Words & Music Partnership Program
Nashville School of the Arts
Since 2022, the Museum has partnered with Metro Nashville Public Schools’ Nashville School of the Arts, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Students received deep-dive songwriting education with semimonthly guidance and mentoring from professional songwriters, artists, and music business leaders. Students experienced learning about every aspect of a song finding its way to an audience, from the earliest idea of lyric writing and music composition to a polished recording and live performance. Listen to the songs written and recorded by NSA students, mixed by professional audio engineers.
2024 – 2025 Recordings
“The Curse of Time”
Written by Sawyer Clark, Ana, Hernandez (inspired by William Shakespeare)
Performed by Ana Hernandez
Engineered & Mixed by Diana Walsh
Produced by Adam Ollendorff
Recorded at Nashville School of the Arts
Cover Artwork by Mista Castaneda-Ramirez
“Desolation Years”
Written by Kai Harvard, Jed Locke (inspired by William Shakespeare)
Performed by Kai Harvard
Engineered & Mixed by Diana Walsh
Produced by Adam Ollendorff
Recorded at Nashville School of the Arts
Cover Artwork by Jordan Staggs
“No Man (Ever) Loved”
Written by Ainsley Donegan, Sawyer Clark (inspired by William Shakespeare)
Performed by Ainsley Donegan
Engineered Diana Walsh
Produced & Mixed by Adam Ollendorff
Recorded at Nashville School of the Arts
Cover Artwork by Kenia Crescencio
“Sonnet 144”
Written by Olive Alstrom & William Shakespeare
Performed by Olive Alstrom
Engineered Diana Walsh
Produced & Mixed by Adam Ollendorff
Recorded at Nashville School of the Arts
Cover Artwork by Karl Peery-Polyn
2024 – 2025 Credits
Nashville School of the Arts Songwriting Class and Stage Bands are taught and directed by Ryan Murphey
Sawyer Clark: Acoustic Guitar, Percussion
Ainsley Donegan: Bass
Isabella Pellicane: Drums/Percussion
Glancy Piper-Osborne: Keyboards & Percussion
Abbott Pruitt: Electric Guitar
Ethan Geddes: Bass
Kai Harvard: Lead Electric Guitar
Jed Locke: Electric Guitar
Isabella Pellicane: Drums/Percussion
Glancy Piper-Osborne: Keyboards
Ethan Geddes: Bass
Rylan Kent: Electric Guitar
Isabella Pellicane: Drums/Percussion
Glancy Piper-Osborne: Keyboards
Abbott Pruitt: Acoustic Guitar
Olive Alstrom: Acoustic Guitar
Ainsley Donegan: Upright Bass
Glancy Piper-Osborne: Keyboards
Cia Thompson: Trumpet
2023 – 2024 Recordings
“Kentucky Champagne”
Written and performed by Silas Hutton
Accompanied by NSA Stage Band
Engineered by Diana Walsh
Produced and mixed by Adam Ollendorff
Recorded at Nashville School of the Arts
Cover Artwork by Lillian Smith
“Another Night”
Written and performed by Jerius Oliver
Accompanied by NSA Stage Band
Engineered by Diana Walsh
Produced and mixed by Adam Ollendorff
Recorded at Nashville School of the Arts
Cover Artwork by Wyatt Hamilton
“Love Worm”
Written and performed by C’yanni Storey
Accompanied by NSA Stage Band
Engineered by Diana Walsh
Produced and mixed by Adam Ollendorff
Recorded at Nashville School of the Arts
Cover Artwork by Rocko MacCasland
“Made a Fool Out of the Liar”
Written and performed by Sky Wise
Accompanied by NSA Stage Band
Engineered by Diana Walsh
Produced and mixed by Adam Ollendorff
Recorded at Nashville School of the Arts
Cover Artwork by Cortland Harris
2023 - 2024 Credits
Nashville School of the Arts Songwriting Class and Stage Bands are taught and directed by Ryan Murphey
Silas Hutton: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Maddie Combs: Backing Vocals
Max Pedigo: Electric Guitar
Sawyer Clark: Acoustic Guitar
Sam Grando: Bass
Gabe Grizzard: Drums, Percussion
Cooper Eltringham: Organ
Jerius Oliver: Vocals
Jed Locke: Electric Guitar
David Dickerson: Acoustic Guitar
Noah Geddes: Bass
Gabe Grizzard: Drums
Glancy Piper-Osborne: Keyboards
Sam Grando: Cello, String Arrangement
C’yanni Storey: Vocals
Kai Harvard: Electric Guitar
Ethan Geddes: Electric Guitar
Sam Grando: Acoustic Guitar
Noah Geddes: Bass
Gabe Grizzard: Drums
Cooper Eltringham: Piano, Synthesizer
Sky Wise: Vocals
Boyd Hamilton: Electric Guitar
Rylan Kent: Acoustic Guitar
Sam Grando: Bass, Percussion
Gabe Grizzard: Drums, Percussion
Cooper Eltringham: Piano
Annie Adams
Aaron Helvig
John Oates
Adam Ollendorff
Diana Walsh
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2022 – 2023 Recordings
“Evergreen”
Written by Lola Bobeck and Mattie Lyn Smith
Performed by NSA Band 2
Produced by Adam Ollendorff
Engineered by Justin Croft, Kalvin Brandon
Mixed by Rachael Moore
Recorded at Nashville School of the Arts
Cover Artwork by Elena Ruiz
“Baby Now”
Written by Avalon Simpson
Performed by NSA Band 1
Produced by Adam Ollendorff
Engineered by Ryan Griffin
Mixed by Rachael Moore
Recorded at SAE Institute Nashville
Cover Artwork by Mary Rippie
“Good Lookin’”
Written by Cyrus Dodson and Lytle Landers
Performed by NSA Band 4
Produced by Lytle Landers
Engineered by Christian Torres-Moreno
Mixed by Ebonie Smith
Recorded at Nashville School of the Arts
Cover Artwork by Ken Sorrow
“Definition of a Man”
Written by Mattie Lyn Smith
Performed by NSA Country Band
Produced by Max Rees
Engineered by Kalvin Brandon and Christian Torres-Moreno
Mixed by Rachael Moore
Recorded at Nashville School of the Arts
Cover Artwork by Kendyll Blakley
“Use You”
Written by Max Rees
Performed by NSA Country Band
Produced by Adam Ollendorff
Engineered by Justin Croft, Kalvin Brandon
Mixed by Micah Tawlks
Recorded at Nashville School of the Arts
Cover Artwork by Strade Harper
