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MARTIN PRIDE DAYS CONCERT
sponsored by Bennett-May-Giles County Funeral Home
Singer Jonell Mosser
Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007
7 p.m., Grissom Gazebo
Take the soul of Janis Joplin, the emotion of Patsy Cline, the blues of Bonnie Raitt, the presence of Tina Turner -- and a voice second to none -- and you've got Jonell Mosser, one of Nashville's most respected and most requested singers. She's shared the studio and stage with the likes of Delbert McClinton, Etta James, Vince Gill, B.B. King, Trisha Yearwood, Keb Mo, Wynonna Judd, Ringo Starr, and the aforemention Ms. Raitt. So pull out a lawn chair and get ready for an evening of high-energy music -- the perfect way to kick off the fall semester.
Tickets are $7 at the gate. All MMC faculty, staff, and students -- as well as all students K-college -- admitted free of charge.
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5th annual Jazz on the Green
featuring international jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum
Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007
7 p.m., Grissom Gazebo
Grammy-nominated Kirk Whalum and his band bring the sounds of smooth jazz to the Campus Green. His musical portfolio reads like a who's who of contemporary talents, having played with folks such as Whitney Houston, Bob James, Bebe and Cece Winans, Barbra Streisand, Edwin Hawkins, Quincy Jones, Al Green and the late Luther Vandross. Since 2001, he has released four studio albums, including this second volume of gospel songs, "The Gospel According to Jazz: Chapter 2," and "Kirk Whalum Performs the Babyface Songbook." Bring a blanket, lawn chair, and picnic basket, and enjoy a night of fabulous music under the stars.
Tickets are $10 at the gate. All MMC faculty, staff, and students -- as well as all students K-college -- admitted free of charge.
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7th annual Shakespeare on the Green
"King Lear," featuring the Martin Players
Friday, Sept. 14, 2007 / Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007 / Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007 / Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007 / Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007
7:30 p.m., Grissom Gazebo
The Martin Players, under the direction of Dr. Kayla McKinney Wiggins, bring the saga of King Lear to the Grissom Gazebo stage. This marks the sixth year that Martin Methodist College and the Giles County community have enjoyed Shakespeare under the stars.
Admission is free of charge.
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2nd annual South By Southeast Classic Film Series
7 p.m., Martin Hall Auditorium, home of The Martin movie theater.
This fall, the South By Southeast Classic Film Series will screen three critically acclaimed films from old Hollywood that have recently been remade with three of modern Hollywood's biggest stars -- with less sterling reviews. Before Denzel Washington found himself uncovering a devastating political secret in 2004's version of "The Manchurian Candidate," it was Frank Sinatra who gave perhaps his finest acting performance in 1962's original. Even Steve Martin said that his 2006 version of "The Pink Panther" would never match the comic genius of Peter Sellers as the original Inspector Clouseau in 1963. And while Sean Penn did outstanding work in 2006's version of "All The King's Men" as he recreated the role of Willie Stark -- the power-hungry Louisiana politician based on the real-life notorious Huey "Kingfish" Long -- the original performance earned Broderick Crawford an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1949.
Discussion will follow each of the films, and South By Southeast filmgoers might want to view the remade versions on their own before coming to see the originals. The festival is sponsored by the W. Garie Taylor Honors Program and the college's four academic honor societies.
Admission is free of charge.
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5th annual Martin Methodist College Literary Festival
featuring poet Bill Brown
Tuesday, Oct. 9
7 p.m., Colonial Hall Gallery
A West Tennessee native who grew up 10 miles from the Mississippi River, Bill Brown is the author of four collections of poetry -- "Holding On By Letting Go," "What the Night Told Me," "The Art of Dying," and "The Gods of Little Pleasures" -- and a writing text, "Important Words," on which he collaborated with Malcolm Glass. Having served as drector of the writing program at Hume-Fogg Academic High School in Nashville since 1983, Brown was named as the 1995 Distinguished Teacher in the Arts by the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts. He has been a Scholar in Poetry at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, a Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and a two-time recipient of fellowships in poetry from the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Admission is free of charge.
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The Wailin' Jennys
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007
7 p.m., Martin Hall Auditorium
Three extraordinary voices, two founding singer-songwriters, one singular vision -- the Wailin' Jennys have captured the imagination of North America with their angelic harmonies and rich folk musicianship, spawned from Canada's midwestern heartland. Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta, and Heather Masse have become a favorite of Garrison Keillor and his popular National Public Radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion," and their fan base continues to grow here and abroad. Martin Hall Auditorium has rarely heard such beautiful music as this talented trio will create.
Tickets are $7 at the door. All MMC faculty, staff, and students -- as well as all students K-college -- admitted free of charge.
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"Man 1, Bank 0" starring Patrick Combs
Friday, Feb. 1, 2008
7 p.m., Martin Hall Auditorium
Patrick Combs tells the amazing-but-true story of how he deposited a $95,093.35 junk-mail check marked "non-negotiable" -- hoping to spread a little banking cheer to tellers -- and how it erupted into a staggering and hilarious David vs. Goliath tug of war. This too-funny show has sold out in New York during its off-Broadway run and received rave reviews at such venues as the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, the Comedy Central Stage in Los Angeles, the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, and the New Zealand International Comedy Festival in Auckland. This should be a laugh-filled kickoff to Martin Methodist's 2008 Homecoming weekend.
Tickets are $7 at the door. All MMC faculty, staff, and students -- as well as all students K-college -- admitted free of charge.
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"MMC 360 Film Series: A Global Perspective"
Sunday, Feb. 3 / Monday, Feb. 4 / Tuesday, Feb. 5
7 p.m., Martin Hall Auditorium, home of The Martin movie theater.
Using the wonderful venue of The Martin movie theater, MMC hosts its inaugural foreign film series, looking at three highly regarded movies on consecutive nights: the Oscar-winning "Life is Beautiful" (Italy, 1997); much-awarded "The Spanish Apartment" (France, 2002); and Academy Award-nominated "City of God" (Brazil, 2002). Discussion will follow each screening.
Admission is free of charge.
Guitarist William Yelverton
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008
7 p.m., Martin Hall Auditorium
William Yelverton's exceptionally diverse repertoire and brilliant technique set him apart as one of today's most exciting and unique concert artists. He is an award-winning classical guitarist whose eclectic recital programs often include jazz, folk, Latin, and flamenco, together with early music performed on Renaissance lute. As an authority on the art of guitar transcription, his unprecedented performances and recordings of masterworks by great composers have received wide critical acclaim. His debute CD, "Harpsichord Music on Guitar" was cited as "first-rate" by Guitar Review.
Admission is free of charge.
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4th annual Richard Leigh and Friends Singer-Songwriter Concert
7 p.m., Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Martin Hall Auditorium
One of Nashville’s finest songwriters ("Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue," "The Greatest Man I Never Knew," "Somewhere In My Broken Heart") and a member of that city’s Songwriting Hall of Fame, Richard Leigh returns for his fourth annual concert, this year bringing with him David Pack, former lead singer and songwriter of the '70s and '80s megaband Ambrosia ("Holdin' On To Yesterday," "Biggest Part of Me," "You're the Only Woman," "How Much I Feel"). They will share the Martin Hall Auditorium stage for an evening of songs and stories about the craft of creating music.
Tickets are $7 at the door. All MMC faculty, staff, and students -- as well as all students K-college -- admitted free of charge.
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The Tennessee Tech Tuba Ensemble
7 p.m., Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Martin Hall Auditorium
Currently celebrating its 40th year of performances and recording activity, the Tennessee Technological University Tuba Ensemble is the first music program in the state to receive the Tennessee Board of Regents' prestigious TBR Academic Excellence and Quality Award. The most recorded ensemble of its kind in the world, the TTTE has also been notified that its latest CD recording release, "Carnegie VI" -- a documentation of the group's sixth appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York City -- was submitted and accepted by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to be included on its Grammy Entry list. Under the direction of its founder, Dr. Winston Morris, the TTTE creates a marvelous evening of music unlike any other.
Tickets are $7 at the door. All MMC faculty, staff, and students -- as well as all students K-college -- admitted free of charge.
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Singer Kate Campbell
7 p.m., Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Martin Hall Auditorium
Nashville-based folk singer Kate Campbell combines a rich voice and gifted musicianship with a lifelong fascination with storytelling, race, religion, history, and the day-to-day happenings of people's lives. Since her debut album in 1995, she has tapped into the Southern literary bloodline of Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner and the musical traditions and folkways of her native South. She receives rave reviews for the songs she chooses and the rich emotion in which she performs them.
Tickets are $7 at the door. All MMC faculty, staff, and students -- as well as all students K-college -- admitted free of charge.
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