Blair School of Music Archives
Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on Library Lawn
Apr. 11, 2018—The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries and the Nashville Shakespeare Festival will hold the Bard's Birthday Bash—marking the 454th birthday of William Shakespeare—April 23 on Library Lawn.
Album spotlights Blair School’s Biddlecombe and students
Mar. 26, 2018—The album "Music in the Listening Place," featuring the Vanderbilt Chorale and directed by Tucker Biddlecombe, has been released on Navona Records.
Blair, Library honor Violins of Hope project with series of upcoming performances
Mar. 23, 2018—Twenty-two violins—most most of which were played by Jewish musicians interned in concentration camps during the Holocaust—have arrived in Music City from Israel, where they will be heard once more as the Violins of Hope. Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music and the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries have planned several special events in honor of the initiative in March and April.
Design competition makes Vanderbilt libraries more meaningful for students
Feb. 13, 2018—Developing a formal plan to bring more librarians' expertise into the undergraduate research experience was among the winning ideas in the Wild Bunch Library Design Challenge for Vanderbilt students.
Famed Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet returns to Blair
Jan. 29, 2018—The renowned Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet will perform a free concert at the Blair School of Music's Ingram Hall Feb. 3 as part of its continuing collaborative relationship.
Sign up for Vanderbilt’s Osher Lifelong Learning winter term
Nov. 16, 2017—African American pioneers in sports and entertainment, media in a time of fake news, and climate change and human health are among the winter offerings of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt Opera Theatre presents Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’ as reality TV
Nov. 6, 2017—Vanderbilt Opera Theatre, Vanderbilt University Orchestra and the Department of Cinema and Media Arts present Mozart’s "The Marriage of Figaro" Nov. 10 and 12 as a reality TV show in Ingram Hall.
2017 Southern Festival of Books, C-SPAN to feature Vanderbilt authors
Oct. 12, 2017—Two Vanderbilt Law School professors who are among featured authors at the Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word will be on panels to be broadcast live on C-SPAN Oct. 14.
Soprano Ah Young Hong to perform, teach master class at Blair
Sep. 15, 2017—Acclaimed soprano Ah Young Hong will perform at Blair School of Music in October.
Electric violinist Silverman to perform with VU Orchestra at OZ Arts Oct. 5
Sep. 12, 2017—Acclaimed electric violinist Tracy Silverman will perform with the Vanderbilt Orchestra Oct. 5.
$5 million gift from Hoogland family to name Vanderbilt undergraduate business minor
Sep. 6, 2017—A $5 million commitment from alumni Susan and Keith Hoogland names the university’s new trans-institutional minor for business study the Hoogland Undergraduate Business Program.
Bring your family to Blair’s Precollege Festival of Music Sept. 10
Sep. 1, 2017—The Blair School of Music presents its Precollege Festival of Music on Sunday, Sept. 10, from 1 to 5 p.m.