In 2025, the Gospel Music Affiliation will open the Dove Middle and Gospel Music Museum in downtown Nashville.
The Dove Middle and Gospel Music Museum can be positioned at 147 Fourth Ave. N., on the nook of Fourth Avenue and Commerce Road, one block from the historic Ryman Auditorium.
“Developed to protect the legacy of our historic previous, assist the impression of at the moment’s artists, and plant seeds for the long run, we imagine the Dove Middle can be a beacon of sunshine for the dominion of God,” Gospel Music Affiliation president/govt director Jackie Patillo stated in a video revealing particulars in regards to the timeline for the upcoming Dove Middle. “It is going to even be a key a part of the GMA’s mission to reveal, promote, and rejoice the Gospel by way of music.”
The video additionally featured a rendering of the Dove Middle, with plans together with the Dove Awards Theater, a timeline of the historical past of the gospel music trade, reveals highlighting artists’ tales, a Corridor of Fame space spotlighting plaques for every member of the Gospel Music Corridor of Fame’s roughly 200 members, and reveals permitting guests to create and blend their very own music. The middle will function exhibit areas with titles together with Carry Your Voice, Transferring Up The Charts and Created to Worship.
The Gospel Music Affiliation, which places on the annual GMA Dove Awards, was based in 1964. The Dove Awards had been conceptualized by singer-songwriter Invoice Gaither in 1968. The inaugural Dove Awards had been held in 1969 in Memphis, Tennessee, earlier than the awards moved to Nashville in 1971. The Awards had been held in Atlanta in 2011 and 2012, earlier than returning to Nashville in 2013.
The constructing that may home the Dove Middle can also be house to Lipscomb College’s Spark Middle. Since 2013, the Gospel Music Affiliation and Lipscomb College have had a partnership, the place the annual GMA Dove Awards have been held at Lipscomb College’s Allen Area, whereas the Gospel Music Affiliation operates from its headquarters at 4012 Granny White Pike in Nashville, on Lipscomb College’s campus.
This 54th annual GMA Dove Awards winners this yr included artist of the yr winner Brandon Lake (who picked up 4 complete awards in the course of the night), whereas Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Toby Mac, Blessing Offor and Jeff Pardo every received two awards.
The Dove Middle will be a part of a number of different music-focused museums in Music Metropolis, together with the Nation Music Corridor of Fame and Museum, the Musicians Corridor of Fame and Museum, the Nationwide Museum of African American Music, the Johnny Money Museum, the Patsy Cline Museum, and the Willie Nelson and Pals museum.
