Blair School Of Music

Vanderbilt’s 12th annual Day on the Hill highlighted the university and medical center’s contributions to all 95 counties in Tennessee and offered the opportunity for conversations between Vanderbilt officials and state lawmakers. Read More

For James Maiello, assistant professor of musicology and ethnomusicology at the Blair School of Music, teaching and research are two sides of the same coin. Read More

The Vanderbilt Orchestra (Vanderbilt University) Members of the Nashville community will have a chance to hear the Vanderbilt Orchestra in concert before the group departs for a more than weeklong tour of China. The orchestra’s “farewell” concert is scheduled for 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23, in Ingram… Read More

This Week on VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast: How a world class musical talent is teaching in a global way. How the promise of discovery is changing a family’s life Who does rockstar runningback Zac Stacy consider his inspiration for life? [vucastblurb]… Read More

(photo courtesy of Blair School of Music) One of the most popular ensembles in Vanderbilt’s precollege division, the Blair Children’s Chorus, will present a free concert at Ingram Hall on Dec.14 at 7:30 p.m. This concert will feature performances by each of the six choirs of the… Read More

Few musicians win their first orchestral audition, and the likelihood that the first audition is with the prestigious Vienna Philharmonic is very slim. That puts Jeremy Wilson, Blair School of Music's new associate professor of trombone, in a class all by himself. Read More

Blair School of Music (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt) Tuition has been lowered on the spring semester precollege and adult course offerings at Blair School of Music. Read More

The Appalachian Dulcimer Archive contains sound clips of David Schnaufer playing various dulcimers, photos and history about dulcimers from Schnaufer’s collection, biographical material about Schnaufer and other information. Read More

Frist Center for the Visual Arts Don’t miss these upcoming events at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts featuring Vanderbilt experts and performers. Saturday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m. “Expressions in Space: The Performative Aspect of Carrie Mae Weems” Join Bridgette Kohnhorst, director of Great Performances at Vanderbilt and Sarratt Art Gallery, as she discusses the… Read More

Blair School of Music (Vanderbilt University) The Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir will give a performance featuring the choral arrangements of Robert Shaw and Alice Parker, two icons of choral music in the 20th century, at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in Ingram Hall. The concert is free and open to… Read More

A complete list of new university faculty for the 2012-13 academic year Blair School of Music Tucker Biddlecombe, associate professor and director of choral activities B.M., State University of New York–Potsdam, 1998 M.M., Florida State University, 2003 D.Phil., Florida State University, 2012 Biddlecombe is a published… Read More

"Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by Tim Hetherington" will be on view at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery Oct. 12-Dec.6. (photo by Tim Hetherington) Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by Tim Hetherington opens Friday, Oct. 12, at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery and will… Read More

‘Long Story Bit by Bit’ opens Oct. 12 at Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery "Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by Tim Hetherington" will be on view at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery Oct. 12-Dec.6. (photo by Tim Hetherington) Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, Photography by… Read More

The Blair School of Music has a full schedule of free music events this month. (Vanderbilt) Welcome back to another amazing semester of concerts at the Blair School of Music! We kicked off our Fall 2012 concert season with a capacity crowd for our 150th birthday tribute… Read More

L-r: Blair's Steven Fiske as Claudio, Emily Palmer as Hero, Patrick Waller as Benedick and Evelyn O'Neal Brush as Beatrice in the Nashville Shakespeare Festival's 2012 production of "Much Ado About Nothing." (photo by Jeff Frazier) Steven Fiske, a vocal performance major at Blair… Read More

A Nashville songwriter responsible for No. 1 records by George Strait, Lee Ann Womack and Gary Allan is showing aspiring songwriters the Music Row ropes in a class at Vanderbilt University. Read More

(image courtesy of Blair School of Music) Blair School of Music kicks off its pre-college and adult series of classes, private lessons and ensembles on Wednesday, Aug. 15. Private lessons are offered in all orchestral and many folk instruments. Kindermusik classes for ages 18 months to 6 years… Read More

(Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Summer classes for Blair School of Music’s Kindermusik program begin June 26, and openings are still available in many of the classes. For a complete list of class descriptions and schedules, go here. Note: The 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Zoo Train class is now… Read More

Tom Kimmel and Pierce and Grace Pettis will headline the June 16 Bluebird on the Mountain concert at scenic Dyer Observatory. Read More

Watch video of Melanie Lowe’s talk that explores the aesthetics of the impossible in Joesph Haydn’s most sublime work. In 1797 Haydn completed what was immediately hailed as his greatest work, The Creation.This enormous piece scored for solo singers, chorus, and orchestra opens with nothing short of a musical impossibility—the sound of… Read More