MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU’s
entertainment community is coming together Monday, April 24, for an “End of
Semester Show” aimed at showcasing campus talent and industry partnerships
with an eye toward helping hungry fellow students, too!
The program, set for 7 p.m. April 24 in Tucker Theatre, features MTSU
recording industry songwriters opening for The Acorn People, a
Nashville-based rock band of MTSU alumni.
Admission is a can of nonperishable food, which will be donated to the
university’s Student Food Pantry.
Organizers from the College of Media and Entertainment, who say this
year’s show may be the largest ever, note that the event involves teamwork from
students, faculty, organizations, departments and colleges across campus as
well as nonprofits and industry donors and partners in the community. For
example:
- Students in a recording industry Sound
Reinforcement class are working alongside a Theater Lighting class from
the Department of Theatre and Dance to plan and provide sound, lighting
and production for the show.
- Master of Fine Arts students in
recording industry will be creating multitrack recordings of the
performances.
- Animation students from the Department
of Electronic Media Communication are creating content for a $1.5 million
video wall, again donated by veteran EMC partner VER Nashville and most
recently used for the MT Raiders Choice Awards, that will be assembled on
stage and used during the show.
- Student-run radio station WMTS and AMP
Entertainment, MTSU’s student-run entertainment organization, are
providing event promotion.
In addition to VER’s video wall equipment donation, Nashville-based
entertainment lighting systems company 4Wall and audiovisual supplier LMG
Nashville are also donating equipment for this year’s show.
For more information about the event, email Rachel Helms,
coordinator for the College of Media and Entertainment, at rachel.helms@mtsu.edu.
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