Each year, the museum invites a noted artist or musician to give a series of performances in the Ford Theater. This artist or musician has a strong connection to country music or has a sense of country music's contribution in general to American culture. Calendar
August at the museum
Monday, August 22, 7:00pm
Artist In Residence: Connie Smith
Artist in Residence
For tickets and information on all of the Connie Smith Artist in Residence shows click here.
August 22, 2011
On the first show of her 2011 artist-in-residence series at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, singer Connie Smith displayed her devotion to the pedal steel guitar through words and performances that illuminated the instrument's significance to her straight-ahead, hard-country sound.
Monday, August 29, 7:00pm
Artist In Residence: Connie Smith
Artist in Residence
For tickets to the final Connie Smith Artist-in-Residence show on September 12, click here.
August 29, 2011
Connie Smith highlighted her close relationship with songwriters during the second of three concerts as the 2011 artist-in-residence at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. The program highlighted Smith's knack for finding outstanding country songs while emphasizing her enthusiastic support for those who write them.
