Martin MethodistCollege

Fine Arts Events

2015-2016

Mission

The Martin Methodist College Fine Arts Series supports the presentation of high quality performance and educational outreach opportunities by local and national artists. Our mission is to provide Martin Methodist College students, Giles County K-12 students, and South Central Tennessee residents with exciting, informative and culturally di-verse programs that highlight Martin Methodist College as a local leader in community outreach and arts education. The Fine Arts Series, together with the Martin Method-ist College Departments of Music and Dramatic Arts, supports a haven where students and community members can share the experience of learning about and enjoying var-ious arts performances. Learn more about our Della Clayton Lee Series, Songwriter’s Dream Series, Martin Methodist College Faculty and Student Performances, and CWN Community Arts Academy Programs by exploring our website. For more information, please contact Dr. Melissa Martiros by calling 931-424-7360 or at mmartiros@martin-methodist.edu.

The CWN Community Arts Academy strives to further enhance the artistic life of local residents by providing arts educational opportunities to various members of our com-munity. We offer music lessons to all students, regardless of age, ability and income, and our end of term performances are intended to be showcases for our student accomplish-ments throughout the year.

Della Clayton Lee Series features performers who are widely recognized for their artis-tic and teaching excellence. We seek out artists from a variety of traditions who present programs that are creative, entertaining, educational and inspiring. Individual tickets are $10 for Adults and Seniors, and free for all MMC Students and Employees. Children under 18 are free. Season tickets are available as well.

Martin Methodist College Fine Arts Events feature a variety of student and professional performances each semester. The Music Department supports a variety of student and faculty performances, including solo and ensemble performances by our Chamber and Concert Choirs, Quark String Ensemble, and our blue grass ensemble Richland Creek. Our Dramatic Arts Department presents a number of events throughout the academic year .

Songwriters Dream Series The Songwriters Dream Series engages the extraordinary songwriting resources of middle Tennessee and north Alabama for events on the cam-pus of Martin Methodist College. The six events each year enable songwriters to reveal the “story behind the song” in the unique listening-room atmosphere of the Recital Hall of the Gault Fine Arts Center. The brainchild of Grant Vosburgh, the college’s recently deceased director of communications; the Songwriters Dream Series is in its sixth year and has garnered quite a reputation for entertainment value. Tickets are sold on a sea-sonal basis by calling Chrissy Jordan at 931.363.9882 or at cjordan@martinmethodist.edu.

2015•2016

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August 201525th, Burning Las Vegas, 6:30 p.m., Campus Green

September 201524th, James House, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

29th, T.G. Engel, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

October 201513th, Celtic Ensemble, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

15th, Leslie Satcher, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

15th, Romeo & Juliet, 7:00 p.m., Campus Green

27th, Majors & Minors Concert, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

November 20155th, Casey Kelly, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

10th, Deidre Emerson & Carlos Enrique, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

December 20152nd, MMC Instrumental Concert, 7:00 p.m., Colonial Hall

2nd, Winter Drama Production, 7:00 p.m., Martin Hall Auditorium

6th, MMC Choral Concert, 4:00 p.m., First United Methodist Church

12th, CWN Community Recitals, 11 a.m., Gault Recital Hall

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January 201626th, Melissa Martiros, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

28th, Phil Odonnel, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

February 201613th, Beegie Adair Trio, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

25th, Frank Meyers, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

26th, Boycott Show, 7:00 p.m., Martin Hall Auditorium

March 201613th, Scott Sanders, 3:00 p.m., Gault Recital hall

14th, Sarah Kay, 7:00 p.m., Martin Hall Auditorium

24th, Moose Brown, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

29th, Majors & Minors Concert, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

30th, Quark String Ensemble, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

April, 201617th, Harwell-Senibaldi, 3:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

19th, King of Strings, 7:00 p.m., Campus Green

20th, Einstein’s Dreams, 7:00 p.m., Upperman Hall

24th, Choral Concert, 6:00 p.m., First United Methodist Church

26th, Martin Community Recital, 7:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

30th, CWN Community Recitals, 11 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., & 5:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall

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The Beegie Adair TrioFebruary 13th, 2016, 7:00 p.m.

Gault Recital HallThe Beegie Adair Trio has recorded over 35 albums together and consistently wow fans in sold-out venues across the US. Together, they are one of the most successful and respected working jazz trios in the world.

www.beegieadair.com

This program is our annual fundraiser for our OpporTUNEity music program. OpporTUNEity provides music lessons to underserved youth in our community.

Spoken Word Poet Sarah KayMarch 14th, 2016, 7:00 p.m.Martin Hall Auditorium

Sarah Kay is the founder of Project VOICE. She is perhaps best known for her 2011 TED talk, “If I Should Have A Daughter” which has been seen over seven million times online. Sarah holds a Masters Degree in The Art of Teaching from Brown Uni-versity and an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Grinnell College. She has been invited to share her work on stages and in classrooms around the world. Her books, B (Domino Project, 2011) and No Matter the Wreckage (Write Bloody Publishing, 2014) are both consistently top-ranked best- selling poetry books.

http://www.kaysarahsera.com

Sarah Kay is teaching a spoken word poetry workshop for Giles County High School students on the 14th of March at 11:00 a.m. and for MMC College students at 1:00 p.m. in the recital hall.

Ken Ford, “King of Strings”April 19th, 2016, 7:00 p.m.

Campus Green

Born on November 14, 1968 in St. Louis, Missouri, Ken lived in Detroit, Michigan with his Parents, before making their permanent home in Atlanta, Georgia. From The Jackson Five and Earth, Wind & Fire concerts to his father’s DJ gigs, Ken was immersed in music. Ken’s parents recognized a special gift in their only child one night when they overheard him at a party, playing along with an Al Green song note for note on a toy keyboard - long before his first music lesson! From that point on, they kept an instrument in his hands and eventually led him to the stringed instru-ments, and at the impressionable age of nine, he settled on the violin.

Throughout school, Ken trained classically to play the violin, which led him to be-coming a founding member of the DeKalb Youth Pop’s Orchestra. He would also train himself how to play by ear by mocking the popular music heard on the ra-dio. These experiences heightened his determination to continue his training to master the instrument. Always progressive with his music, Ken joined the African American Philharmonic Orchestra (AAPO) where he had the rare opportunity of performing background orchestral styling for the late, great Barry White. While a member of the AAPO, Ken had the honored privilege to work his way to, and hold the position of Concert Master.

During the early years of his career; Ken lived a dual life: he earned a degree in Com-

puter Information Systems and secured a position at a major technology firm as an IT Programmer; but at night, Ken’s passion with the violin landed him in some of Atlanta’s hottest jazz spots where he joined his favorite local artists in jam sessions. He wasn’t playing the classical music from the orchestra, but instead he was draw-ing the sounds of jazz and R&B from his violin to electrify audiences. Finding him-self unemployed in the mid 90s and with the backing of his family, Ken took a leap of faith to pursue his music full-time, putting 100% of his energy into the success of his career. Ken refers to these times as “the turning point,” and it was full speed ahead.

Ken develops his performances into dynamic and electrifying experiences. His years playing in Atlanta jam sessions and local events had acquired a fan base as well as sparked interest from national and international promoters. He continues to draw a diverse group of music lovers to his performances and leaves his fans in awe as they find themselves jumping out of their seats and moving to the funky, unique sounds of the electric violin.

Ken’s efforts pay him in many dividends. He now enjoys a solid and accomplished career, playing along side some of contemporary jazz, soul and R&B greats such as Ledisi, Wayman Tisdale, Wyclef Jean, and Lalah Hathaway. The list goes on and on, and it continues to grow as audiences across the nation are introduced to this elec-trifying instrumentalist. With three successful CDs under his belt, his first release Burnt Toast, his sophomore release Chevelle Lane, and his third release Right Now, Ken continues to top the charts.

In addition to creating unique music and entertaining music lovers Worldwide, Ken aspires to give back to the community by developing a non-profit foundation to bring music back into the schools, with a focus on stringed instruments. Ken hopes to inspire young kids to think the word “cool” in association with these instru-ments, especially the violin.

Despite Ford’s undeniable success, he remains to be true to himself and understands that his talent is a mere blessing and because of that he continues to be thankful and knows there is still room to grow in his craft as Ken Ford, Electric Violinist.

http://www.kenford.net

Ken is giving a workshop for MMC strings students on Wednesday April 20th at 3:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall.

September 24th James House, 7:00 p.m.

Gault Recital Hall

October 15th Leslie Satcher, 7:00 p.m.

Gault Recital Hall

November 5th Casey Kelly, 7:00 p.m.Gault Recital Hall

January 28th Phil Odonnel, 7:00 p.m.

Gault Recital Hall

February 25th Frank Meyers, 7:00 p.m.

Gault Recital Hall

March 24th Moose Brown, 7:00 p.m.

Gault Recital Hall

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T.G. Engel, 7:00 p.m. Gault Recital Hall

October 13thCeltic Ensemble, 7:00 p.m.

Gault Recital Hall

November 10thDeidre Emerson & Carlos Enrique

7:00 p.m. Gault Recital Hall

January 26thMelissa Martiros, 7:00 p.m.

Gault Recital Hall

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December 6th, 4:00 p.m.MMC Choral Concert

First United Methodist Church

April 24th, 6:00 p.m.MMC Choral Concert

First United Methodist Church

Instrumental EventsDecember 2nd, 7:00 p.m.

MMC Instrumental ConcertColonial Hall

March 30th, 7:00 p.m.Quark String Ensemble

Gault Recital Hall

Other Student EventsOctober 27th, 7:00 p.m.

Majors & Minors Concert Gault Recital Hall

March 13th, 3:00 p.m.Scott Sanders

Senior Voice RecitalGault Recital hall

March 29th, 7:00 p.m.Majors & Minors Concert

Gault Recital Hall

April 17th, 3:00 p.m.Harwell-Senibaldi

Student Piano RecitalGault Recital Hall

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Campus Green

December 2nd - 7th Winter Drama Production

7:00 p.m. Martin Hall Auditorium

February 26th - March 1stBoycott Show, 7:00 p.m.

Martin Hall Auditorium

April 20th - 25thEinstein’s Dreams, 7:00 p.m.

Upperman Hall

CWN Community Arts Academy Events

December 12thCWN Community Recitals

11 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.,

& 5:00 p.m.,Gault Recital Hall

April 30thCWN Community Recitals

11 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m.,

& 5:00 p.m., Gault Recital Hall