Website: https://cmcnashville.com/
CMC Nashville, the Contemporary Music Center, is an experiential education institute based in Brentwood, Tennessee, that prepares college-aged students for careers in the live events and entertainment industry. The program describes itself as “a leader in world-class experiential education” and states that it challenges students “to live out their faith as Christ-followers.” CMC Nashville reports a history of more than 20 years and over 1,200 alumni. It operates as a program of the Experience Institute-Nashville, LLC, and is authorized for operation as a postsecondary educational institution by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.
Services
CMC Nashville offers an immersive program structured around core coursework plus a chosen specialization track. All students take three core courses: MUSC 301 Faith, Music & Culture (3 credits), MUSC 302 Inside the Music Industry (3 credits), and MUSC 401 Practicum: CMC Tour (1 credit). Students then select one of four tracks. The Artist Track covers Essentials of Songwriting, Performance, and Studio Recording. The Business Track covers Advanced Media Marketing, Music Business Survey, and Strategic Management. The Technical Track covers Advanced Studio Production, Audio Engineering, and Concert Production. The Worship Creative Arts Track covers Music & Media Arts, Worship Tech & Production, and a Worship Arts Internship. Combined, the core and track courses total a minimum of 16 credits. The program includes hands-on training and a student-run road tour that serves as a final exam.
About
The institute positions itself around four educational tracks, Artist, Business, Technical, and Worship Creative Arts, delivered through an immersive, experiential model. According to the site, students can earn 16 college credits through accreditation with Greenville University. After graduation, CMC connects students with industry job placement opportunities and offers a post-graduation internship program referred to as iNashville. The program emphasizes practical, real-world preparation for the entertainment and live events industry, combining classroom instruction with applied projects and touring experience.
Location & Contact
CMC Nashville is located at 559 Church Street East, Brentwood, TN 37027. The institute can be reached by phone at 615-499-4378 or by email at [email protected]. The website provides an application page along with detailed pages for each track, course listings, requirements, and a costs and policies section. No specific operating hours are listed on the contact page.
Additional Information
The website includes sections for prospective students such as application materials, track descriptions, requirements, and program costs and policies, as well as an alumni section. Each of the four tracks has its own dedicated page on the site, including the Artist Track, Business Track, Technical Track, and Worship Creative Arts Track, allowing prospective students to review the specific coursework associated with each path before applying. The program’s faith-based mission and its accreditation relationship with Greenville University are recurring themes across the site, alongside its stated focus on producing graduates ready to work in the entertainment industry. CMC Nashville frames its experiential model as a way to combine classroom learning with practical, industry-facing experience, and it points to its 20-plus-year history and base of more than 1,200 alumni as evidence of its track record. The student-run road tour, listed as the MUSC 401 practicum, functions as a capstone experience in which students apply their training in a live touring environment, and the iNashville internship program extends that hands-on preparation after graduation through industry connections and job placement support.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (cmcnashville.com).