Tricia Walker is an award
winning singer/songwriter, music publisher, and producer.
She spent over 25 years in Nashville, perfecting her craft, writing songs for
Faith Hill, Patty Loveless, and Debbie Boone, among others. She is a former
backup vocalist for Shania Twain and helped found "Women In The Round",
one of the stellar son-writing showcases featured at the famous Bluebird Cafe.
Tricia has become a friend to cancer survivors through her nationally known
song, "What A Wonderful Day!" She is the owner of Big Front Porch
Productions in Cleveland, Mississippi. We are proud to welcome her again to
Richmond for the concert, "Say It... In A Song", which will be held
Sunday, November 15, 2009 from 2 - 4 pm at the Sheraton Hotel, Midlothian, VA.
Congratulations, Tricia!
Tricia Walker is the Executive Director of the Delta Music Institute at Delta
State University
Her hope is to
become a successful cross-over artist. It is not musical genres Tricia Walker is
looking to cross, though. Rather the Fayette, Miss., native is aiming to parlay
over 24 years of industry experience into the educational corridors of Delta
State University’s Delta Music Institute (DMI).
A graduate of
Delta
State
University,
Walker
earned a bachelor’s degree in music education en-route to completing her
graduate work in theory and composition at
Mississippi
College.
While in
Clinton,
she performed at various festivals and bookings. She won American Song Festival
and Mississippi Song Festival awards and moved to
Nashville
to sign with giant gospel music publisher Word, Inc. As her songs were recorded
on Grammy-nominated discs by Kathy Troccoli, Debby Boone and The Imperials, her
reputation as a songwriter spread.
Following a
two year stint with PolyGram Publishing International, Inc. as a staff writer,
Walker
advanced to creative director/staff writer for Crossfield Music, a post she held
for a decade. In 2000, she launched her own production company, Big Front Porch.
Big Front Porch Productions is driven by a mission “to present musical works and
opportunities for learning that both entertain and enrich audiences while
challenging them to examine their own lives and "tell their own story." We
purpose for our work to have integrity by creating our products with honesty,
thoughtfulness, and courage, presenting the truth with love.”
Walker’s
production company focuses on: 1. live performances, house concerts and
festivals; 2. audio recordings; 3. songwriting workshops/residencies designed
for beginners through advanced; and 4. audio production.
Additionally,
she has worked as a backing musician for Grand Ole Opry star Connie Smith, Paul
Overstreet, Russ Taff and country mega-star Shania Twain.
Walker
was instrumental in forming the original "Women in The Round," a songwriter
group which includes Pam Tillis, Ashley Cleveland and Karen Staley. The foursome
ranks as one of the most celebrated foursomes ever at
Nashville's
prestigious Bluebird Café
She has
performed at the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Tin Pan South Songwriting
Festival in Nashville, was a New Folk Winner at the Kerrville Folk Festival in
Texas and featured at Austin's South by Southwest Music Festival.
Throughout it
all, though,
Walker’s
focus remained and still remains on her own music - music which has been
recorded by Faith Hill, Patty Loveless and Alison Krauss. Krauss’ performance of
Walker’s
whose “Looking in the Eyes of Love” earned a Grammy.
Recent musical
highlights included singing at Robert Redford's Christmas Cantata at Sundance
Resort in
Utah
as well as a live performance during a newly choreographed work for the
Nashville Ballet entitled "All the Way Home," co-written by Tricia and Kate
Campbell.
Delta
State’s
DMI allows students to study music engineering, music production and video
editing, as well as contemporary composition and study musician theory and
practice. It is a first step towards a broad program in arts production. First
conceptualized, founded and funded by Fred Carl of
Viking
Range,
DMI debuted on the
Delta
State
campus in 2003.
For more information on the Delta Music Institute, please call (662) 846-4579 or
visit www.deltastate.edu/pages/1290.asp
For correspondence or ordering tapes or CDs:
Big Front Porch Productions
P. O. Box 194
Pleasant View
TN 37146
Phone: 615-792-5148
www.bigfrontporch.com
