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Tennessee Performing Arts Center

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505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN 37243, USA

EIN Number: 58-1320590

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Phone: 615-782-4040

Hours: Closed

Mon - Fri 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)

Sat Closed

Sun Closed

Website: https://www.tpac.org/

Email: Development@TPAC.org

NTEE Code: A60: Performing Arts

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

To lead with excellence in the performing arts and arts education, creating meaningful and relevant experiences to enrich lives, strengthen communities, and support economic vitality.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

Humanities Outreach in Tennessee (HOT) + ArtSmart HOT presents an outstanding season of local, national and internationally-acclaimed music, dance, and theatre performances for school groups. Performances complement curriculum objectives and introduce students to a rich variety of artistic and cultural experiences. In the 2018-19 academic year, 34,458 students and teachers from 285 school groups attended HOT performances. A total of 13,413 students and teachers received free or deeply-reduced price tickets based on need. ArtSmart is a unique classroom-based partner to the HOT season. A series of professional development institutes and residencies enable teachers and teaching artists to guide arts-based activities that integrate the arts into the classroom, and prepare students for the HOT performance they are about to see. Last year, 71 classrooms participated in ArtSmart, involving 1,417 students. A total of 100 teachers and 15 teaching artists participated in TPAC's multi-day, intensive Summer and Fall Arts Integration Institutes. The Spotlight Awards The Spotlight Awards are TPAC’s sixth and newest educational program recognizing the best in high school musical theatre in our region. Presented with Lipscomb University’s College of Entertainment and the Arts, The Spotlight Awards are dedicated to honoring the talents and educational endeavors of high school theatre students in Tennessee. Applying high school musicals are evaluated by a panel of adjudicators. In May, the program culminates with all student participants invited to a day of workshops by industry professionals held at Lipscomb University. That evening, exemplary work is recognized with the Spotlight Awards ceremony at TPAC, where the top 10 contenders for “Best Show” perform songs from their productions. Honors are presented in categories including vocals, dance, design, direction, and technical theatre. The winners of the awards for “Best Actor” and “Best Actress” move on to national consideration for The Jimmy Awards in New York. InsideOut InsideOut is for adults who want to grow in their knowledge and enjoyment of the performing arts. Events come in many shapes and sizes, and in many different places both inside and out of TPAC’s downtown Nashville theaters. InsideOut offers a series of lunch seminars, rehearsal and performance excerpts, workshops, and sneak previews behind-the-scenes. In 2018-19, InsideOut partnered with 25 community and art organizations, including Vanderbilt University, Nashville Ballet, Nashville Opera, Nashville Repertory Theatre, and eight National Broadway Touring productions. More than 2,233 individuals participated in the season events, among others. Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts Wolf Trap is a nationally affiliated program that utilizes the disciplines of music, dance, theater, and puppetry as powerful tools for educating pre-school children. Professional performing artists partner with early childhood educators and create activities that target curriculum and developmental goals for 3-to-5 year olds, including emerging literacy skills, social interaction and self-expression. Wolf Trap residencies and workshops also provide training for teachers in arts-based instruction techniques they can employ in their classrooms. In 2018-19, TPAC’s Wolf Trap program provided 95 seven-week residencies in 16 Davidson County Head Start Centers and other early childhood centers in Nashville serving 1,587 preschool children. In residency evaluations, 94% of participating teachers noted positive student growth in four main categories of early learning: Emerging literacy, Individual development, Academic goals, and Social behavior. Disney in Schools In 2011, Disney Theatrical Group selected TPAC and Metro Nashville Public Schools for the first pilot of Disney Musicals in Schools (DMIS) outside of New York City. The DMIS mission is to help create sustainable theatre programs in under-resourced public schools. At no cost to them, participating elementary and middle schools receive a performance license for the Disney KIDS or Disney JR. musical of their choice, a comprehensive ShowKit, and in-school support from TPAC staff and teaching artists. Read more about the program’s goals at Disney Musicals in Schools.