Music

By Anali Frias The worship arts program will have new requirements starting in the fall. The interdisciplinary program, which trains worships leaders, will now include coursework in music theory, conducting and playing an instrument in addition to requirements of theology and communication courses. “Almost every job posting I reviewed assumes that the prospective employee will have musical training,” said Sam Green, program director and music professor at Trevecca. The revised program will allow students to have a musical experience, while maintaining the versatile approach of the worship arts program, said Green. Music department faculty members made tweaks to the program as it became an official program of the newly formed School of Music and Worship Arts. Some courses were deleted ...

 By Anali Frias Only part of the new School of Music and Worship Arts building will be open to students this fall. The entire building won’t be ready for occupation, according to David Caldwell, executive vice president for finance and administration.  The Board of Trustees on Nov. 6 approved Univeristy President Dan Boone's recommendation to create the School of Music and Worship Arts..  The restructuring of the music department is almost complete. Trevecca in December purchased the 4.8 acre Volunteer Trucking property behind Tennessee Hall for around $1.5 million. The existing building on the property will undergo renovations this spring in order to house music majors, worship arts majors and students of the National Praise and Worship Institute. Music majors make up about...

by Jessy Anne Walters Trevecca’s public relations groups will be holding auditions Jan. 26 and 27 in order to expand the groups and replace two students who will not be returning. “[The student’s reasoning for not returning] was really a combination of a variety of things,” said Randy Kinder, director of PR music groups. PR groups travel and preform for Trevecca in order to help recruit new students within Nashville and the southwest. (more…)

by Olivia Kelley The property that will be the site of Trevecca’s new music building officially belongs to Trevecca. The university closed the $1.4 million real estate deal today on the land that formerly belonged to Volunteer Trucking Company. “We have been trying to accomplish this for over 50 years, so this is a big deal," said Dan Boone, university president. Trevecca bought 5 acres and Volunteer Trucking Company donated another 2 acres. The university plans to build $6.5 million building for the School of Music and Worship Arts on the property. (more…)

by Olivia Kelley The Trevecca Gospel Choir will make its second appearance on the CMA Country Christmas special on Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. on abc. The 12-member choir spent most of the day on Saturday Nov. 7 at the Grand Ol’ Opry recording “Celebrate me home” and “Joy” with famous country artists LeAnn Rimes and Jeniffer Nettles. This is the second time the choir was asked to sing for this event after performing “Go tell it on the mountain” with Sarah Evans at last year’s show. “This year was a totally different experience, because it was at the Opry,” said sophomore music major, Taylor Cardiff. Cardiff said it was a big change from last year, when they sang at Bridgestone arena. “I think one of the reasons they asked us back is because when we were in the green room, the stylists made the s...

by Olivia Kelley The Trevecca Gospel Choir has been asked to sing at the CMA Country Christmas Show for the second year in a row. Twelve members of the TNU Gospel choir will be recording with country artists LeAnn Rimes and Jennifer Nettles for the annual Country Christmas show on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. A CMA representative reached out last year to request the gospel choir sing with famous country star Carrie Underwood at the CMA’s. They performed Underwood's song "Something in the water" live with her at the awards. They also performed "Go tell it on the mountain" with country artist Sara Evans at the Country Christmas show. “Historically, they’ve used Belmont and Lipscomb. They thought it would be a good idea to reach out to a different school so they called ...