Sango Farm
Vendor
At Sango Farm, our mission is to cultivate a sustainable future by growing nutritious, organic produce that feeds the body and spirit, while empowering our local community to thrive through education, collaboration, and a deep respect for nature.
Participation & Certifications
Organic practices; crop rotation.
2215 Lock B Rd N, Clarksville, TN. 38043, USA
Dr. Tim Sharp
Tim Sharp’s farming work began in Hickory Point, Tennessee (Montgomery County/Clarksville) in 2020 with the purchase of 41 acres of farmable land mixed with woodland and streams. Today the farm supports livestock (cattle and alpacas), poultry, and a variety of herbs, flowers, fruit, and vegetables.
Tim's conducting career embraces concert performances of major choral works throughout the world, as well as in-depth vocational work in choral research and writing, higher education teaching and administration, non-profit arts administration, and recording and concert production. Tim is co-director of The Athena Festival in Nashville, TN, combining classical choral performance, recording, and education for high school choirs of excellence. In 2024 Tim was appointed Professor of Music Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Trevecca University in Nashville, TN, and serves as Associate Pastor for the Arts at Madison Street United Methodist Church, Clarksville, TN. Sharp’s musical awards include the Ostrander Award for his conducting of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, the Belmont University Encore Award, Bluefield University’s Hall of Distinguished Graduates, along with Dove and Grammy Award nominations.
Tim is composer of “A High, Lonesome Bluegrass Mass” with writing partner Wes Ramsay. This popular extended choral piece is something of an autobiographical work of his own musical life, merging classical training with folk music experience. Having grown up in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee, bluegrass music has remained a life passion along with classical choral expressions.
Tim’s research and writing focuses pedagogically in conducting and score analysis, and his many published essays and books betray his eclectic interests in regional music history, acoustics, creativity, innovation, and aesthetics. He has conducted symphonic, university, church, and children’s choirs, and performs as conductor and clinician in the USA and internationally. His recent publication Sacred Choral Music Repertoire: Insights for Conductors (GIA Publications) is a 1119-page encyclopedic treatment of the history of sacred choral music publication containing an annotated listing of the most performed sacred works of the last five centuries. His forthcoming 2025 publication The Passion Oratorio Maria und Johannes by J.A.P. Schulz (Steglein Publications) is a critical performing edition of this late 18th century oratorio. Other publications include Relevance in the Choral Art: A Pathway to Connections, Innovation in the Ensemble Arts: Sustaining Creativity, Mentoring in the Ensemble Arts: Helping Others Find Their Voice and Collaboration in the Ensemble Arts: Working and Playing Well with Others, and the regional histories Nashville Music Before Country, Memphis Music Before the Blues, and Knoxville Music Before Bluegrass.
Dr. Sharp is a Life Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge University (Cambridge, England) with degrees in music and conducting from The School of Church Music of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Belmont University, Bluefield College, and post-graduate studies at the Aspen Music Festival, Harvard University’s NEH Medieval Music Fellowship, and Cambridge University. Tim recently concluded thirteen years as Executive Director of the American Choral Directors Association, the national professional association for choral conductors, educators, scholars, students, and choral music industry representatives in the United States. Prior to his leadership of ACDA, Tim was Dean of Fine Arts at Rhodes College (Memphis, TN), and earlier, Director of Choral Activities at Belmont University (Nashville, TN).
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