Labeled “one of the best songwriters in the business” by Nashville’s MusicRow magazine, Victoria Banks was named Female Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year by the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) in 2010 and has been nominated for 9 other CCMA Awards. She is an instructor of Songwriting at Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business.  Victoria - who hails from Muskoka, Canada - penned Reba’s 2024 single “I Can’t”, which was premiered on NBC’s The Voice and performed on the 59th Academy of Country Music Awards. She also co-wrote 3 songs on the ground-breaking 2020 EP Bridges by the Grammy-nominated Mickey Guyton, and 4 songs on Guyton’s 2021 Remember Her Name album, including “What Are You Gonna Tell Her” (which made history as the first original song performed by a Black woman on the ACM Awards). Guyton delivered another ACM Awards performance in 2021 with Victoria’s song “Hold On”. In her multi-decade tenure as a songwriter on Nashville’s Music Row, Victoria has had cuts by over 100 artists, including ASCAP, SOCAN, CCMA and Covenant-award-winning hits such as the solo-written “Saints & Angels” by Sara Evans, Jessica Simpson’s Billboard record-breaking “Come On Over”, and one of the top Canadian singles of the decade: Johnny Reid’s “Dance With Me”. Her songs have been recorded by Carly Pearce, Lauren Alaina, Terri Clark, Cassadee Pope, The Shires, Isaac Slade (of The Fray), and more, and have been featured in TV and movies like Breakthrough, Nashville, American Idol, and Dancing With The Stars. As an artist, Victoria has released four self-produced, self-penned albums, including 2020’s Uncovered (for which she produced, arranged, engineered, and played every instrument on every track). She has appeared on NBC’s Songland TV show, toured with artists from Reba to Wynonna, and performed alongside the Nashville Ballet when they choreographed several of her songs for their Attitude program, including the ballet’s title song City Of Dreams. Victoria co-hosts the podcast The Table Women, exploring the ups and downs of the female experience in entertainment through interviews with notable women.

Hispanic and Filipino Kansas City native Lily Canent makes her Bluebird debut as a Nashville-based pop singer-songwriter and songwriting graduate of Belmont University. Through Belmont, she’s had the opportunity to write in Los Angeles and London, shaping her perspective as a writer. Her music is melody-driven, grounded, and honest, with a strong sense of personality.

Based in Nashville with Canadian roots, country singer-songwriter Mariah Dion is quickly emerging as a rising creative voice. Currently a junior songwriting major at Belmont University, Mariah was hand-selected as the Songwriting Intern at Warner Chappell Music, where she serves as a professional writer on their roster while still a student. Blending clever, story-driven lyrics with multi-genre versatility, she combines traditional country styles with a subtle pop glow, creating an authentic sound that has captured the attention of both audiences and industry professionals alike. In 2024, Mariah was selected as one of fifteen songwriters worldwide for the inaugural Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project. The following year, she earned the Bluebird Cafe’s coveted Golden Pick award, joining an elite group of rising Nashville talent. With songwriting cuts already surpassing 500,000 streams across platforms and an artist project on the way, Mariah Dion is establishing herself as a name to watch among Nashville’s next generation.

A music lover at heart with a fire for creating her original songs, Belmont University Songwriting graduate Sadie Beth writes lyrics to get to your heart. A pianist since age four, guitarist since age six, and singer since she could find the words, the Austin, Texas native has been surrounded by musical inspiration her entire life. Growing up in the live music capital of the world, Sadie has always lived, breathed, and loved music. Sadie’s honest yet beautiful perspective in her writing leaves you feeling vulnerable, in the best way.