Fairfax College Student To Perform In Belmont University Holiday Show

NASHVILLE, TN — Fairfax’s Rowan Clark, a music student at Belmont University, is one of the more than 600 student musicians and vocalists who will be performing in the school’s upcoming holiday show.

The "Christmas at Belmont: Live from Nashville," show will debut as a tune-in event, on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 8 p.m. EST, on Prime Video and the Amazon Music channel on Twitch. It will be available throughout the holiday season via streaming. For more information, visit belmont.edu/christmas.

“The 90-minute performance will feature more than 600 student musicians and vocalists where viewers will witness the depth of Belmont's musical education,” according to a release. “Filmed live in front of an audience at the University's Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, more than 15 student choirs and ensembles will perform including the Belmont Chorale, Symphony Orchestra, Southbound (country) and Voxology (Gospel, R&B), among many others.”

Three stand-out Belmont alumni will also be performing in this year’s show: Ashley Cooke, Cody Fry and Dwan Hill.

Cooke recently celebrated her first No. 1 song and earned the Breakthrough Female Video of the Year at the 2024 CMT Awards for her song, "your place."

Fry, a 2012 commercial music alumnus, garnered a Grammy nomination for his orchestral version of "Eleanor Rigby."

A multiple Grammy and Dove award winner, Hill brings his extensive musical experience to the performance featuring The Choir Room, a nonprofit he founded. Hill, a 2008 music education graduate and 2013 Master of Music graduate, is an adjunct professor in Belmont's songwriting program.

"It's not just a stage of choral orchestral people singing Christmas song after Christmas song," said Dr. Jeffery Ames, director of choral activities. "We could have a poignant piece by a loft choir followed by a pop ensemble singing the latest Christmas chart, then percussion ensemble, country, bluegrass — and then the orchestra shows their skills."