Executive Director |
Mrs Muzetta Miller |
E-mail |
muzettaswannmiller@gmail.com |
Term Start |
August 2008 |
Muzetta's Experience: Muzetta Swann Miller, Executive Director and Founder, received a Master of Music Degree in Voice Performance from Belmont University in 2006. She earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in Voice Performance with a minor in piano from Westminster Choir College in 1982. As recitalist, she has performed in New York, New Jersey, Kentucky and Tennessee. As a member of the world-renowned Westminster Choir, she performed with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic, among others, at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. She was a member of the chorus-in-residence at the Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC, and the Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoleto, Italy. As an arts administrator, she was employed by the New York City Opera under General Manager Beverly Sills. Ms. Miller was employed with the Nashville Symphony where she worked as an assistant to the orchestra manager. Ms. Miller taught K-8 music at the Westminster School, Nashville, a school for students with learning disabilities. She has served as music director, organist and pianist at numerous churches in Robertson County. She was a paid singer at Saint George's Episcopal and First Presbyterian Churches, Nashville, Minister of Music at Central Christian Church, Springfield, and is pianist at 5th Avenue Uniting Church. From 1989-1999, she taught and served on the Board of Directors at Sound Health Alternatives, Nashville, a school for alternative healing. Ms. Miller has taught voice and piano in Springfield since 1989. She has conducted Handel's Messiah with the Robertson County Choral Society. As a recording session artist, she sang back-up with Michael W. Smith in 2007. As an adjunct professor at Volunteer State Community College, she taught voice and music appreciation. In June 2007, Ms. Miller founded Willow Oak Center for Arts & Learning where she is Executive Director. |
Award / Recognition |
Organization |
Year |
$1,500 Program support |
US Bank Foundation |
2016 |
$10,000 Challenge Gift |
Virginia Sory Brown |
2010 |
$12,500 Gift designated for rent & operating support |
Jacquelyn D. Guthrie Foundation |
2016 |
$15,000 grant for start-up costs |
Stokes & Sarah Brown Charitable Foundation |
2007 |
$2,000 grant |
United Way |
2012 |
$2,500 for program support |
US Bank Foundation |
2018 |
$2,500 for program support |
US Bank Foundation |
2017 |
$2,600 Arts Build Communities Grant |
Tennessee Arts Commission |
2009 |
$2,800 Arts Build Communities Grant |
Tennessee Arts Commission |
2010 |
$30,000 grant for Executive Director's salary |
Stokes & Sarah Brown Charitable Foundation |
2013 |
$30,000 grant for Executive Director's salary |
Stokes & Sarah Brown Charitable Foundation |
2012 |
$3000 Arts Build Communities Grant |
Tennessee Arts Commission |
2011 |
$4,680 Rural Arts Project Support Grant for Multicultural Arts Festival |
Tennessee Arts Commission |
2016 |
$45,000 grant |
Stokes & Sarah Brown Charitable Foundation |
2017 |
$45,000 grant |
Stokes & Sarah Brown Charitable Foundation |
2018 |
$45,000 grant |
Stokes & Sarah Brown Charitable Foundation |
2015 |
$45,000 grant |
Stokes & Sarah Brown Charitable Foundation |
2016 |
$5,000 Designated Grant |
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee |
2012 |
$5,000 grant for Artistic Director's salary |
Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie Hollingsworth |
2013 |
$5,000 Operational Support |
Memorial Foundation |
2011 |
$50,000 grant |
Stokes & Sarah Brown Charitable Foundation |
2014 |
$6,600 Rural Arts Project Support Grant for Multicultural Arts Festival |
Tennessee Arts Commission |
2017 |
$7,650 Rural Arts Project Support Grant for Multicultural Arts Festival |
Tennessee Arts Commission |
2018 |
$8,000 designated for rent |
Jacquelyn D. Guthrie Foundation |
2018 |
$8,000 designated for rent |
Jacquelyn D. Guthrie Foundation |
2017 |
$8,000 Gift designated for rent |
Jacquelyn D. Guthrie Foundation |
2012 |
$8,000 Gift designated for rent |
Jacquelyn D. Guthrie Foundation |
2013 |
$8,000 Gift designated for rent |
Jacquelyn D. Guthrie Foundation |
2014 |
$8,000 Gift designated for rent; $4,000 Executive Director Continuing Education |
Jacquelyn D. Guthrie Foundation |
2015 |
Arts Education - Community Learning Grant |
Tennessee Arts Commission |
2015 |
'Best Arts Studio' |
Main Street Awards (The Connection) |
2018 |
Charitable organization recipient in 2018 $1,400 |
Robertson County Association of Realtors |
2018 |
Designated Gift |
Jacquelyn D. Guthrie Foundation |
2011 |
In-kind donations for annual fundraisers |
Tammy & Bentley Parrish |
2016 |
Rural Arts Project Support Grant |
Tennessee Arts Commission |
2015 |
$50,000 grant |
Stokes & Sarah Brown Charitable Foundation |
2019 |
$50,000 grant |
Stokes & Sarah Brown Charitable Foundation |
2020 |
$50,000 grant |
Stokes & Sarah Brown Charitable Foundation |
2021 |
$8,000 grant for rent |
Jacquelyn D. Guthrie Foundation |
2019 |
$8,000 grant for rent |
Jacquelyn D. Guthrie Foundation |
2020 |
$8,000 grant for rent |
Jacquelyn D. Guthrie Foundation |
2021 |
$20,000 grant |
3M Foundation |
2019 |
$9,000 donation |
Realtors Association of Robertson County |
2021 |