Blair Jazz Studies Program
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Passion for Collaboration: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Coffin on his zeal for music, teaching and harmony through it all
WATCH: Hear from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Coffin about his passion for music and teaching and how his relationships led him to where he is today. Read MoreNov 6, 2024
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Vanderbilt jazz program again honored by ‘DownBeat’ magazine
Vanderbilt Blair School of Music is among the winners of "DownBeat" magazine’s 45th annual Student Music Awards. For the first time in school history, the program received four awards in the same year, bringing its total number of awards from the magazine to nine over the past four years. Read MoreMay 5, 2022
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Vanderbilt jazz program honored by ‘DownBeat’ magazine
Blair School of Music’s budding jazz program earned top ranking in the category of Best Blues/Pop/Rock Group for "Commercial Break," a self-titled debut album written and recorded by an ensemble of Vanderbilt undergraduates. Read MoreApr 28, 2020
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Building a Jazz Culture
Jeff Coffin and Ryan Middagh work with the Blair Big Band Local music industry fuels expansion of program Nashville may be best known for country music, but the moniker “Music City” most accurately reflects the proliferation of stellar musicians in town who play all types of music. At Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music, Ryan Middagh, director… Read MoreMay 13, 2016