KAR Front Seat is a series of live online Q&A sessions with performing arts professionals, tailored to students but open for public viewing; sponsored by KAR Global.

About the Presenter

Adam Ollendorff is a Nashville-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has toured and recorded with Kacey Musgraves, Will Hoge and John Oates and appeared on recordings by J.D. McPherson and Carrie Underwood. Playing guitar, Dobro and pedal steel guitar, he has shared stages with Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson and Katy Perry and appeared on the CMA Awards, the Grammy Awards, Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. As a songwriter, he has collaborated with Natalie Hemby, Jim Lauderdale and Maren Morris and co-wrote the title cut of Keb’ Mo’s 2019 holiday album, Moonlight, Mistletoe & You, which spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard blues chart. Ollendorff also serves as Community Outreach and Music Programs Manager at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

High school or college students interested in the performing arts may apply to be part of the conversation by submitting a question they would like to ask during the event. Please also include student name, grade level, and name of school currently attending, to Outreach@TheCenterPresents.org. Ten students will be selected to interact with the performing arts professional.