MACC Talk at Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center

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MACC Talk is the official podcast of the Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center. Each episode spotlights a different artist or musician featured at our jewel-box art museum.

  1. 3D AGO

    Patrick Dailey and Francis Perry: Singing Hallelujah in Nashville

    Early Music City plays the music of Bach and Handel the old-fashioned way – with gut-string violins, valveless horns and other period instruments. In this episode of MACC Talk, countertenor Patrick Dailey and lutenist Francis Perry join host John Pitcher to discuss their historically informed music group’s sing-along Messiah at Nashville’s Christ Church Cathedral. The episode is sponsored by Ponce Law.

    51 min

  2. 6D AGO

    Laura Hutson Hunter: Covering Nashville’s Vibrant Arts Scene

    What does a visual artist need to do to get the Nashville Scene’s attention? That’s a question we pose to Laura Hutson Hunter. Laura is the long-time arts editor of the Nashville Scene. For more than a decade, she’s overseen the paper’s visual arts coverage, and she’s written some of the publication’s most perceptive visual arts stories. In addition to writing and editing, Laura also curates the Scene’s Adult Contemporary art exhibition series. In this episode of MACC Talk, Laura joins host John Pitcher to talk about the hottest artists and exhibitions in Nashville. The episode is sponsored by Spencer Fane Bone McAllester.

    58 min

  3. OCT 22

    For Actors Point Director Greg Wilson, All the World’s a Stage

    Greg Wilson is the founding artistic director of Actors Point Theater Company in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The company stages four or five productions a year and offers classes and workshops to aspiring young actors and theater enthusiasts. Recently, Actors Point was named theater-company-in-residence at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tennessee. In this episode of MACC Talk, Greg joins host John Pitcher to discuss the critical role live theater plays in a rural county like Sumner. The episode is sponsored by the Samaroo Group.

    49 min

  4. OCT 6

    Nashville Opera’s John Hoomes takes on Stephen King’s The Shining

    Nashville Opera is opening its 45th season with a production of The Shining, a contemporary opera based on Stephen King’s delightfully creepy 1977 novel. John Hoomes, Nashville Opera’s long-time artistic director, joins MACC Talk host John Pitcher to discuss the qualities that make The Shining a perfect subject for opera. The company’s season also includes operas by Puccini and Rossini. The episode is sponsored by the Carolyn Smith Foundation.

    51 min

  5. SEP 29

    Nick Mullikin: Celebrating Nashville Ballet’s 40th Season

    Nashville Ballet Artistic Director Nick Mullikin is a passionate champion of contemporary dance. That probably explains why his company is opening its 40th anniversary season with a new dance that pays homage to the life and music of Elvis Presley. The upcoming season will also feature such classics as The Nutcracker and Swan Lake, as well as a contemporary dance inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. In this episode of MACC Talk, Mullikin joins host John Pitcher to discuss the anniversary season and the importance of dance in a creative city like Nashville. The episode is sponsored by Nashville Interiors Magazine.

    46 min

  6. SEP 16

    Dr. Charles A. Riley: Uncovering the Unknown Picasso

    In 1973, the French humanitarian Marina Picasso inherited a trove of some 10,000 artworks from her legendary grandfather Pablo Picasso. Amazingly, most of these works had never been displayed before in public. These were works from the master’s own private collection. They were “Picasso’s Picassos” and were so near and dear to the artist’s heart that he had never been able to part with them. Some of the finest examples from this collection are now on display at Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center through Nov. 9, 2025 as part of an exhibit titled “The Unknown Picasso.” In this episode of MACC Talk, Dr. Charles A. Riley, a noted Picasso expert, joins host John Pitcher to discuss the hidden treasures in this historic collection. The episode is sponsored by the Park West Foundation.

    55 min

  7. AUG 26

    Isabel Tipton-Krispin: Setting the Stage for Shakespeare

    There are a lot of new things going on at Nashville Shakespeare Festival. The 37-year-old festival has a new artistic director, Jason Spelbring, who’s beginning his first year at the artistic helm with a summer production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. The company has also introduced a new season that will present a couple contemporary plays that riff off Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In this episode of MACC Talk, NSF Executive Director Isabel Tipton-Krispin joins host John Pitcher to talk about Shakespeare, Nashville’s art scene and much more. The episode is sponsored by Chef’s Market.

    47 min

  8. AUG 13

    Nashville Symphony's Alan Valentine Prepares for His Final Season

    Alan Valentine is the long-time president of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Since his arrival in Nashville in 1998, the NSO has built one of the world’s great concert halls. It has also produced more than 40 acclaimed recordings, and it has received 27 Grammy nominations and 14 Grammy Awards. It's been a great run, but, of course, all good things do come to an end. Last week, Alan announced that he would be retiring at the end of the 2025-26 season. In this episode of MACC Talk, Alan speaks with host John Pitcher about his remarkable time in Music City.

    44 min
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