Website: https://garynash.musicaneo.com/
Gary Powell Nash is a composer, educator, arranger, and clarinetist based in Nashville, Tennessee. His page identifies him as “Professor of Music Theory and Technology at Fisk University and Conductor for the Fisk University Jazz Ensemble.” The page is presented as the personal page of Gary Nash on the MusicaNeo sheet music platform, where his compositions are made available, and it carries the platform’s note that “this is the personal page of Gary Nash.” The page states that he “currently resides in Nashville, TN,” and it focuses on his work composing and arranging music for instrumental ensembles, drawing on a range of American musical traditions.
Services
The page presents Gary Powell Nash’s musical work and published compositions, which include the following:
- Original compositions and arrangements for large instrumental ensembles.
- Brass arranging and musical consulting, including stated work for the Music City Legend Drum and Bugle Corps and the SoCal Dream Drum and Bugle Corps.
- Sheet music made available through the MusicaNeo platform, with recent listed works including “Bordering, Plus One,” a title rendered as “Mười,” and “Mariner Fanfare.”
The page describes his compositional approach as blending “European music as well as traditional American genres such as jazz, blues, spirituals and ragtime.” His style is characterized on the page as “bright, strongly rhythmic and shaped by his musical roots and traditions in the African-American community.” The listed works span classical, instrumental, and symphonic categories, reflecting his stated focus on writing and arranging for instrumental ensembles.
About
According to the page, Gary Powell Nash serves as Professor of Music Theory and Technology at Fisk University, a historically Black university in Nashville, and as Conductor for the Fisk University Jazz Ensemble. His background as described on the page includes roles as composer, educator, arranger, and clarinetist, with a particular emphasis on composing and arranging for large instrumental ensembles. The page notes his work as a brass arranger and musical consultant for drum and bugle corps, including the Nashville-associated Music City Legend Drum and Bugle Corps. His compositional voice is presented as rooted in jazz, blues, spirituals, and ragtime alongside European concert traditions, reflecting both his academic position and his work within the African-American musical tradition.
Location & Contact
The page states that Gary Powell Nash currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, and connects his work to that city through his faculty position at Fisk University and his arranging work for the Nashville-based Music City Legend Drum and Bugle Corps. A contact link is provided on the page at garynash.musicaneo.com/contact.html for inquiries through the MusicaNeo platform. Specific contact details such as a phone number or street address are not published on the page, with communication instead directed through the platform’s contact form. The page does not list separate business hours, consistent with its function as a personal artist and composer page rather than a storefront.
Additional Information
The page functions as Gary Powell Nash’s personal composer page on the MusicaNeo sheet music platform, where visitors can view information about him and access his published works. The platform includes a disclaimer that “MusicaNeo does not monitor its content,” indicating that the biographical and catalog material reflects the artist’s own page. The content centers on his dual identity as a Fisk University faculty member in Nashville and as an active composer and arranger whose catalog includes works for instrumental and symphonic ensembles. The page highlights his blending of European concert music with American genres such as jazz, blues, spirituals, and ragtime, and it presents recent compositions including “Bordering, Plus One,” “Mười,” and “Mariner Fanfare” as representative of his output.
Profile compiled from the artist’s official page (garynash.musicaneo.com).