MarQo Patton

Assistant Professor of Music Business
Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business
B.S. Fisk University; EdM, Ed.D. Lipscomb University
Location: Johnson Center 379
615-460-8564marqo.patton@belmont.edu
Biography
Hailing from Columbus, OH, Dr. MarQo Patton has made Nashville home since graduating from Fisk University, earning a BS in Business Administration, Music Business concentration. Patton is a former member of the world renowned, GRAMMY Award-winning Fisk Jubilee Singers, and intern for the Nashville chapter of The Recording Academy while at Fisk. He later earned a Master's of Education in Instructional Practice, and EdD in Learning Organizations & Strategic Change (Lipscomb University). Patton was a tenured educator of eight years in Metro Nashville Public Schools prior to teaching in higher education (with six years as a founding Music Industry instructor at Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High, in the heart of North Nashville).