Ashley Gorley, a 1999 Belmont graduate from the College of Entertainment and Music Business, received the Songwriter of the Year award at Monday night's ASCAP Country Music Awards held at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, an invitation-only gala that salutes the songwriters...
Posted in News and Media on October 20, 2009 08:58 AM
Belmont University opened today the Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Service-Learning as the home base for its new undergraduate major in social entrepreneurship, the first of its kind nationwide. Led by Dr. Bernard Turner, an educator with extensive experience with...
Posted in News and Media on September 24, 2009 12:02 PM
Schermerhorn performance will be nationally broadcast on PBS December 23 Belmont University announced today that three-time Grammy Award winner and Belmont alumna Trisha Yearwood will serve as host for the 2009 “Christmas at Belmont” performance at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center....
Posted in News and Media on September 16, 2009 03:17 PM
Belmont University celebrated the Arts and Sciences this week with a series of events sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), including a keynote address Wednesday from Todd Turner, who has more than 30 years experience as a...
Posted in News and Media on April 9, 2009 01:26 PM
Belmont University’s School of Music will present its annual Curtain Call Award to producer, composer, songwriter and Grammy nominee Bernie Herms. The award is presented annually to a School of Music alumnus in honor of achievement in the field of...
Posted in News and Media on February 12, 2009 03:20 PM
The Maddux Grand Atrium was abuzz Sunday evening, Jan. 18, as the Belmont University School of Pharmacy hosted approximately 400 family and friends at its inaugural White Coat Ceremony. The 73 members of the Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2012...
Posted in News and Media on January 22, 2009 10:06 AM
Town Hall Debate scores highest viewership, more than 5,200 media hits While the physical signs that Belmont University hosted the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate disappeared last week, the impact of the international spotlight continues to be overwhelmingly positive. According...
Posted in News and Media on October 22, 2008 09:44 AM
Belmont University announced today the latest additions to the Honorary Host Committee for the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate made up of distinguished individuals with national, state and local stature. Marty Dickens, chairman of the Board of Trustees and retired...
Posted in News and Media on July 7, 2008 03:06 PM
Belmont University announced today the formation of the Honorary Host Committee for the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate made up of distinguished individuals with national, state and local stature. Marty Dickens, chairman of the Belmont Board of Trustees and retired...
Posted in News and Media on May 29, 2008 07:00 AM
In a night filled with surprises, Trace Adkins (“I’ve Got My Game On”), Taylor Swift ("Our Song") and Kellie Pickler (“I Wonder”) emerged as the evening’s biggest winners at the “2008 CMT Music Awards,” which was broadcast live for the...
Posted in News and Media on April 15, 2008 11:25 AM
A long-time supporter of Belmont University, Cal Turner Jr. and his pastor, Rev. J. Howard Olds of Brentwood Methodist, shared their insights on leadership and decision-making in a convocation session this morning in the Massey Boardroom. Turner is the chairman...
Posted in News and Media on April 4, 2008 11:42 AM
Star-Studded Concert Honors Scaife Family, Raises Money for Belmont Music Business Students A host of today’s biggest stars took the stage of the historic Ryman Auditorium alongside friends and bandmates of Elvis Presley’s Tuesday night for an evening of...
Posted in News and Media on February 14, 2008 12:04 PM
Dr. Philip E. Johnston, Dean of Belmont University’s School of Pharmacy (BUSOP), announced today that he has completed the hiring process for the necessary faculty/staff team for the 2008-09 academic year. Anticipating a full first class of 75 students, the...
Posted in News and Media on January 25, 2008 02:32 PM
From the first notes of "Festival Fanfare of Christmas" to the parting strains of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," the 2007 "Christmas at Belmont" holiday concert again provided undeniable proof of Belmont School of Music students' talent. Taped live in...
Posted in News and Media on November 21, 2007 08:35 AM
Multi-platinum MCA recording artist and Belmont alumnus Josh Turner, pictured at right with his wife, Jennifer, and Dr. Fisher, was inducted into the world-famous Grand Ole Opry Saturday evening by Opry superstar Vince Gill. After Turner performed current radio hit...
Posted in News and Media on October 29, 2007 10:23 AM
In a media gathering Thursday morning on the fourth floor of Belmont's Inman Center, College of Visual and Performing Arts Dean Cynthia Curtis and alumna Melinda Doolittle (’99) jointly announced that Melinda will host the 2007 "Christmas at Belmont" concert,...
Posted in News and Media on October 10, 2007 03:59 PM
Three major Nashville organizations—Belmont University, the Mike Curb Family Foundation and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame—announced today an exciting new partnership focused on the foundation of the music industry: songwriting. Intended to create visibility and understanding of the songwriting...
Posted in News and Media on September 20, 2007 02:38 PM
Three Belmont alumni—Jason L. Turner, John Zarling and Matt Burns—are honored in this week’s issue of Billboard magazine, listed in the publication’s annual “30 Under 30” special feature to highlight rising young music business executives. The article, which is unavailable...
Posted in News and Media on August 23, 2007 12:03 PM
The 2007 CMT Music Awards were held in the Curb Event Center at Belmont University Monday, April 16. This is the second year in the row Belmont hosted the live awards show. Winners of the 2007 awards included Carrie Underwood,...
Posted in News and Media on April 17, 2007 01:47 PM
Belmont University will host the 2007 CMT Music Awards Monday, April 16, 2007, in the Curb Event Center. This is the second year in a row Belmont will host the annual award show. Comedian Jeff Foxworthy will return as host...
Posted in News and Media on March 29, 2007 03:08 PM
Belmont University’s Board of Trustees has announced that eight new trustees will join the university’s board in January 2007. This announcement brings the total number of board members to 40. This is the first class of trustees elected to office...
Posted in News and Media on December 21, 2006 08:58 AM
Country music star and Belmont University graduate, Josh Turner, will host the annual Christmas at Belmont concert, which will be made available to viewers through a nationwide broadcast on PBS. It will air nationally on PBS Thur., December 21...
Posted in News and Media on November 30, 2006 02:55 PM
The Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business at Belmont University today announced two notable events that illustrate why it's positioned as one of the top music business schools in the nation. On November 11, Belmont will host the...
Posted in News and Media on November 8, 2006 02:15 PM
Belmont University alumnus and MCA recording artist Josh Turner, was interviewed in the American Chronicle. Turner speaks of his time at Belmont in the interview. Click here to read the article....
Posted in News and Media on October 19, 2006 09:01 AM
Belmont alum and MCA recording artist Josh Turner's second album, Your Man, was certified platinum last Friday for selling over one million units. After seven months of release, Your Man remains in the top ten at No. 7 on the...
Posted in News and Media on August 10, 2006 02:27 PM
The Nashville City Paper reviews Belmont alum Josh Turner's second CD, Your Man, released today. It's the follow-up to his million-selling 2003 release Long Black Train. More reviews quoted here at JoshTurner.com. For more news about Josh Turner and Belmont,...
Posted in News and Media on January 24, 2006 01:42 PM
CHRISTMAS AT BELMONT airs nationally on PBS Thursday, December 22 at 9:00 p.m. EST Rising country music star and Belmont University graduate Josh Turner will host this year’s Christmas at Belmont concert, which will be made available to viewers through...
Posted in News and Media on November 29, 2005 01:31 PM
Denver & The Mile High Orchestra, composed entirely of Belmont University alumni, received the Curtain Call Award on Wednesday night. The award is presented annually to a Belmont alumnus by the university's School of Music in honor of achievement in...
Posted in News and Media on September 13, 2005 01:21 PM
Belmont University's Leu Art Gallery has announced its next exhibition, Myth and Meaning: Recent Paintings by Greg Decker, which begins in early October at the gallery. Decker is a figurative painter, producing oil paintings which are often 'mythical' in content,...
Posted in News and Media on August 25, 2005 11:18 AM
WSMV Channel 4 in Nashville has scheduled its broadcast of Belmont University's annual Best of the Best Showcase, a concert featuring the university's top musical and songwriting talent that is often a preview of the music industry's next top artist...
Posted in News and Media on April 14, 2005 02:01 PM
After more than 400 auditions by Belmont University students, a panel of judges from the music industry has selected top performers to entertain, Saturday, April 9, at 7:00 p.m. at the Curb Event Center. The annual concert, which is open...
Posted in News and Media on April 4, 2005 11:38 AM
Belmont University graduates Brad Paisley, Josh Turner and Julie Roberts are among the nominees for various Country Music Association awards, to be presented during the Tuesday, Nov. 9 awards show that will be broadcast live on CBS from the Grand...
Posted in News and Media on November 5, 2004 09:02 AM
Belmont University graduate and rising country music star Josh Turner was the big winner at last night's Christian Country Music Awards at the famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. In related news, country superstar and Belmont graduate and country music superstar...
Posted in News and Media on November 5, 2004 07:13 AM
Josh Turner, the Belmont University School of Music graduate who is one of the newest stars in country music, talks about the night he wrote "Long Black Train," the song that would become his first hit, in this videotaped segment...
Posted in News and Media on September 9, 2004 03:43 PM
Josh Turner, one of country's music's brightest new stars, received the Curtain Call Award at Belmont University Tuesday night, an award presented annually to a Belmont alumnus by the university's School of Music in honor of achievement in the field...
Posted in News and Media on September 8, 2004 06:43 AM
Belmont University's School of Music will present its annual Curtain Call Award, recognizing achievements in the field of commercial/popular music, to MCA recording artist Josh Turner, one of Nashville's brightest new country music stars. Turner, whose debut album Long Black...
Posted in News and Media on September 1, 2004 02:40 PM
Today's Tennessean has a very nice profile of Josh Turner, a Belmont University alum and nominee for an Academy of Country Music award for best new artist.''This song was for His purpose,'' Turner said recently, sitting with his wife, Jennifer,...
Posted in News and Media on May 26, 2004 09:09 AM
Billboard magazine has taken note of rising country music star - and Belmont University graduate - Josh Turner, whose song Long Black Train is rising up the country charts. In the story, which notes that Turner is the only new...
Posted in News and Media on February 17, 2004 08:50 AM
Country Weekly reports on the marriage of rising country music star - and Belmont University graduate - Josh Turner who, it was reported recently, will open for Brooks & Dunn on their upcoming tour....
Posted in News and Media on January 14, 2004 05:02 PM
Belmont alum Josh Turner will open for Brooks & Dunn on their upcoming concert tour, reports CMT.com......
Posted in News and Media on January 6, 2004 06:24 PM
USA Today has a profile of new and fast-rising country music singer Josh Turner, an alumnus of Belmont University's music program.Turner's single Long Black Train, a country-gospel throwback written after listening to all 10 CDs in a Hank Williams box...
Posted in News and Media on November 25, 2003 05:15 PM