MURFREESBORO — Sony Music Nashville chairman — and MTSU alumnus — Gary Overton will
speak at MTSU on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 5 p.m. in Room 221 of the McWherter
Learning Resources Center.
Overton, a 1984 graduate
of the Department of Recording Industry in MTSU's College of Mass Communication,
is the first speaker in the Recording Industry Department’s new Chair’s
Speakers Series. He also was one of the 2013 inductees to the MTSU Mass
Communication Wall of Fame.
Overton is the
chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Music Nashville, home of country
superstars Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood.
He joined
Sony Nashville in 2010 after 15 years as executive vice president and general
manager of EMI Music Publishing’s Nashville division, where he oversaw day-to-day
operations, including copyrights, catalog acquisitions, signing writers and
artists and securing record deals. During his tenure, the company earned a
dozen Publisher of the Year honors from ASCAP, BMI and/or SESAC performing
rights organizations.
Before
joining EMI, Overton was personal manager for superstar Alan Jackson and also
worked as head of A&R for BNA Entertainment and vice president of
Warner/Chappell Music.
For more
information on MTSU’s recording industry program, visit http://recordingindustry.mtsu.edu or contact Department Chair
Beverly Keel at beverly.keel@mtsu.edu
or 615-898-5150.
You can find MTSU
building and parking information at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap13-14.
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