[003] MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE WITH TODAY’S TOP GOSPEL SINGERS AT MTSU

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE WITH TODAY’S TOP GOSPEL SINGERS AT MTSU
“MTSU on the Record” Explains Ben Speer’s Stamps-Baxter School of Music
(MURFREESBORO) –Aficionados of traditional American gospel music will attend Ben Speer’s Stamps-Baxter School of Music on the MTSU campus July 12-24. Dr. Stephen Shearon, professor of music, will provide details about this unique singing school on “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue at 7 a.m. this Sunday, July 5, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
“Of all the shape-note singing schools, this is the most professionally oriented,” says Shearon. “Many of the faculty (members) have professional performing careers in the Southern gospel and contemporary Christian music fields, and some of them are regulars on the Bill Gaither ‘Homecoming’ videos, which are quite popular among this culture. Many of the students who come to this school also hope to have professional careers. During the evenings, there usually are performances, sometimes by some of the finest performers in Southern gospel and contemporary Christian music.”
To hear last week’s program featuring Dr. Larry Burriss’ critique of various kinds of news media coverage, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html and click on “June 28, 2009.” For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.