ABOUT THE ARTISTS
KAYTEK - THE WIZARD LIVE
Emmy Award-winner Brian Hull is renowned for bringing compelling original ideas with arresting visual style to fruition. Brian has been the head of Wishing Chair Productions Puppet Theater at the Nashville Public Library for 25 years where he is also the Artistic Director of their International Puppet Festivals - and was a former board member and President of PUPPETEERS OF AMERICA
Mary Tanner’s 40 year acting and puppeteering career includes 100+ professional roles on the stage and in film and television with companies in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, and Nashville. She was awarded the Individual Artist Fellowship Grant for acting from the Tennessee Arts Commission in 2005 and has continued to participate in Nashville theater, film, and voiceover work while maintaining full-time puppeteering with Wishing Chair Productions and BriAnimations. As a result of fifteen years of creating puppet theater with Brian Hull, she is now a puppeteer, puppet builder, writer, producer, lyricist, and as always, an actor!
ENACTOR
Enactor is a growing portfolio of dance-theater solos that unpack what it means to be a human having a relationship with your body. Solos are programmed a la carte to suit each theater/community.
WEBB WILDER
Beginning with 1986's classic debut It Came From Nashville, Webb Wilder emerged as a barnstorming hero who delivered a peculiar mix of Rockabilly, poetry, and tomfoolery. These days, some folks call Wilder's music Americana, though it is as impacted by mods and British Invaders (of the guitar-wielding kind) as it is by the Country music he's heard all his life. It's also influenced by the Blues and R&B sounds recorded by his Aunt Lillian, who founded Trumpet Records and recorded Elmore James and Sonny Boy Williamson. To throw more genres in the mix, Paste Magazine put It Came From Nashville on their list of the "50 Best Southern Rock Albums of All Time."
INVERSION VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Born from a desire to showcase an array of talented friends, Inversion Vocal Ensemble brings an eclectic vibe to a variety of musical genres. Comprised of classically trained students and alumni of Tennessee State University, Oakwood University, Vanderbilt University, Morehouse College, University of Tennessee, and Union University, Inversion performs classical, contemporary gospel, jazz standards, and inspirational music like never before!
Collaborations & performances include work with Emmy-winning artist Damon Davis’ forthcoming new opera LIGEIA MARE, Brandi Carlile, Ruby Amanfu, National Civil Rights Museum’s inaugural memorial service for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.
AMERICAN TUNE: Simon, Croce & Taylor
Alkahest artist Tom Glynn is an award-winning songwriter that the Boston Globe calls "a tunesmith at the top of his game." He is a John Lennon Songwriting Contest winner and a Boston Music Award nominee for Outstanding Songwriter. Several of his songs have been chosen by NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association) for their coveted Top 40 honor, and his music has been featured on ABC, Fox, Lifetime and Showtime. His 2023 album “Skylight Intervention” was the most added album to folk radio stations across the country in its first week. It featured a cover of Jim Croce’s “Operator (That’s Not The Way It Feels)” that has received extensive airplay.
NASHVILLE LEGACY: JASON COLEMAN & MEGAN TAYLOR
Jason & Meagan journey back to Nashville’s “golden era,” playing & singing their way through the family tradition of Nashville Sound standards made famous by Jason’s grandfather Floyd Cramer & Meagan’s uncle Chet Atkins.
EVENING IN THE ROUND featuring 3-time Grammy-winner Linda Davis
Three of Nashville’s most talented singer/songwriters bring a little taste of Music City to your hometown when they perform an “Evening in the Round.” The intimate night of acoustic music, starring three-time Grammy award winner Linda Davis and hit songwriters Lang Scott and Bill Whyte, will be injected with hits, humor and a whole lot of down home appeal. This enjoyable night of music will see each artist taking a turn at the microphone, playing songs and sharing the stories behind these hits. The audience can expect to hear some familiar tunes recorded by some of today’s hottest artists, as well as Whyte’s own brand of sometimes twisted but always funny songs.
DR. DAYLIGHT'S JAZZ COMPANY
Grab your white handkerchiefs and parasols, and get ready for a second-line parade! Dr. Daylight’s Jazz Company engages crowds with its rich, energetic shows. Since forming in 2018, the Lafayette, LA-based jazz ensemble has traversed traditional jazz standards and reconstructed top 40 arrangements with a twist of jazz. Most recently, notable crooner Spencer Racca joined the Company and delights crowds with vocal stylings of Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley. The company also provides students with hands-on experiences to develop skills such as critical listening, performance techniques, rhythm, and arranging.
ADMIRAL RADIO
Inspired by the prior life of their 1941 wooden ADMIRAL RADIO, South-Carolina based duo Coty Hoover and Becca Smith create a unique Americana blend rooted in traditional styles that also touches the heartstrings of the modern-day listener. This husband-and-wife singer-songwriter team weaves threads of country, folk and roots music together to create a nostalgic sonic tapestry evoking simpler times filled with homespun comfort. ADMIRAL RADIO is currently "making waves" as their Johnny-and-June charm expands from beyond the Southeast to listeners nationwide: after independently releasing their debut album of original music entitled Sounds Like You in 2020, they are now breathing new life into old-time songs that live in the public domain with their sophomore effort, Songs From The Vault, released in early 2022. Featuring Guitar, Banjo, Ukulele, Harmonica, Foot Tambo, and Shakers accompanying their lush and effortless vocal harmony, this couple and their timeless sound are a match for audiences of all ages.
NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY
The late Nai-Ni Chen, of Chinese heritage, was born and raised in Taiwan; she was an accomplished dance artist when she immigrated to the United States to study American modern dance in the 1980s. For over 30 years she produced an impressive body of work as the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company—which was recognized posthumously in 2022 with a New York Dance and Performance Award (the Bessie) for Lifetime Achievement. The Company's mission is to be a premier provider of innovative cultural experiences that reflect the inspiring hope and energy of the immigrant’s journey. Each dance in the company’s repertoire is aimed to increase the visibility of the immigrant’s struggle, triumph, despair, and joy.
Chi-Town Transit Authority
Chi-Town Transit Authority is an 8-piece Chicago Tribute band based out of Atlanta, Ga. established in 2017 and dedicated in reproducing the “Chicago” concert experience by performing all of the familiar and famous songs covering over 4 decades of steady hits written and recorded by Chicago.
JULIA MOON
Flamenco dancer Julie Galle Baggenstoss is known nationally for her work on stage and in educational projects involving Spanish artists. Close to her home of Atlanta, she has performed and choreographed flamenco with the Atlanta Opera, Georgia State University’s School of Music, Woodruff Arts Center, The Latin American Association, Coves Darden P.R.E., and at universities and museums from the Southeast to the Midwest. She teaches flamenco in the Dance and Movement Studies Program at Emory University. Julie is a former instructor of the Atlanta Ballet, and currently teaches flamenco as part of arts integration for Fulton County Schools and ArtsNOW. Julie’s dance style reflects continuing education and years of classes with Spanish dance teachers, including Ángelita Vargas, Ángel Atienza, Juan del Gastor, Pilar Ortega, Manuel Liñán, and Juan Paredes. Her work is guided beyond dance steps by flamenco artists La Meira and Antonio Granjero. With an MA in Spanish, Julie has published original research and lectures on flamenco’s avant-garde, the African influence of flamenco, and the Latin American presence in the Spanish art form. Julie is the executive director of A Través, 501c3, which founded the Atlanta Flamenco Festival and La Feria ATLANTA, bringing the city to a list of major metropolitan regions presenting international artists in local series. She opened the production company, Berdolé, as she began presenting Spanish flamenco artists in performance and education across the nation.
Last Date: The Floyd Cramer Story with Grandson Jason Coleman
Jason brings new life to the signature style of his grandfather, piano legend Floyd Cramer, in a concert of the country & pop classics which defined Floyd’s Hall of Fame career. Iconic music, cherished family memories!
Gardening Not Architecture
Sarah Saturday is a musician, producer, writer, and performance artist also known as Gardening, Not Architecture. She has released several albums, singles, remixes, videos, films, and multimedia performances since 2007, and played over 200 shows in the U.S. and Canada since 2009. She has scored music for film and TV, including creating the original score for the feature film "Superpowerless." Since relocating to Nashville in 2012, Sarah has made a name for herself in the Nashville performance art community with her deeply vulnerable, complex, visually stunning performances.
HOW SWEET IT IS! Steve Leslie sings James Taylor
Grammy Award-winning songwriter (Kenny Rogers, George Strait, Darius Rucker) and recording artist Steve Leslie performs the music of James Taylor in HOW SWEET IT IS!, an authentic and spellbinding concert event! Steve’s warm baritone and exceptional guitar technique (not to mention his uncanny resemblance) will have audiences singing along to such classics as "Carolina In My Mind," "Shower the People," "You’ve Got a Friend," "Fire and Rain," "Up On the Roof," and many more. Based in Nashville and available to tour nationwide, HOW SWEET IT IS! is suited to presenters of all sizes, with scalable presentation options that deliver this great music at a number of different price points. In addition, outreach concerts, masterclasses, and songwriting workshops are available in conjunction with any performance program.
PUSH: Generic Male
Generic Male A masculinity satire by two well-meaning fools – arguing, dancing, and clinging to the status-quo characteristics of men. Hilarious hijinks ensue as they examine assumptions that go unquestioned until they are spoken aloud. It’s about fathers and sons, war and death, and… James Bond. We hope it will empower people to speak up and begin to have the conversation that our characters can’t.
Explosive…Athletic…Physical Theatre!
Charlie and the Wolf
"Charlie and the Wolf" is a charming and educational children's opera. It asks... What would have happened if Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker had met... and what if they gave each other music lessons?! This charming new opera celebrates uniqueness while uplifting unity, and reminds us that everyone is playing with the same notes. It is composed by the EMMY-nominated creative team Dave Ragland and Mary McCallum.
AGENT SPOTLIGHT
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