Articles By: Lance Conzett

Lance Conzett is a journalism major/sociology minor and the editor of the Belmont Vision. Before becoming editor, he was online editor from 2007-2009. In addition to writing, he is also a photographer and a multimedia journalist.

Rock ‘n’ Roll High School

Middle Tennessee is home to dozens of music venues, some of them iconic pieces of local history. That number explodes into the hundreds if bars, coffee shops, band shells, record stores and anywhere else where guitars are strummed are considered. But despite Music City USA’s musical economy most music...

April 30th, 2010 | A&E, Music | Read More

Vandy’s Rites of Spring washes out

A series of band cancellations, rain and the looming threat of a tornado watch marred Vanderbilt’s Rites of Spring music festival last weekend. The festival officially kicked off on Friday afternoon, with performances by soul band Lubriphonic, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars and indie rock stalwarts...

April 30th, 2010 | A&E, Music | Read More

Whose voices choose Curbies?

A few weeks ago, the Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business opened voting on Blackboard for the recently rebranded Curb College Awards. For two weeks, students were able to vote in a series of categories, ostensibly determining Belmont’s favorite songwriters, rock bands, adjunct professors...

April 29th, 2010 | Blogs/Opinion | Read More

Student visual art in four sites on campus

Belmont visual art majors will host a Belmont-centric art crawl on May 13 from 6-9 p.m. The event features work by around 20 students majoring in art education, studio art and design communications, including graduating seniors who will receive their diplomas only two days later. “It’s like the equivalent...

April 29th, 2010 | A&E, Art | Read More

Lennon biopic ‘Nowhere Boy’ opens 2010 Nashville Film Festival

The Nashville Film Festival opened last night, kicking off its 41st year celebrating independent film at Regal Green Hills 16. Over the next week, from Apr. 15 to Apr. 22, movies like “Clash of the Titans” and “Hot Tub Time Machine” will share a space with less familiar films with titles like...

April 16th, 2010 | A&E | Read More

Gallery: It’s time to think small

Inside the art gallery at 1807 1/2 21st Ave. S. in Hillsboro Village hang 10 works by Dutch artist Louis Reith. The show, entitled “Avalanche,” is a commentary on winter, using a collage of contrasting geometric shapes and patterns. The space is not unlike most art galleries in Nashville—it’s...

March 24th, 2010 | A&E, Art | Read More

Fighting ‘apathetic activism’

If there’s anything that I’ve learned from my tenure at Belmont, it’s that you never quite know what, if anything, you’re going to take away from a convocation event. Sometimes it’s straightforward – Honors doing scenes from “Merchant of Venice” can only go so many ways. Others though?...

March 24th, 2010 | Blogs/Opinion | Read More

‘Vision 2015’ outlines Belmont’s future

While most students were away from campus on spring break, Belmont unveiled Vision 2015, a document laying out Belmont’s next five years of growth and development. The three-page document outlines Belmont’s intentions to further establish itself on the national stage after 10 years of significant...

March 24th, 2010 | News | Read More

The high cost of graduation

Your final semester as an undergrad student is perhaps the most nerve-wracking four and a half months of your life. The pressure is on to finish your convos (only 14 more to go!), complete your most significant work in college and find a job before your student loans come back to haunt you. In two months...

February 24th, 2010 | Blogs/Opinion | Read More

Alumni’s Sports XTRA promises ‘edgy’ sports radio

Sports veterans have traditionally dominated the world of sports radio. In Nashville, men with decades in the business of sports broadcasting like George Plaster and Joe Biddle make up a significant part of local sports radio. The old guard of sports radio speak to a similar demographic of older devotees...

February 24th, 2010 | Sports | Read More