The Tusculum University Center for the Arts is a destination of choice for affordable, professional-quality fine arts programming designed to enrich personal lives and inspire civic engagement.
ARTS OUTREACH
It is the mission of Tusculum University Arts Outreach to provide cultural leadership by supporting arts programs already in place, developing new programs, and encouraging the public in supporting the arts and arts education.
We offer free lectures and musical performances throughout the year. When we charge for tickets, our goal is to provide professional-quality events at small-town prices.
Rouja Green is Director of the Center for the Arts. In this role, Green is active in fundraising, marketing, communication, teaching, and advocacy.
Prior to moving to Tennessee, Green served as executive manager of the European School of Music and Art in Ranchos Palos Verdes, California, from 2003-2016, overseeing more than 20 instructors and 200 students as well as multiple administrators. She was also an art instructor there, developed the school’s visual arts program and enrolled students in the Ryman Arts Program in Los Angeles. She organized and conducted multiple music concerts and art shows while she was at the school.
Earlier in her career, when she lived in New York, she worked as a mural painter, completing large-scale abstract and figurative paintings and decorative faux finishes. Her diverse experience as a freelance artist includes commission paintings, drawings, murals, illustrations, photography and design.
“My vision for Annie Hogan Byrd Fine Arts Center is to be a preeminent cultural center, bursting with events, creativity and excitement,” Green said. “Art has a way of bringing people together and – to quote Pablo Picasso – ‘washing away from the soul the dust of everyday life.’ I’d like to assist with initiating many new events and programs that will present us with opportunities to express our creativity and flourish in various areas of art – performing arts, music, literature, visual arts and more.”
Director of the Center for the Arts
Annie Hogan Byrd, Room 121
PO Box 5086
Greeneville, TN 37745
rgreen@tusculum.edu
423.636.7300 ext. 8326
760.605.0015
TUSCULUM UNIVERSITY BAND
The Pioneer Band Program began in 2010 with creation of the Pioneer Pep Band.
The Pep Band became a much-enjoyed feature of the 2010 Pioneer football season, as the band performed at the Pioneer Club tailgates before each home football game and during half-time festivities.
In addition to the original Pep Band, the Tusculum University Band Program has started a concert band, a jazz band, a handbell choir, a brass quintet, a drumline and other small ensembles.
There is also a community band that meets in our band room that students are encouraged to join as well. Our marching band performs at all home football games and parades. Our pep band performs at home basketball games and our other groups have approximately three concerts spread out during the school year.