Solo Competition Winners
W.O. Smith Music School held it’s annual solo competition the afternoon of Friday, May 3, 2013. More than 25 dedicated students, who weathered preliminary auditions in previous weeks, were invited to participate to win cash prizes ranging from $50 to $250. The winners in each category and the grand prize winner for 2013 are: Grand [...]
Solo Competion Finalists
CONGRATULATIONS to the students who advance to the FINALS ROUND of the 2013 Solo Competition: Melissa Anthony, Dominic Barkaszi, Kristyn Burke, Jennipher Chung, Michael Davies, Ana Herrera, Morgan Hyde, Evan Lomax, Gloria Lomax, Myra Lomax, Opal Lomax, Pearl Lomax, Estella Moss, Juan Pablo Munoz, Justin Puckett, Hadley Shelton, Hadassah Spence, Juliet Rainey, Annie Shipp, Elvis [...]
Intersession and Spring Break Information 2013
W.O. Smith will be OPEN and classes will be held as scheduled during the week of MNPS intercession, March 18-23, 2013. Please note we are open Saturday, March 23, 2013, but closed Saturday, March 30, 2013. W.O. Smith is CLOSED from March 25-31 for Spring Break. After compiling survey responses from our families and teachers, [...]
Band from Nowhere live performance at the Ryman Audtorium
Enjoy this video of the “Band from Nowhere” and their live performance at the Ryman Auditorium on January 24, 2013.
W.O. Smith Music School Band Plays at the Ryman for the “Gift of Music”
On January 24, 2013, five W.O. Smith Music School students performed on the 6th Annual Dustin J. Wells “Gift of Music” concert at the historic Ryman Auditorium. The students had the opportunity to share the stage with Peter Frampton, Peter Cetera, Lee Greenwood, J.D. Souther and other wonderful artists. The Dustin J. Wells Foundation honors [...]
Boedecker Foundation donates Drum Lab
W.O. Smith Music School is the proud recipient of a grant from the Boedecker Foundation to install a new digital piano lab. W.O. Smith Music School is the proud recipient of a grant from the Boedecker Foundation to install a new digital drum lab at the school. The mission of the Boedecker Foundation is to [...]
Predators Foundation donates Piano Lab
Thanks to a generous donation from the Nashville Predators Foundation, additional W.O. Smith Music School students will receive piano lessons this year and into the future. Our new Roland Digital Piano Lab allows four students to take group lessons helping to alleviate waiting lists. Some of the unique features of the lab include the ability [...]
The 12th Annual “The BirdHouse Thing”
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 – 5:30pm The annual fundraiser includes both live and silent auctions of wooden birdhouses designed and decorated by Nashville celebrities, renowned artists and professionals alongside other unique art works and gift packages to local businesses. Furniture craftsmen Bob McGill, tailor and society columnist Ted Clayton, Music Row executive turned artist Rob [...]
Teammates for Kids
W.O. Smith students Kristyn Burke, Christian Balderas, Dana Gipson, Pearl Lomax and Kahlil Poore (The Band from Nowhere) recently performed a reception for the “Teammates for Kids Foundation” founded by Garth Brooks and Troy Aikman. The band, coached by Billy Livsey, performed songs including Stevie Ray Vaughn’s “Pride and Joy” and ‘September” by Earth, Wind [...]
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