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Woodbury, nestled in the rolling hills of scenic Middle Tennessee, is the seat of Cannon County, a small rural community with a big arts heritage. The county's long tradition of white oak basket and chair-making has gained the attention of collectors and museums worldwide, including the Tennessee State Museum, the Smithsonian Institution and The Museum of Folk Culture in Hunan Province in China.

The Arts Center serves over 100 craft artists, 400 performing artists and more than 19,000 students annually in its recently expanded facility. Because of The Arts Center's success and the community's rich craft heritage, Woodbury was included in John Villani's book, The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America.

The AEC provides unique opportunities for lifelong learning and participation in the arts for all members of the community.

The AEC, created in 1952 by a Ford Foundation grant, achieves its mission through its programs. Programs include the Conference on Southern Literature, Chattanooga Festival of Writers, Independent and Back Row Film Series, Culture Fest, and a myriad of arts education programs for students - Young Southern Student Writers, Writers in the Classrooms, professional development workshops in creative writing and literacy through photography, and professional dramas for children. The AEC is a charter member of Allied Arts of Great Chattanooga and receives funding from the Tennessee Arts Commission, corporate sponsors, and individuals.

The Athens Area Council for the Arts was chartered as a non-profit organization in 1979. From that time forward, AACA has served as the core organization dedicated to the enhancement of the cultural life of the community. Throughout its 27 year history, AACA has brought hundreds of artists from all over the world to perform in the community and to work with school children and teachers in all areas of the arts. Governed by a Board of Directors, the organization is led by a full time executive director, three-quarter time program director, and part-time clerical staff, and a host of volunteers.

The Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center is part of the thriving community of Bartlett, Tennessee. The Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center is a multi-purpose facility offering cultural performances spanning a diversity of repertoire and disciplines, as well as providing an ideal places for business meetings, seminars, luncheons, parties and other gatherings. With state of the art lighting, sound, and auxiliary equipment, the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center is equipped to handle almost any event.

For over 75 years, The Belcourt Theatre has provided a space for premiere entertainment in the heart of Nashville's Hillsboro Village. During this time, The Belcourt has existed in many incarnations - each of which has furnished a home for some of the city's best and most unusual performing arts.

Opening in 1925 as the Hillsboro Theatre, The Belcourt originally operated as a silent movie house, later providing a regular home for both The Children's Theatre of Nashville and the venerable Grand Ole Opry. By 1937, The Belcourt was renamed the Nashville Community Playhouse and continued to shine as a space flexible enough to house both film and live theatre. In 1966 The Belcourt returned to its original use as a movie theatre until 1997, when the Watkins Film School joined with Belcourt LLC to manage the building. In early 1999, Belcourt LLC reached an agreement to lease the property to Belcourt YES!, a grassroots, not-for-profit group dedicated to the preservation and successful operation of The Belcourt Theatre in its historical roles as a home for film, theatre and music.

Over the last decade, the Buckman Performing Arts Center has inspired the Memphis arts scene through creative programming that features a rich variety of internationally renowned artists, dancers, and musicians. Buckman audiences have come to expect the unexpected, while reveling in the daring and provocative offerings they find on The Rose Theater stage.

With a reputation as a home for international music and dance in the most intimate of settings, it is the premiere performance venue uniting the Memphis community through the visual and performing arts.

The Chattanooga Downtown Partnership enhances the quality and viability of the downtown area by producing, coordinating and/or encouraging events and activities designed to animate and enliven the public spaces, and by providing the promotion and marketing necessary to attract people downtown.

The Chattanooga Downtown Partnership came into existence in 1991 as a result of a visioning process during which it was determined that an organization was needed to focus on a menu of downtown issues, ranging from business retention to marketing, beautification and animation. Formed as a subsidiary of the RiverCity Company, CDP consolidated the former tasks of the Chattanooga Downtown Alliance and the programming function of the Center City Corporation. Annual funding comes from the City of Chattanooga, Allied Arts, corporate sponsorships, other private grants and concession revenues.

The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera seeks to enrich the quality of life in the greater Chattanooga area by providing a variety of exemplary musical programs and productions of symphony, opera and other genres; and to nurture the appreciation of music, especially symphonic music and opera, through educational programs for students and diverse audiences.

The Crockett Theatre Center for the Arts, which includes both Crockett Theatre and the Marguerite Rose Burton Art Museum play a significant role in the cultural life of Lawrence County. With a seating capacity of 1149 and an oversized stage, the Crockett is the home of a wide variety of performances throughout the year while the Museum hosts a number of shows each year.

The Center is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Cumberland County Playhouse is the only major non-profit professional performing arts resource in rural Tennessee, and one of the 10 largest professional theaters in rural America. It serves more than 145,000 visitors annually with two indoor and two outdoor states, young audience productions, a comprehensive dance program, a concert series and touring shows. The Cumberland County Playhouse is the only non-profit professional performing arts organization in Tennessee that wholly owns and operates its own major performance facility.

The Playhouse is committed to the arts as an indigenous, homegrown part of rural America - not a commodity imported from urban centers. The Playouse regularly produces new works based upon Tennessee and Southeastern history and culture, plus state and regional premieres and revivals of works with Appalachian themes. The Playhouse also strives to stretch its audiences with programming which includes major elements of opera, dance, and challenging dramatic works. The Playhouse features nearly 500 performances and 1600 classes in theatre, music and dance annually.

The Cumberland County Playhouse provides arts opportunities to a vast region underserved by other arts resources, including rural East and Middle Tennessee, North Georgia, Southern Kentucky, and Northern Alabama, as well as metropolitan Knoxville, Nashville and Chattanooga.

The Dixie Carter Performing Arts and Academic Enrichment Center and the Hal Holbrook Theatre enhances the quality of life in Huntingdon, Carroll County and the surrounding communities by serving as a premier venue for the performing, literary, visual and media arts; presenting excellent and diverse performances and events to appeal to a broad audience; promoting and developing arts education and arts programs in partnership with local school districts, artists, arts organizations, community groups, business, governmental agencies and the media; developing artists and arts audiences through providing stimulating arts experiences and supportive programs; preserving the cultural contributions of Dixie Carter and Hal Holbrook; acting as an advocate for excellence in and support for the arts in TN, and the USA in order to preserve the cultural heritage; and supporting economic growth and development for the betterment of the community and the region.

Riverbend began in 1981 with the intention of bringing diverse elements of the Chattanooga community together through the common language of music. Originally known as Five Nights in Chattanooga, Riverbend has grown to nine nights, with six stages and more than 100 performing artists. Now celebrating it's 27th year, Riverbend has grown to become Chattanooga's most beloved event, and it ranks in the top 10% of festivals in the country.

Building Communities under the Stars with Music for ALL

The "Levitt Shell" for the performing arts in Overton Park is located in Memphis, Tennessee. Set on a natural slope between the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and the Memphis College of Art, the Shell has been an outdoor performing arts pavilion since the 1930s. Recognized as the site of Elvis Presley's first rock 'n roll show, the Shell has been renovated and updated with state of the art lighting and sound and opened September 2008. 50 free performances a year with talent from around the world and your own backyard.

"GPAC: Bringing you the world, one season at a time."

That motto has, since 1994, driven our mission to make high quality diverse performing artists accessible to all constituents within the community through the promotion of artistic expression and educational opportunities, thereby assuring broad support for the arts throughout the region.

The Germantown Performing Arts Centre features an acoustically perfect, 900 seat venue with a sprung pine stage, an intimate black box recording studio, an elegant green room, eight spacious dressing rooms and an opulent, grand lobby for entertaining and assembling. GPAC has a reputation for bringing the most celebrated, world-class talent to the Mid-south each season.

Great Performances at Vanderbilt is sponsored by the student-based Vanderbilt Programming Board (VPB) and greater Nashville community. The mission of Great Performances is to spark and sustain a passion for the arts within the Vanderbilt community and southeast region as a lead provider of international artistic excellence through diverse arts disciplines, interaction with artists and a core educational environment.

When Great Performances first made its debut at Vanderbilt University in 1974, few imagined the substantive legacy the series would enjoy and the efficacy of arts interventions in building communities. Hundreds and thousands of people from Vanderbilt, Nashville, and Middle Tennessee have been drawn to the array of performing companies while Great Performances in turn has provided a southeastern home for international works and remarkable artists.

Currently under construction and scheduled to open in the spring of 2010, the Maryville Civic Arts Center is a joint project between Maryville College, the City of Maryville, and the City of Alcoa.

The facility includes a 1,000-seat performance hall, 250-seat recital hall, grand lobby offering a 250-capacity dining area, outdoor arts plaza with 450-seating capacity, and flexible theatre and art galleries. Office, studio, classroom and rehearsal space are also included to serve the needs of the College, as well as community and educational organizations.

Metro Parks mission is to provide every citizen of Nashville and Davidson County with an equal opportunity for safe recreational and cultural activities within a network of parks and greenways that preserves and protects the region's natural resources.

For over 100 years Nashville's Metro Parks has been providing entertainment in a recreation setting to residents and visitors of the city. Today free concerts, festivals and events are scheduled year-round for people of all ages with an emphasis on providing music, dance, arts and multi-cultural experiences in our parks and arts facilities

MACA is a non-profit local arts agency serving Monroe and the surrounding counties of East Tennessee. In addition to offering an annual performing season, MACA works with area schools, churches and civic organizations to provide arts education programs, artist residencies and more. MACA is a 501c(3) organization.

The Niswonger Performing Arts Center is positioned to offer performances that will be regional in scope and will enhance the arts in Greeneville and surrounding communities.

The mission of the Niswonger Performing Arts Center is to perpetuate a commitment to the performing arts for Greene County and our neighboring communities. A flourishing arts and cultural community enhances our quality of life, produces community pride, encourages cultural development and understanding and broadens the education of children.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Paramount Center is an excellent example of the art deco motion picture palaces built in the late 1920's and early 30's. Built in 1931 and restored to its original splendor in 1991, the Paramount continues to grow as the Mountain Empire's premier performing arts center.

Here audiences share passion and drama, laughter and tears, majesty in motion, joy in music, pride in learning...and memories. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for the people of our region by providing a variety of arts and services which will educate and entertain...regardless of ethnic background, age or income level.

The Kingsport Renaissance Center is a facility which serves the community as a center for the arts and senior citizen's activities, and as a facility for business meetings, parties, receptions, classes, showers, and day-long seminars with breakout rooms.

The facility includes a 350-seat theatre, three-story sky lit atrium, art gallery, gymnasium, meeting rooms and offices. The Center, formerly the John Sevier School, was renovated in 1991 and stands as a constant reminder of Kingsport's history and as a reality of creative dreams.

TPAC is located in the James K. Polk Cultural Center at 505 Deaderick Street in downtown Nashville, occupying an entire city block between 5th and 6th Avenues and Deaderick and Union Streets. Also housing the Tennessee State Museum, the cultural center adjoins the 18 story James K. Polk Office Tower.

The performance venues at TPAC are Andrew Jackson Hall (2,472 seats), James K. Polk Theater (1,075), Andrew Johnson Theater (256) and War Memorial Auditorium (1,661), the historic landmark located across 6th Avenue and the plaza from the Center. Among its many operations, TPAC presents a series of Broadway shows and special engagements, and administers a comprehensive education program.

TPAC is also home to three resident performing arts organizations: Nashville Ballet, Nashville Opera Association and Tennessee Repertory Theatre. Presenting their work on the stages of TPAC, all of these organizations are independent of the center.

The Tennessee Theatre is one of the few great movie palaces from the Roaring Twenties still in operation. After closing on June 1, 2003, the historic venue reopened on January 15, 2005 as a world class performing arts center, the result of a $25.5 million renovation and restoration project funded through public and private donations.

Today, the Tennessee Theatre is used for much more than movies and simple stage shows. Now, a true multi-purpose performing arts venue, the Tennessee Theatre serves Knoxville's arts organizations, national touring productions and all those who desire to step into its magical world.

The Patten Performances Series, initiated in 1979 with funding from the University of Chattanooga Foundation and a gift from the family of Dorothy Patten, Chattanooga's most famous Broadway performer, has become Chattanooga's premier performing arts series. Under Foundation guidelines, the series is intended "to bring internationally renowned performers to the University community and to provide a baseline of professional performances to the greater Chattanooga area."

Featuring a journey in artistic excellence and diversity from high octane fiddle productions to exquisite classical crossover programs. From heartwarming musical journeys through some of America's favorite musical eras to jaw dropping illusion and magic. Whether your need be cool and unique, classical, pop, Broadway, Celtic, folk, acoustic, avant or nostalgic, our roster offers artistic candy for all realms of the senses …!

Alkahest Artists & Attractions, Inc. represents a diverse roster in the disciplines of music and theater. Our emphasis is on developing and managing regional and national tours of quality, affordable productions that have mainstream appeal.

Founded in 1970, The All-American Boys Chorus is a boys vocal performance group which performs regularly in Southern California and stages tours in other states, Canada and nations overseas. The Chorus has been lauded for instilling and fostering leadership skills and characteristics in its current membership of 130 boys and over 900 alumni. Artistic collaborations with Opera Pacific, the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the William Hall Master Chorale have given the Chorus a notable stature.

Shenandoah Shakespeare’s American Shakespeare Center is a national Shakespeare resource for audiences, actors, students, scholars, and educators. The company tours internationally and performs in repertory in historic Staunton, Virginia at Blackfriars Playhouse, the world's only re-creation of William Shakespeare's original indoor theatre. We believe that the study, performance, and enjoyment of Shakespeare’s plays are of vital interest to the life of the nation.

This Grammy Award winning singer songwriter has a voice that is familiar to millions of television and radio listeners. She has appeared at the White House twice, performed in nearly all 50 states including Alaska and Hawaii, toured Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and recently returned from Thailand where she participated in a benefit concert for children orphaned by AIDS. She has been voted "Best Solo Performer", "Best Acoustic Performer", and “Best Female Performer” in a national magazine poll. Her lyric driven, melodic, often humorous, alternative folk music speaks to issues of tolerance and human rights, as well as personal relationships and funny circumstances.

Circle Dance was founded to provide an opportunity for Knoxville area choreographers, dancers, musicians, and performance artists to showcase their work. It is our philosophy that everyone is a dancer and everyone has a right to dance.

Toot! Toot! Cookeville's own Conductor Jack and the Zinghoppers present an old-time, foot-stompin', hand-clappin', organic, feel-good hootenanny for the whole family featuring Jack on banjo, guitar and ukulele as well as his friends on fiddle, mandolin, washboard and string bass. In addition to the live band three adorable characters usually appear in their live concerts: Penelope The Possum, Olo The Donkey and Coconuts The Kangaroo.

Few "children's musicians" can boast that Tom Waits and Lucinda Williams are fans of their work, or that Tiny Tim was their mentor and ukulele instructor, but then again few children's musicians are quite like the one-of-a-kind Conductor Jack Norton. Families with preschoolers may recognize him as the host of TV's, "The Zinghoppers Show". This high energy live show combines vintage vaudeville, bluegrass, country and folk for a sound that appeals to all ages.

dc Artists Management and its artists maintain the highest standards of efficient service to clients, and of unique artistry and creativity to their audiences. We maintain an ever-growing client base, and can fulfill programming needs for performing arts series, festivals, arts councils, colleges, museums, special events, conferences, and more. We are members of NAPAMA, IPAY, Ohio Presenters, PA Presenters, Tennessee Presenters and Arts Presenters.

EastCoast Entertainment is the largest full-service entertainment agency in the country with services ranging from entertainment for corporate, performing arts, colleges, national concert tours, speakers and even weddings and private parties, as well as planning and managing special events.

Since 1980 the Herschel Freeman Agency has established a reputation for finding innovative, traditional musicians from throughout North America and around the world. Our roster encompasses established and emerging artists from India, Ireland, Hawaii, Guinea, France, Cuba, Italy, Madagascar, Scotland, Trinidad, and England, and an array of musicians from Canada and the United States.

Hyperion Productions LLC, based in New York City, is a full-service theatrical booking agency and management company, owned and operated by Eric Bricking and Beau Bisson. They specialize in tour routing, contract negotiation, marketing and brand development for touring artists and theatrical properties.

For fifteen years, Jodi Kaplan & Associates / BookingDANCE has booked tours for dozens of dance companies throughout the USA, South America, Asia and Europe. The Main Roster incldes Company C Contemporary Ballet (San Francisco) hailing from the New York City Ballet, emmy award-winning Malashock Dance (San Diego), the highly popular and commercially entertaining Odyssey Dance Theatre (Salt Lake City), and India’s revered dance artist Navtej Singh Johar and his orchestra of sufi musicians. Outreach activities included in all touring engagements.

Jodi Kaplan & Associates also consults for performing arts companies of all disciplines and leads a series of booking and touring workshops specially designed for artists ready to move to the next level. JK&A also produces international dance festivals showcasing the best of dance worldwide, most recently in Beijing 08 coinciding with the Olympics

Possessing a voice comparable in depth and richness to the great Paul Robeson, Blanchard—in the spiritual tradition of an ancient African Griot—creates music that allows his deep soulfully rich voice to blend naturally with his compelling dramatic instinct. He movingly conveys the poignant words and melodies of the Negro Spiritual in a manner that defies easy pigeon holding, and his unique style—“reminiscent of Al Jarreau, Bobby McFerrin, and Paul Robeson simultaneously”—offers great variety at any musical venue.

Loyd Artists has been expanding the view of the performing arts for over thirty years. We represent a diverse roster of creative artists who are passionate about their work and their audiences and who desire to inspire the heart, mind, and soul of each audience member.

Over the past 30 years Pianist/Composer Michael Jefry Stevens has been associated with some of the most important figures in modern jazz, having been in the forefront of the NYC improvised music scene. He has composed over 300 works for various ensembles, including big band, string quartet, music for voice, music for solo instruments and various small group compositions and has performed in numerous ensembles in his career.

Founded in 1981 as a civic dance company and becoming a professional company in 1986, Nashville Ballet is the only professional ballet company in Middle Tennessee, and has earned the respect of audiences and reviewers alike by making classical and contemporary ballet accessible to new and traditional audiences. We believe that by creating, performing and promoting dance, in addition to providing educational and outreach programs, we will enrich our community and enhance the quality of life in Nashville, as well as further the evolution of American dance.

Nashville Ballet has a longstanding affiliation with some of the finest choreographers today. Our repertory includes works by distinguished legends George Balanchine, José Limon, Salvatore Aiello, James Canfield and Choo-San Goh, as well as choreography by our internationally recognized Artistic Director Paul Vasterling.

OPUS 3 ARTISTS marks the next evolution in this agency's 30-year legacy as an international leader in managing the careers and touring activities of some of the world's most distinguished performing artists and ensembles.

OPUS 3 ARTISTS has expanded its areas of focus to include dance, theater companies, jazz, world, and new music ensembles and artists, providing just the right compliment to OPUS 3 ARTISTS's first-class offerings in the field of classical music--instrumentalists, vocalists, conductors, composers, chamber music, touring symphony and chamber orchestras. OPUS 3 ARTISTS is also a leader in discovering and developing young artists by helping to establish the network and foundation for their careers.

Founded in 1990, The Raleigh Ringers is an internationally acclaimed handbell ensemble from Raleigh, North Carolina. The Raleigh Ringers is a member of the North Carolina Touring Artist Roster and has performed in over 34 states and in several cities in France. The group performs on the most extensive collection of handbell sets owned by any group in the world, over 366 individual bells or chimes. The Raleigh Ringers concert specials have been aired on national American Public Television stations across the United States for the past 6 years.

SMG Artists represents an eclectic range of artists, each in the top echelon of their field. The roster includes singer-songwriter/Celtic star Cathie Ryan, Pushcart Players (touring musical theater for young audiences), the Grammy-winning Chestnut Brass Company, pianist/composer Robin Spielberg, Yu Wei Chinese Dance Collection, and the hot pop-rock-musical theater trio GrooveLily. New signings include Irish music sensation David Munnelly and the MusicTelling troupe Tales & Scales. All artists on the roster offer innovative residency programs, master classes and workshops.

“Jazz is especially reflective of our nation’s personality and spirit.” Thus states veteran trumpet player Don Edwards, leader of the Southern Fried Jazz Band. A high energy Dixieland Show Band, its performance chronicles the beginnings of Jazz from the levees of Louisiana up the Mississippi to the early jazz clubs in Chicago.

For kids and grown-ups alike, each performance of the Southern Fried Jazz Band evolves into an experience to be remembered long after it has left the stage. Instrumentals accented with narration and vocals are stirred with a spontaneity that can only come from seasoned performers into a tasty recipe that never fails to “WOW” its audience. These ingredients have launched Southern Fried Jazz into the national spotlight in short order.

World Artists is a performing arts management company that represents a variety of world music and dance companies as well as classical and jazz ensembles and some specialty groups. The agency works with presenters from colleges, arts councils, schools, festivals, private functions and corporations while taking care of publicity, contracts and touring schedules.

Since 1989, Folk Alliance has served as the headquarters for Folk Music and Dance. With over 2000 members worldwide and an annual conference that is one of the five largest music conferences in North America, Folk Alliance continues to grow and mature while providing a unique range of member services to our community. Our community includes record companies, publishers, presenters, agents, managers, music support services, manufacturers and artists that work in the folk world.