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The mission of the Nashville Singers is to enrich lives
through singing and the support of music education.
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We hope you enjoy this week's issue of the
Nashville Singers News
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Mission & Vision
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Mission
The mission of Nashville Singers is to enrich lives through singing and the support of music education.
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.
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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.
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| 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.
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We Are Grateful for the Support from our Donors and Grant Funders
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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
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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 Music Evaluation Committee Tenor Section Leader Venue Search Task Force 
Ric Domenico Music Evaluation Committee Learning Media Producer Lead Section Leader Music Engraver Music Librarian  Harlan Wilson
Performance Coach
 Bob Allen
Costume Manager Venue Search Task Force  Michael Schwalbe
Venue Search Task Force 
Grace Thomson
Performance Coach Voice Teacher
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Advisory Board
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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-Elect
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
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Current Repertoire |
REGULAR
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
Star Spangled Banner
Tonight
When She Loved Me
HOLIDAY
Away in a Manger
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
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Philanthropy
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Music Makes a Difference
Grants Awarded
2013
I.T. Creswell Arts
Magnet Middle School ($500) H.B. Williams
Elementary School
(Sound Effects) ($500) Ezell-Harding School
(Fine Arts Academy) ($500) 2012
Lakeview Design Center ($500) Oliver Middle School ($500) 2011
John Overton High School ($500) Educator of the Future
College Scholarships Awarded
2013
Kasey Hammond Hendersonville High School 2012
Michael Collins ($1000) McGavock High School |
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Music Makes Us Celebrating A Year of Progress
 On Thursday, July 11, select supporters and advocates of music education in Nashville were hosted by the NAMM Foundation at a celebration and luncheon honoring Music Makes Us. The event was held at the new Music City Center. Speakers Included:
- Mayor Karl Dean
- Dr. Jesse Register, Director of Schools, MNPS
- Nancy Shapiro, Senior Vice President, The Recording Academy ®
- Laurie T. Schell, Director, Music Makes Us
- Dr. Nola Jones, Coordinator, Visual and Performing Arts
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The Nashville Singers, Inc. were represented by Executive Director Todd Wilson. Music Makes Us promotes, supports and advances student engagement and achievement through robust, high quality music education with both a traditional music curriculum as well as a contemporary curriculum track that uses new technologies and reflects a diverse musical landscape. A public/private partnership among Metro Nashville Public Schools, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, and music industry and community leaders in Nashville, Music Makes Us is committed to becoming a worldwide leader in music education, bringing the resources of the Nashville music community together to enable participation and foster student success for all of its 81,000 students.
Building on a model partnership and the generosity of the Country Music Association's Keep The Music Playing program, Music Makes Us seeks to establish groundbreaking new contemporary curriculum pathways as well as create a strong alignment with the instructional goals of MNPS, enhance existing chorus, band and orchestra programs, facilitate strong partnerships among the business and nonprofit music communities, develop a facilities master plan, and improve the support infrastructure for teachers, students and community partners.
Music Makes Us Strategic Priorities 2012-13
- Launch and refine contemporary music programs
- Develop and implement fundraising plan to support goals
- Develop plan to enhance and leverage community resources and stakeholder groups
- Foster relationships with school board and administrators resulting in sequential, standards-based music education as an expectation for all MNPS schools
- Develop cost effective professional development opportunities for current music education faculty, including alignment with common core, new grading policies, new teacher evaluation tool
- Launch Music Makes Us program evaluation and student assessment research
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SPECIAL Extra Rehearsal Scheduled for July 25
 With summer vacations in full swing, so many members traveling this past month, and a recording session coming up in less than two weeks for our new Christmas CD, the singers in attendance at last week's rehearsal have requested an extra rehearsal be scheduled to help get the chorus in tip top shape for July 27. That said, we will meet at Whitworth Memorial Baptist Church for a two-hour extra rehearsal on Thursday evening, July 25, starting at 7:00pm.
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Melody Myers stopped by to rehearse "Away in a Manger" for our recording session on September 7 and our Season of Harmony concert on November 23. (photo by Todd Wilson)
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Video of the Week  | | Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 4: Fly to Paradise |
8,409 Videos
5,905 Singers
101 Countries
Eric Whitacre (composer); Virtual Choir 4; Guy Sigsworth (producer/electronica/keyboards) For updates about the Virtual Choir and Eric's projects, join the Eric Whitacre Community and subscribe to the Mailing List at http://ericwhitacre.com/community/signup'Fly to Paradise' is available as a single, performed by the Eric Whitacre Singers, Hila Plitmann and legendary producer/keyboardist Guy Sigsworth. The single contains the full track, radio edit and electronica-only version. All available proceeds received from the sale of 'Fly to Paradise' will be used to fund future Eric Whitacre choral projects.
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Member Profile - Tim Mullican
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Tim Mullican started singing in front of the mirror in his parents bedroom at the age of three. He would sing church hymns and imitate the song leader where his family attended worship. He began leading singing in church at the age of 16.
Tim was a member of the McGavock High School Band playing French horn in the Wind Ensemble and the marching band. He also played in the Jazz Rock Ensemble and the Nashville Youth Symphony.
Tim sang in the chorus two years and was a member of the Tennessee All-State Band and All-State Chorus his senior year.
Tim was selected to the Who's Who Among American High School Students in 1976. After attending Middle Tennessee State University in 1977 where he sang in the Concert Choir, Tim enlisted in the USAF where he began training as an air traffic controller. After separating from the Air Force, he was hired by the FAA as an air traffic controller. Tim worked in Atlanta, Georgia and moved back home to Nashville in 1990 so he and his wife Amy could be close to their families. Tim and Amy have been married for almost 30 years and have two sons, Zachary and Parker.
Tim serves the chorus as board treasurer, in-house photographer, and historian.
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Agenda for July 18th Rehearsal
SECTION I
7:00pm - Tag time
7:10pm - Warmup (Sloan)
SECTION II
7:20pm - Section Rehearsal (Section Leaders)
SECTION III
7:50pm - Silent Night (Sloan)
8:10pm - Believe (Todd)
SECTION III
8:30pm - Break
8:45pm - Business (Lenny) SECTION IV8:55pm - Birthday of a King (Todd) 9:15pm - Coventry Carol (Sloan)
9:30pm - Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming (Sloan) 9:45pm - Do You Hear What I Hear (Todd)
9:59pm - closing song
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This Day in Music
 July 15, 1978 - The Rolling Stones started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Some Girls', the group's seventh US No.1 album. The cover designed by Peter Corriston, featured The Rolling Stones in garish drag alongside select female celebrities and lingerie ads. The cover immediately ran into trouble when Lucille Ball, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minnelli (representing her mother Judy Garland), Raquel Welch, and the estate of Marilyn Monroe who all threatened legal action.
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Inside Acappella - Episode 18
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Quote of the Week 
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. - Mario Andretti
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Nashville Singers is pleased to offer hands-on internships in the performing arts to students throughout the year. These are part-time internships of 10-15 hours/week.
Current Openings
Fall (August 24-December 6) - Marketing Intern
- Communications Intern
- Financial Development/Fundraising Intern
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SAVE THE DATES for two Season of Harmony Concerts
 Saturday - November 23, 2013 First Baptist Church Donelson, TN Silent Auction begins at 6:00pm Concert begins at 7:00pm
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Sunday - November 24, 2013
Lifepoint Church
Smyrna, TN
Concert begins at 2:30pm
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Stay tuned for more details as they become available.
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Upcoming Schedule
SUMMER
July 18 - (Thu) Next rehearsal (7:00pm to 10:00pm)
July 15 - Advisory Board Teleconference (7:00pm to 8:30pm)
July 16 - (NEW) Music Evaluation Committee (Todd's place) (7:30pm to 9:00pm)
July 25 - (NEW) Extra rehearsal scheduled to prepare for July 27 recoring session
July 27 - (Sat) Recording session for new Christmas CD at Playground Studios (8:30am to 2:30pm)
August 16 - (Fri) 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 5 - (Thu) (NEW) SOS (Support our Singers) Event - Pot luck dinner at Whitworth Memorial Baptist Church - Set-up 6:00pm / Social time 6:15pm / Dinner 7:00pm / Clean-up 7:30pm / Rehearsal (with guest soloist Melody Myers) begins 7:45pm / Spouses, significant others, and family members are invited to attend this social event and stay for the rest of our rehearsal, if they are so inclined. For more information, contact event chair Jennifer Wilson
September 7 - (Sat) Recording session for new Christmas CD
September 21 - (Sat) 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
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) 2014January 30 - (Thu) Annual Awards and Recognition Dinner (Location TBA) February 27 - (Thu) Advisory Board Dinner (Location TBA)
March 4 (Tue) (NEW) Choral Blast - a community concert at the historic Ryman Auditorium, hosed by Nashville in Harmony
March 15 - (Sat) Acappella Academy - Whitworth Memorial Baptist Church
April 26 - (Sat) Spring Fundraiser Event June 21 - (Sat) Board of Directors Annual Planning Retreat (Location TBA) July 14 - (Mon) Advisory Board/Governing Board Teleconference September 25 - (Thu) Advisory Board/Governing Board Dinner (Location TBA) November 22 and 23rd (Saturday and Sunday) Season of Harmony Concerts (Locations TBA)
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Please Support
Nashville Singers
Music Education Programs (PSA)
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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.
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Todd Wilson
Executive Director
The Nashville Singers, Inc.
615-852-SING (7464) office
615-669-TODD (8633) cell
615-523-TODD (8633) fax
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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.
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