EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Highlight Artist Engagement And Bring The Mission To Bear

In 2022, the Museum’s educational programming experienced a strong return inside the institution’s walls and across the Middle Tennessee community, while online offerings—including twenty-four Live at the Hall programs—reached over four million people worldwide.

Among our public programs, Poets and Prophets celebrated singersongwriter Rodney Crowell, while steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar and fiddler-guitarist Kenny Lovelace were featured as Nashville Cats Author, journalist, and publicist Kay West was honored during the Louise Scruggs Memorial Forum, presented by Gibson Gives.

Opening weekend of the major exhibition Western Edge: The Roots and Reverberations of Los Angeles Country-Rock, presented by City National Bank, included a reunion concert with the Desert Rose Band and a multi-artist, star-studded salute to country-rock. The Museum also presented a host of related interviews and family programs, with support from the Academy of Country Music and American Airlines.

The Museum’s new Discover DeFord Bailey project provided history and music instruction for youth audiences. Associated programming took place in the Taylor Swift Education Center and Ford Theater, as well as in school and community settings. A resource-rich webpage with historic photos, instructional videos, and more rounded out this program’s offerings. In recognition of the program’s content and diverse delivery platforms, the Museum was recognized with The Frist Foundation Innovation in Action Award.