Pat Embry, writing in today’s Tennessean entertainment section, reports on Belmont University being on a hill alive with the sound of music:
From the casual observer driving down Wedgewood Avenue, Belmont University sits atop a well-manicured hill, an ornate mansion fronting a Baptist-affiliated institute of higher education. Among the many things you don’t see: a thriving, eclectic, energetic music and arts community, fed in part by a nationally renowned music business college. Country headliners Trisha Yearwood and Brad Paisley and contemporary Christian stalwart Michael W. Smith are just three entertainment notables spawned from the campus.
Two free concerts this weekend will spotlight to the public both Belmont’s homegrown talent as well as its impressive concert venues.
Six months after Tennessee’s U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander stood on the floor of the U.S. Senate and, in memorializing the late, great, Johnny Cash, 
“I was convinced I was destined to do this,” master sculptor Frederick Hart (1943-1999) once said of his “Creation Sculptures,” commonly held to be the most important commissioned religious sculptures in 20th century America. This body of work represents an extraordinary artistic achievement by any standard and forms the stunning centerpiece of a new exhibit at Belmont University’s Leu Art Gallery. This is the largest showing of Hart’s sculptures ever staged. The 50 bronze, marble, resin and acrylic pieces span the artist’s career, offering insights into his creative and technical processes as well as the ideals that informed his work: beauty, meaning, substance, scholarship and craftsmanship.
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Belmont University men’s baskbetall player Adam Mark was named male Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the NCAA Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association. Mark, a senior, helped re-write the Belmont and Atlantic Sun Conference record books. He ranks in the top-10 in three statistical categories while scoring nearly 1600 career points to rank 15th in school history. This season, Mark became the first player in A-Sun history to lead the league in field goal percentage three straight seasons. Full story 