Delta Music Institute

DSU’s Delta Music Institute and Delta State Athletics are teaming up  in the creation of a new football jingle called “Down In The Delta.” The jingle was written by DMI Director Tricia Walker and produced in the DMI Studios with DMI faculty member Mike Iacopelli at the console. Musicians on the jingle included Walker, DMI instructor [...]

The Delta State University’s Delta Music Institute will present Dr. Mark Snyder in a faculty recital on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Bologna Performing Arts Center. Snyder will perform his own works on tuba, clarinet and accordion. All of the compositions have video, electronics and live processing and [...]

DMI Director Tricia Walker, along with several friends of DMI, performed last month at the 20th Annual Evening in December concert, benefitting Daystar Ministries of Nashville, TN. Women in the Round singer/songwriters Tricia Walker, Ashley Cleveland, Karen Staley, and Pam Tillis originated the event in 1989. Master of ceremonies for the event was writer/artist Buddy [...]

Norbert Putnam, former director of the Delta Music Institute and designer of the DMI Studios, was recently recognized at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum as a part of the popular series Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Musicians. The quarterly series honors Nashville musicians. Taking place in the museum’s Ford Theater, [...]

The Delta Music Institute, a recording arts and music industry studies program at Delta State, is proud to welcome six new students into the Institute this fall! Classes are in full swing, and the two DMI bands, Ol’ Skool Revue and DeltaRoX, already have a full slate of gigs on the books. To keep up [...]

Electroacoustic Juke Joint Call for Scores, USA August 4th 2009 in Call of Works Call for Works The Delta Music Institute at Delta State University is pleased to announce a call for submissions for the 3rd Annual Electroacoustic Juke Joint, a three-day festival of electronic music and art, to be held November 12-14, 2009 at [...]

DMI Director Tricia Walker has been selected as a video showcase artist for the 2009 Performing Arts Exchange in Norfolk, VA. Tricia’s five-minute video showcasing her “Heart of Dixie” show was selected by a jury of the Southern Arts Federation, and will be featured throughout the hotel during the PAE conference in September. Congrats, Tricia!