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Mary Grace Johnson – GSFTA Alumni
My name is Mary Grace Johnson and I am a violinist and alumna of GSFTA. Governor's School was my very first summer music experience, and was...
Cardboard Castles – Film by GSFTA Filmaking Students – doing great at festivals.
Cardboard Castles, a short film about a father who tries to prepare his daughter for his death through imaginary worlds, has been doing great in...
Montego Glover – Gifted Singer – Gsfta Alumnus
Montego Glover was born in Macon, Georgia and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee. A graduate of Florida State University with a BFA in Music Theatre,...
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Trombonist Jeremy Wilson – Gsfta alumnus
Trombonist Jeremy Wilson is acclaimed for the versatility and lyricism of his playing as well as his insight and commitment as a teacher. Currently Associate Professor of Trombone at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, Wilson is something of a legend in...
GEORGIA STITT – composer/lyricist, pianist, and music producer – Gsfta alumnus
GEORGIA STITT is a composer/lyricist, pianist, and music producer. Her original musicals include Snow Child (commissioned by Arena Stage and directed by Molly Smith); Samantha Spade, Ace Detective (commissioned by TADA Youth Theater and written with Lisa Diana...
Holli Harrison, Soprano – GSFTA alumnus
Holli Harrison’s ‘stunning vocal beauty’ and ‘huge range, resilience and power’ have heralded her as one of America’s most promising Young Dramatic Sopranos. A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Harrison is a Grand Prize Winner of the 2006 Metropolitan Opera National...
James Stillwell – Memorial Tribute – Former GSFTA Student
James Douglas Stillwell passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at home in northeast Portland, OR. Jim lived with brain cancer for sixteen months, teaching those who loved him lesson after lesson in courage and fortitude. In the final year of his life, as in all the...
Former GSFTA Student – Alex Favazza – Conductor
Alex Favazza holds a PhD in Music Education from Florida State University (’18), an MM in Choral Conducting from the University of Southern Mississippi (’15), and a BME in Vocal Music Education from Middle Tennessee State University (’09). Following the...
Damon J. Gillespie – Former GSFTA Alumnus – lands major Series in “Rise”
Damon J. Gillespie is an Actor, Singer, Dancer, Acrobat, Musician and Playwright from Chattanooga, TN. He is trained in Ballroom, Ballet, Jazz, and Tap and can play six instruments including: Piano, Drums, Guitar, Bass, Bongos and Congas. He grew up a competitive...
International Opera Singer Seth Carico – GSFTA Alumnus
Former Governor's School student Seth Carico, International opera singer, currently enjoys a busy performance schedule. From his website: Hailed by Opera News as “powerful in both voice and bearing” and particularly noted for his commanding stage presence and...
Former GSFTA Music student Anighya Crocker wins national recognition
Former GSFTA Music Student and 1st place winner in the 2016 National Orpheus Vocal Music Competition has just racked up another 1st. Anighya Crocker became the first ever Springfield High School National Future Business Leaders of America winner when he placed...
Bobby Mitchell – GSFTA Alumnus – performing at Bargemusic
A review of Bobby Mitchell performing at Bargemusic. Bobby was a Governor's School piano student who went to Eastman, then did graduate work in the Netherlands. "Ending the first half was the last of the world premieres, Fred Rzewski’s Winter Nights, three related...
TN Governor’s School for the Arts Alumni Ronald Nelson
High-school senior and TN Governor's School for the Arts Alumni Ronald Nelson. Soon to be a college freshman, GSFTA Alumni Ronald Nelson has been making the news recently. After being accepted at not one, but eight Ivy league schools, Ronald decided his long-term...