Blair School Of Music

Blair Children’s Chorus, directed by Hazel Somerville and Coni Ely Guerin. Featuring the Blair Children’s Concert Choir, Young Men’s Chorus, Choristers, Nashville Boychoir at Blair and Young Singers of Blair. December 10, 2010. Read More

Vanderbilt Wind Symphony, conducted by Thomas Verrier perform “Masterworks: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” October 8, 2010, in Ingram Hall. Works by Antonin Dvorak and John Corigliano; featuring the world premiere of SIRENS, version for wind symphony, by Leanna Primiani. Read More

Vanderbilt Opera Theatre presents “The Merry Wives of Windsor” by Otto Nicolai; directed by Gayle Shay; performed November 14, 2010, in Blair’s Ingram Hall. The Opera Theatre is accompanied by the Vanderbilt Orchestra, conducted by Robin Fountain. This is Act II. Watch Act I. Read More

Vanderbilt Opera Theatre presents “The Merry Wives of Windsor” by Otto Nicolai; directed by Gayle Shay; performed November 14, 2010, in Blair’s Ingram Hall. The Opera Theatre is accompanied by the Vanderbilt Orchestra, conducted by Robin Fountain. This is Act I. Watch Act II. Read More

Celebrating Schumann’s Chamber Music – The Blakemore Trio and the Blair String Quartet, with Kathryn Plummer, viola and Gloria Chien, piano. A joint concert featuring Schumann’s Piano Quartet, Op. 47 and Piano Quintet, Op. 44. The concert was performed October 11, 2010, as part of a two-day celebration of the 200th… Read More

A Year of Song: Robert’s Gift to Clara – a celebration of the music and letters of composer Robert Schumann and his wife Clara. Narrated by Jim Lovensheimer; performers include soprano Amy Jarman, lyric baritone Jonathan Retzlaff; mezzo soprano Gayle Shay; pianist Melissa Rose. Concert is part of a two-day… Read More

The Vanderbilt Orchestra, conducted by Robin Fountain, performed Symphony No. 4 by Felix Mendelssohn September 16, 2010, in Ingram Hall. Read More

John Johns and Friends “Mixing it Up” in Ingram Hall on September 30, 2010. Guitarist Johns is joined by Kirsten Cassel, cello; Jared Hauser, oboe; Amy Jarman, soprano; Jane Kirchner, flute; Kathryn Plummer, viola; and Christian Teal, violin. Read More

Tina Packer and Nigel Gore bring Women of Will to Ingram Hall Feb. 3 (Photo courtesy of Shakespeare & Company) Women of Will will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 3, at the Ingram Hall, Blair School of Music, on the Vanderbilt campus. The performance… Read More

The mischievously dark worlds of filmmaker Tim Burton, illustrator Edward Gorey and the humorously twisted “Fractured Fairy Tales” cartoons are influencing this fall’s Vanderbilt Opera Theatre production of The Merry Wives of Windsor. It’s quite a change from the traditional, straightforward approach taken when the opera was performed a decade… Read More

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Watch video of SANKOFA, Vanderbilt’s African Drumming and Dance Ensemble. The April 5, 2010, performance took place in Ingram Hall at Blair School of Music. Gyane Kwame Ahima, director. Media Contact: Cindy Steine cindy.steine@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

The Vanderbilt Orchestra, Robin Fountain conducting, in performance on April 14, 2010 in Ingram Hall. The concert features winners of the 2009 Blair Student Concerto Competition. Media Contact: Cindy Steine cindy.steine@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

Blair Big Band, directed by Billy Adair, performing on April 15, 2010, in Ingram Hall. Media Contact: Cindy Steine cindy.steine@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

The Blair Chamber and Concert Choirs, directed by David Binns Williams, performing their spring 2010 concert on April 11 in Ingram Hall. Media Contact: Cindy Steine cindy.steine@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

The annual Blair Appalachian Celebration, directed by Matt Combs, performing in Ingram Hall on April 10, 2010. The concert featured the newly formed Matt Combs quartet, the Blair Second Stringers student fiddle group, and guest artist master fiddler James Bryan. Media Contact: Cindy Steine cindy.steine@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

Watch a Feb. 26, 2010, performance celebrating the music of Joseph Schwantner with the Vanderbilt Orchestra.  Read More

Watch a performance celebrating the music of Joseph Schwantner with Vanderbilt Winds.  Read More

The Blair Piano Faculty Signature Series Recital in Ingram Hall on March 19, 2010. Media Contact: Cindy Steine cindy.steine@vanderbilt.edu… Read More

Watch the Vanderbilt Opera Theatre and Vanderbilt Orchestra production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro." Read More