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Hey everyone! My name is Olivia and I am a singer/songwriter. I am currently going to school in Nashville, TN and enjoy hanging out with friends, finding new music, and of course playing music as well! 

Gary Powell Nash, a native of Flint, Michigan is Professor of Music at Fisk University in Nashville, TN where he teaches and coordinates courses in music theory, technology, composition, applied woodwinds and conducts the Fisk Jazz Ensemble.   	Nash holds a Ph.D. in Music Composition from Michigan State University.  His former teachers include Jacob Druckman, Jere Hutcheson, Bernard Rands, Charles Ruggiero, Mark Sullivan, George Tsontakis and Ramon Zupko.  As a composer of Western classical music, Nash has written musical works for orchestra, band/wind ensemble, choir, art songs (four in Chinese), electroacoustic works and instrumental chamber compositions, including two short film scores.  His music has been performed in all major regions of the United States and abroad on the continents of Asia and Europe.
	Nash has received numerous grants, commissions and awards for his compositions including Vanderbilt University Wind Symphony to compose On the Battlefield, With Certainty (2021) commemorating the opening of the National Museum of African American Music. Others include Southern Grandparents (2017) soprano, tenor and piano trio, commissioned by Delta State University for the Mississippi Bicentennial Celebration in 2017, 2007 UNCF/Mellon Foundation Faculty Seminar in Ghana, Tennessee Music Teachers Association Composer of the Year, 2005-6, Mississippi Arts Commission, American Composers Forum, Carnegie Hall and Fulbright, where he was Visiting Professor of Music Composition at University of the Philippines-Diliman, May 30, 2000 - March 28, 2001.  Nash’s scores are published by Art of Sound Music, MusicaNeo and Tuba/Euphonium Press.  11 of his compositions are featured on compact disc with five of those appearing on Albany, Centaur and Citadel Records labels.

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