On May14, Assistant Professor of Music Business David Maddox made a presentation on copyright law to vendors and attendees of the Nashville Recording Workshop titled “Copyright vs. Technology.” And last week, at GMA Immerse 2013, a conference for independent artists and songwriters, Curb College adjunct instructor Mark Maxwell served as moderator for a session on music business and legal topics called “Make (or Break) Your Business.”
Janas Hosts Nashville AES Lifetime Achievement Awards
On June 2, Curb College Director of Recording Studio Operations Michael Janas hosted the second annual Lifetime Achievement Awards for the Nashville Section of the Audio Engineering Society. The ceremony was held in the Ford Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Janas, along with Chase Geiser, Belmont Student Government Association president, researched and developed the two-hour program.
Easley Publishes Articles
Curb College Coordinator of Student Enrichment Hanna Easley just had an article published in Parenting Teens (June edition) titled “Do Not Ignore My Plea.” She also recently had three articles published in LifeWay’s Collegiate Magazine: “Readers + Leaders,” “Cleaning Out the Closet” and “The Local Church: Do I Need It?”
AET Students Win Honorable Mention in Shure Competition
A group of Curb College audio engineering students won honorable mention recently at the national Shure Recording Competition. Faculty Advisor Jim Kaiser lead student team members Dan Almond, Brien Pafford, Sean Davidson, Ian Zorbaugh and Tim Reitnouer. The team recorded instruments and vocals for the Judah and the Lion song “Hesitate” using Shure microphones in Ocean Way Studio A. This marks the ninth consecutive year Shure has worked with audio education departments at universities across the country to find tomorrow’s recording stars.
Curb College Class Hits the Road with The Turtles Featuring Flo & Eddie
10 students to gain experiential education on ‘Happy Together Tour’
This June, for the second year in a row, 10 Belmont University students will join professor and legendary musician Mark Volman (a founding member of the band The Turtles) on the road for an East Coast run of the “Happy Together Tour.” The tour’s “classroom” and schedule looks something like this: one tour bus, a precious few hotel rooms, long hours and many stages—for two and a half weeks and a grade.
Under the guidance of faculty advisor Mark Volman and staff advisor Lucas Boto, students will work with touring artists and crew professionals in the areas of tour management, stage management, audio engineering, tour accounting and merchandise sales. These duties will be in addition to their continued learning each day during the process of load-in, setup, tear-down and load-out. These hands-on educational avenues outside of the classroom provide networking opportunities with all of the supporting organizations while gaining an understanding of the revenue flow from music consumer to touring performer. Click here to view a recap of student tour experience from Summer 2012.
“Only at Belmont do students get such a unique opportunity to experience the world of tour management, live production and what life on the road looks like before embarking on their career paths. I’m excited to teach them what I know outside a normal classroom space and to see what I’ll learn from them. Inevitably, their energy will add to the tour experience for the performers as well,” says Turtles founding member and Curb College Assistant Professor of Entertainment Industry Studies Mark Volman.
Amanda Mae Renkel, a senior from Phillipsburg, New Jersey who is majoring in music business, said, “I knew this [tour] was an opportunity I had to seize. I’m excited to get the chance to learn what life is like on the road—beyond the classroom, the campus and the textbooks. I am so looking forward to getting the hands-on experience while building lasting friendships.”
College of Law Receives Provisional Accreditation from ABA
Program receives provisional accreditation in earliest possible timeframe
For the first time in nearly 50 years, a Tennessee law program has received accreditation from the American Bar Association (ABA). The ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar informed Belmont University College of Law it had been granted provisional accreditation at a meeting this past weekend. The milestone was achieved in the earliest possible timeline allowed by accreditation guidelines.
Belmont University Provost Dr. Thomas Burns said, “We are extremely pleased by this recognition of the legal education program that Dean Jeff Kinsler and the faculty of the Belmont College of Law have developed. The granting of provisional accreditation by the ABA validates the outstanding work being done by our administration, faculty and staff to develop a law program of the highest quality focused on preparing practice-ready attorneys.”
Under ABA rules, provisionally accredited law schools are entitled to all rights of fully accredited law schools. In particular, graduates of provisionally accredited law schools are entitled to the same recognition accorded to graduates of fully accredited law schools. A law school must be provisionally accredited for at least two years before applying for full accreditation. To grant provisional accreditation, the ABA reviews numerous factors including curriculum, facilities, library, admissions and faculty.
Belmont Staff Gear Up for Camp Season
Thousands of students and adults will make Belmont their summer home in the coming weeks as the University hosts several summer camps and conferences.
Event Manager Sarah Brown has prepared for the influx with 15 Belmont students and four residence directors, who will facilitate the groups on campus throughout June and July.
Among the summer camps are Bruin Camps with Belmont Athletics coaches and programs through the College of Visual and Performing Arts for ballet dancers as well as piano, strings and wind instrument players.
The largest of the camps is MFuge, which brings 3,000 high school students to Belmont over the course of the summer. Lifeway began the camp in 1979 and has grown it to include Bible studies, team-building recreation activities and community service projects at more than 60 Nashville organizations including Metro Parks, Nashville Rescue Mission, Front Porch Ministries and local nursing homes.
Also with a mission-oriented approach, Project Transformation provides leadership development and ministry exploration opportunities to 32 college-age young adults through immersion in churches in Middle Tennessee’s low-income neighborhoods. For nine weeks the students, known as young adult interns, coordinate free summer day camps for children in under-served Nashville neighborhoods. Project Transformation helps churches to fill the void in ministries that resonate with young adults and allows the students to have transformational experiences to help them figure out how their career goals align with God’s plan.
“These students live on campus and provide academic enrichment for at-risk children and youth across our city. This partnership with the United Methodist Church began last summer and resulted in two Belmont students founding a ministry to continue their work all last year,” said Vice President of Spiritual Development Todd Lake. “In addition, one of the Belmont participants last year went on to seminary and has returned this summer as a Project Transformation supervisor. Vision 2015 states that we will give increasing evidence of our Christian character by partnering with outside Christian organizations, and this is one exemplary way we are able to live this out.”
The University’s Towering Traditions orientation program Foundations, which is designed to welcome freshmen and transfer students as well as their families, runs June 10 through 29 and brings approximately 250 students to campus for each session.
Other summer conferences on campus include the United Methodist Men: Inside Out For the Glory of God from July 12 to 14, American Scientific Affiliation’s Annual Conference from July 19 to 22 and Lifeway’s Main Event from July 26 to 27.
Belmont Hosts 68th Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation
Largest meeting of Christians in the sciences comes to Nashville in July
The American Scientific Affiliation’s 68th Annual Meeting will take place July 19-22 at Belmont University as some 250 scientists and academics advance the conversation about faith and science. This year’s theme is “In God’s Image: Celebrating Creativity in Science and Invention” based on Psalm 8:6, “You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet.”
American Scientific Affiliation Executive Director Randall D. Isaac said, “Our meeting enables Christians in the sciences to meet and support each other. As Christians with a vocation in the sciences, we seek to bring a Christian perspective to our work. As scientists with a commitment to Christ, we seek to understand how a study of God’s creation strengthens our Christian faith. Personal interaction is a vital part of that community of support. We share our insights and experiences to encourage each other in the faith.”
Plenary speakers are Belmont Director of Entrepreneurship Jeff Cornwall, Princeton University Chemistry Professor Andy Bocarsly, U.S. Department of Energy Fusion Energy Sciences Research Division Director Jim Van Dam, University of Illinois College of Engineering Associate Dean for Administration Bruce A. Vojak and Rutgers University Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice Mary Wagner.
Slay Elected to Jazz Education Network Board
Assistant Professor of Music Business Cheryl Slay has been elected to the Board of Directors of The Jazz Education Network (JEN). The Jazz Education Network is a global nonprofit organization that seeks to advance jazz education, promote performance and develop new audiences. JEN was founded in 2008 in Chicago, Ill. and has over 1,500 members in all 50 states, seven Canadian provinces and 22 countries.
Rogers, Searcy Present Belmont Case Study
During the inaugural Tennessee’s Private Colleges and Universities Association Mid-Managers Conference, Vice President for Administration and University Counsel Jason Rogers and Director of Community Relations, Joyce Searcy shared a Belmont-specific case study and lessons learned. They demonstrated how critical it is for all institutional personnel to work together when called upon to address both on- and off-campus issues. Their session also addressed more general best practices associated with the leader’s response to and management of on- and off-campus politics.
