The Country Music Association has announced several staff promotions and new hires. CMA was the first trade group formed to promote a single genre of music in 1958.   Senior Vice Presidents   Sheri Warnke has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications.   "In the past two years, Sheri has proven to be a tremendous asset to the organization, a dynamic leader, and ... Read more

LONDON - Last week, CMA Chief Executive Officer Steve Moore surprised Marie Moloney, Senior Press Officer with Richard Wootton Publicity, with the 2011 Wesley Rose International Media Achievement Award. The award was presented during a BMI-hosted dinner honoring Country Music Hall of Fame member and three-time CMA Award winner Bill Anderson, four-time CMA Award winner Clint Black, and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member Bob DiPiero, who were performing in ... Read more

Free Memberships a Cornerstone of CMA's "Year of Country Radio" Campaign CMA used the annual gathering of radio representatives from across the country known as CRS to announce that the organization is awarding complimentary organizational and two individual memberships to every Country Music radio station in the United States for one year. The free radio memberships are a cornerstone of CMA's "Year of Country Radio" campaign, said CMA Chief Executive ... Read more

NASHVILLE – The Country Music Association held the annual Board of Directors election meeting in Nashville this week. The new Board year does not begin until Jan. 1, 2010. Taking over as President of the Board is Steve Buchanan, President Grand Ole Opry Group. Buchanan, who is currently President-Elect of the CMA Board, joined the Board in 2003 and has served as a committee chair for several years including his ... Read more

© 2010 CMA Close Up® News Service / Country Music Association®, Inc. For an indication of how broad the appeal of Country Music has become, look no further than Steve Buchanan, the new President of the CMA Board of Directors. In some respects, his story exemplifies that our format benefits more than ever from the diverse talents of its leaders — and, in turn, that listeners respond both to the ... Read more

At the meeting of the Country Music Association Board of Directors this week in Phoenix, Ariz., Troy Tomlinson was named President of the Board and Ed Hardy was named President-Elect. The appointments begin immediately. Chairman of the CMA Board Gary Overton, Chairman and CEO of Sony Music Entertainment Nashville, made the announcement at the first quarterly gathering of the Board. Tomlinson, who is President and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing ... Read more

The CMA Board of Directors visited the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix yesterday to kick-off this week's CMA Board meetings. A reception was held at the Museum featuring a performance by celebrated musician and former member of the Desert Rose Band John Jorgensen, accompanied by keyboardist John Jarvis. Read more

NASHVILLE - Two-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year Janie Fricke stopped by the Country Music Association offices. While there, she met with staff members and talked about her latest album, Country Side of Bluegrass. Read more

Popular Series Returns to New York City's Joe's Pub March 22 With Lee Thomas Miller, Jim Photoglo, Victoria Shaw and Host Bob DiPiero CMA Songwriters Series will return to the venue where it all began, New York City's Joe's Pub, on Thursday, March 22 (6:30 and 9:00 PM/ET). This will be the eighth year for the wildly popular series that continues to play to sell-out crowds.   "CMA is excited ... Read more

Donation Brings CMA's Total Financial Support of Music Education in Metro Nashville Public Schools to More Than $6.1 Million Since 2006 The CMA Foundation is donating $1.4 million to benefit music education programs for Nashville's 78,000 public school students from 2011 CMA Music Festival through the "Keep the Music Playing" campaign. This announcement raises CMA's Keep the Music Playing support of music education in public schools from $4.7 million to ... Read more

Suzy Bogguss and the Glengarry Elementary Singers put the finishing touches on their performance for the Jan. 31 Keep the Music Playing All Star's Concert to be held at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Bogguss and the group will perform two songs from her latest project, American Folk Songbook. The CD and companion songbook were created to help educate a new generation of fans about the classic American folk tradition.   Hosted ... Read more

Actor and songwriter Patrick Muldoon joined the Country Music Association today. Muldoon currently stars as Austin Reed on NBC Television's "Days of our Lives."   Pictured (left to right): Betsy Walker, CMA Senior Coordinator of Member Relations and Services; Chip Peay, Chip Peay Entertainment; Steve Moore, CMA Chief Executive Officer; Patrick Muldoon; and Mike Sistad, ASCAP Senior Creative Director. Read more

Three was the lucky number at the annual CMA Songwriters Luncheon with the presentation of the CMA Triple Play Awards, which honor songwriters who pen three chart-topping hits in a 12 month period. “This occasion affords CMA the opportunity to honor true creators,” said CMA Board President-Elect Troy Tomlinson, President and CEO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Nashville. “These exceptional songwriters begin every song with a blank page. They proceed to create ... Read more

Presented by BMI and CMA, the Songwriters Series Features Country Music Hall of Fame Member Bill Anderson; CMA Award Winner Clint Black; and  Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Member Bob DiPiero The Country Music Association’s popular CMA Songwriters Series is coming to the U.K. and Ireland for the first time and dates have been announced for London, Belfast, and Dublin. The international tour will be known as CMA & BMI ... Read more

Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Faith Hill, reigning CMA Vocal Group of the Year Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, and Zac Brown Band have joined the performance lineup for the Nightly Concerts at LP Field during 2012 CMA Music Festival. The event that USA Today calls "the crown jewel of Country Music festivals" will once again take over downtown Nashville for four days this summer, Thursday-Sunday, June 7-10, 2012. 2011 ... Read more

Music City's finest student musicians will once again take to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center's  stage during CMA's Third Annual Keep the Music Playing All Stars Concert on Tuesday, Jan. 31 (6:30 PM/CT). Hosted by RCA recording artist and two-time CMA Award nominee Chris Young, CMA's Keep the Music Playing All Stars Concert will honor several of the brightest music groups from Metro Nashville Public Schools that have benefited from CMA's ... Read more

The Country Music Association’s very popular CMA Songwriters Series is coming to the U.K. and Ireland for the first time with special performances in February 2012 scheduled for Belfast, and Dublin, CMA Chief Executive Officer Steve Moore announced today. The international tour will be known as CMA & BMI Present the CMA Songwriter Series. “The CMA Songwriter Series began in 2005 in New York and has expanded to cities across ... Read more

25-Year Veteran Leaves CMA as Organization Concludes Successful Year   The Country Music Association announced today that Bobette Dudley has submitted her resignation as Senior Vice President.   Dudley, a 25-year veteran of CMA, contributed to the organization’s outstanding growth and success including the relocation of Fan Fair®, now CMA Music Festival, from the Tennessee State Fairgrounds to downtown Nashville and the creation of the companion CMA Music Festival television ... Read more

NASHVILLE – The Country Music Association has pledged $10 million to Working on a Building: Country Music Lives Here, the capital campaign that will finance the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s expansion from 140,000 square feet to more than 350,000 square feet. The donation is the largest philanthropic gift in the not-for-profit educational organization’s history. In 1961, the CMA Board of Directors approved the establishment of the Country ... Read more

Debut Release From Blair Garner’s TriPower Production Company   NASHVILLE, TENN. (December 2, 2011) – For nearly two decades Blair Garner has helped launch and further the careers of countless country music stars through his nightly syndicated radio show, “After MidNite.”  Seven nights a week, millions of listeners in the U.S. and Canada enjoy Blair’s entertaining and surprisingly candid conversations with the format’s top stars. Now he’s releasing a first-ever type ... Read more