Equal Access is an mtheory initiative designed to empower artists and managers from historically excluded demographics in country music by providing financial resources, dedicated support, and industry connections.

Meet The 2025 Cohort

Past Cohorts
Cohort 3

2024-2025

Cohort 2

2023-2024

Cohort 1

2022-2023

  • Variety - Nashville Strong: the City’s Top Female-Forward and Songwriter Charities and Support Organizations

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  • WPLN: In an era of DEI rollback, Equal Access pushes on with its fourth group

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  • The Tennessean - mtheory's new class of diverse country music artists and managers aim for genre's evolution

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  • WNXP - A program aimed at diversifying the stages and board rooms of country music is already having an impact

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  • The Tennessean: mtheory's country music industry equity-aimed Equal Access Program, over the years

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  • The Tennessean: CMT, mtheory announce diversity-aimed 2024 Equal Access country music cohort

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  • Tennessean: CMT, mtheory announce diverse 2023 Equal Access country music cohort

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  • Lightning 100 - Community Corner Feature

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  • Country Music's Diversity Problem Goes Beyond the Stage. This Program Seeks a Solution

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  • Mtheory Adds Tiffany Provenzano As Founding Director, Equal Access Development Program

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  • Gayle King Takes Us to Nashville for the CMT Music Awards

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  • Billboard: CMT & mtheory Reveal New Members of Equal Access Development Program

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Equal Access is a fiscally sponsored project of the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville, a nonprofit organization. Contributions on behalf of Equal Access should be made payable to the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville, and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law

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