd, for the 101st Annual Membership Meeting of the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Thanks to advisory board member Ruth Woodall, the Nashville Singers were the featured entertainment for the event. Our performance concluded with Jay Giallombardo's powerful arrangement of Over the Rainbow and rousing applause. Governor Bill Haslam was scheduled to present a keynote address directly after our set and shouted with dismay from his table, "I have to follow that?"
 | |
The Nashville Singers with Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam
(photo by Travis Wilson)
|
 | Former US Senator Trent Lott and Nashville Singers
Executive Director Todd Wilson (photo by Travis Wilson) |
 Former Senator Trent Lott loves to sing barbershop harmony and performed for many years as the bass singer of a quartet called the Singing Senators. The members of the famous foursome are shown below:  | |
Nashville Singers with "Barney Fife" impersonator David Browning
(photo by Travis Wilson)
|
|
Spring Celebration Concert at Antioch High School Draws a Crowd
 | |
The Nashville Singers performing "When She Loved Me"
under the direction of Sloan Yarborough (photo by Travis Wilson)
|
A few hundred folks gathered at Antioch High School on the evening of April 4, for a fundraiser event called A Spring Celebration. The evening featured performances by the Nashville Singers, the Antioch High School Mixed Chorus, Antioch High School Chamber Singers, and the JFK Middle School Chorus
The Executive Director of Choral Arts Link, Margaret Campbelle-Holman remarked on her Facebook page...
Franklin J. Willis and I had the special pleasure of attending a concert at Antioch High School tonight that was a testament to the quality choral threads that are crisscrossing communities and giving families pride in the tradition of our children and youth succeeding, masterfully. Opening the program was led by Todd Wilson and the Nashville Singers. All you had to do was sit back and let lush blend of vocal timbres wash over you: vocal harmonies (a cappella-Yeah!) bouncing you along or gently leading you through classics of today and yesteryear.
 | |
The Founders (Harlan Wilson (baritone), Todd Wilson (bass),
Taylor Wilson (lead), Bruce Cokeroft, (tenor), performing "Watch What Happens"
(photo by Travis Wilson)
|
|
Venues Finalized for Season of Harmony Concerts
 Saturday - November 23, 2013 First Baptist Church Donelson, TN Silent Auction begins at 6:00pm Concert begins at 7:00pm
|
Sunday - November 24, 2013
Lifepoint Church
Smyrna, TN
Concert begins at 2:30pm
|
Stay tuned for more details as they become available.
|
Testimonial from the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
The Nashville Singers performed at the Maunday Thursday service held at the Masonic Grand Lodge in downtown Nashville on March 28th. The chorus performed "Were You There" and the "Lord's Prayer" during the service. Nashville Singers lead singer Bryan Patrick performed a solo on the song Jerusalem accompanied by guest organist Julian Calvin.
We received a great letter this week. It read as follows:
Dear Mr. Wilson and all The Nashville Singers.
On behalf of the Scottish Rite Valley of Nashville I wish to convey my sincere appreciation for your remarkable performance at our Maunday Thursday event last week. Your entire group was so professional in not only the performance but also the way each of you interacted with our members and guests. Each of you helped make our service a memorable event for everyone. This fraternity has been conducting this service for over 900 years and I bet the music in this one was the best ever. Thanks to each of you from the Scottish Rite Valley of Nashville and myself personally from the bottom of my heart.
Sincerely,
Dan Jones
Inspector General Honorary
Secretary
|
Unsung Heroes - Volunteers of Note
This has been one of the busiest stretches of time in the short history of organization, with four performances, two rehearsals, and Acappella Academy all taking place in less than two weeks. While the members of the chorus receive the applause, there are some people behind the scenes who do not always get the recognition they deserve.
Kudos to Taylor's "better half" Whitney Jones for programming our scrolling LED sign providing cues for song titles, pitches and first words, Travis Wilson for serving as photographer at our last two performances, and helping with registration at Acappella Academy, and Travis' better half Cierra Adkisson for helping with registration at Acappella Academy. We are grateful for your assistance.
|
Rumors of Our Demise Prompted Quite a Response
Last Week's April Fools Newsletter THE Most Popular Issue Yet!
 Perhaps is was the catchy headline, or maybe it was the content, but last week's newsletter was THE MOST OPENED issue in our 4+ years of existence. Over 39% of those receiving last week's newsletter opened it. That's over 600 people! In addition, your editor received a few panicked phone calls from friends and fans from Tennessee and across the country.
|
|
Barbershop Harmony Society Celebrates
75th Anniversary This Week!
  The largest all-male singing organization in the world relocated its headquarters to Nashville in 2007. The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, (now doing business as the Barbershop Harmony Society), formed back in 1938. On Thursday, April 11th, the Society will be celebrating this milestone with a big birthday bash from 11:30 to 1:00 with quartets and 75 birthday cakes at the Arcade downtown. Everyone is invited!
|
Meet One of the Newest Members of Our Team
 Eric J. Polk will be working with the Nashville Singers to help secure bookings for the chorus across Tennessee and beyond. He has spent 12 years in the world of nonprofit management and youth development, working with and mentoring to young people from all walks of life in the city of Nashville and abroad. He holds a B.A. in Communications and Sociology from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. Eric and his wife, Tasha D. Polk, started a youth ministry in October 2011 that has since grown into the non-profit charity organization, G.I.F.T.E.D. Ministries. This ministry organization is a full-time passion that seeks to inspire youth and young adults to use every gift and talent to advance the Kingdom of God. Additionally, Eric spends his time and energy operating in several other passions that include moonlighting as the Operations Manager at the Law Offices of Charles R. Frazier in LaVergne, TN, event-planning, cooking, song-writing and music production, spending time with family and friends, evangelical mission travel, and volunteering in the Tennessee Department of Corrections as a Minister. Eric and his wife live in Antioch, TN with their daughter Ariaunna "Ari" Polk and are expecting the arrival of their son Orion Polk during the summer months.
|
Nashville in Harmony
Wins Leadership in the Arts Award
 | |
NiH President Barker Evans (left) and Musical Director Don Schlosser
|
The Nashville GLBT Chamber of Commerce held their annual awards luncheon this week at the beautiful Schermerhorn Symphony Center to announce the 2013 Excellence in Business Award winners. Nashville in Harmony was honored to receive the Rhubarb Theater Company Leadership in the Arts Award. Congratulations to our brothers and sisters in song!
|
|
Video of the Week
 | | Vocal Training- Warm up Part 3 - Improving Tone Exercises |
|
|
Inside Acappella - Episode 4
 | | Inside A Cappella Ep.4 (2013) |
|
|
Quote of the Week
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
|
|
This Day In Music
 April 8, 1989, 1994 - The Recording Industry Association of America announced that Pink Floyd's 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon had become the fourth biggest-selling album in US history and had passed the 13 million mark in sales. The album has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.
|
Agenda for April 11 Meeting (Guests Welcome)
With learning media provided for every song listed below (since January), before the April 11 rehearsal, we should be off the music on the following new songs: - When She Loved Me
- Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
- O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
- I Then Shall Live
- Believe
- Away in a Manger
- Christmastime is Here
- Sleigh Ride
We cannot work on elements of artistry and dynamics if we're still dealing with note issues. Some of this year's charts are quite complex and will require work outside of our Thursday rehearsals.
SECTION I
7:00pm - Tag time (Todd)
7:10pm - Warmup (Sloan)
7:20pm - Danny Boy
7:30pm - Star Spangled Banner
7:40pm - I Then Shall Live (a cappella) (Sloan)
SECTION II
7:55pm - Away in a Manger
8:10pm - Christmastime Is Here (Sloan) SECTION III8:25pm - Break
8:45pm - Business
SECTION IV
8:55pm - Let It Snow (Sloan)
9:10pm - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
9:20pm - I Wonder What You're Doing for Christmas
9:30pm - Silent Night
9:40pm - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Sloan)
9:55pm - closing song
|
|
Ringmasters to Appear on NBC's Today Show
 | | Ringmasters "Lazybones" |
The Barbershop Harmony Society celebrates its 75th anniversary on Thursday April 11th. To help commemorate this milestone, the 2012 International Quartet Champion, Ringmasters has been asked to perform on the nationally-broadcast show and be interviewed as well. The foursome is based in Sweden but is in the USA for some performances during their championship year.
|
|
Upcoming Schedule
SPRING
April 26 - (Fri) National Anthem performance for the Nashville Sounds Baseball team
May 6 - (Mon) Monthly board meeting at 7:00pm (Todd's place)
SUMMER
June 22 - (CHANGE) (Sat) All-Day Board Retreat (Lifepoint Church in Smyrna)
July 2 - (Tue) Rehearsal on a different night to avoid conflict with Independence Day holiday.
July 15 - Advisory Board Teleconference (7:00pm to 8:30pm)
July 27 - (NEW) (Sat) Recording session for new Christmas CD
August 16 - Performance at Woodmont Baptist Church. Chorus call 6:00pm; 45-minute performance begins sometime between 6:45pm and 7:00pm;
August 17 - (Sat) Photo session for new Christmas CD
FALL
September 7 - (Sat) Recording session for new Christmas CD
September 21 - (NEW) Performance at Annual Paper Sale Auction presented by the AL Menah Shrine Clowns benefiting the Shrine Hospital for Children
September 26 - (Thu) Advisory Board Dinner (6:30pm to 9:00pm)(Location TBD)
November 13 - Nashville Singers 5th Anniversary
November 16 - (Sat) 35-minute concert set in Oak Ridge, TN (T)
November 23 - (Sat) Season of Harmony Concert in Nashville - Silent Auction starts at 6:00pm, concert starts at 7:00pm (First Baptist Church in Donelson)
November 24 - (Sun) Season of Harmony Concert in Smyrna at 2:30pm (Lifepoint Church)
|
 | |
Please Support
Nashville Singers
Music Education Programs (PSA)
|
Download our Programs Brochure
Nashville Singers is recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt 501(c)3 non-profit organization registered in the state of Tennessee. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. All solicitations are intended for Tennessee residents and help us impact the lives of other by perpetuating mission-critical outreach and music education programs. If you reside outside of Tennessee, please contact us BEFORE making a donation.
|
|
If you believe in our mission, please consider forwarding this newsletter to a friend. If you do not desire further contact, please unsubscribe following the instructions below.
|
| |
|
|
Todd Wilson
Executive Director
The Nashville Singers, Inc.
615-852-SING (7464) office
615-669-TODD (8633) cell
615-523-TODD (8633) fax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Nashville Singers, Inc. is a Tennessee chartered corporation and recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Donations are tax -deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. For more information, visit our website or contact Executive Director, Todd Wilson by phone at 615-852-SING (7464) or via email at todd@nashvillesingers.org
Nashville Singers and Nashvillesingers.org are registered and protected service marks (SM) of Nashville Singers, Inc.
|
|
|
