Blair School Of Music

This fall the Blair School of Music presents two operas diametrically opposed in style, scale and staging. Read More

Erin Elgass, a Blair Music Education major and an alto saxophone player, is the junior field commander for the Spirit of Gold Band. In the wake of the Commodores’ big win against Austin Peay, Elglass discusses perfecting the sound that rallied the Commodores to the victory. Read More

Odie Blackmon, an adjunct professor in Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music, is a Grammy-nominated, CMA-Award-winning songwriter that lives and learns in our music studios. The Hustler sat down with Blackmon to hear more about the Nashville songwriting business up close and personal. Read More

To help smooth the application and audition process for prospective students, Blair adopted the online tool Decision Desk, which allows applicants to upload a video audition, as well as letters of recommendation from music instructors. Read More

Kelby Carlson serves as secretary for the Vanderbilt Disabilities Awareness Partnership, a student organization founded last year to raise awareness about disabilities and improve accessibility. Read More

As the Blair School of Music wrapped up its 50th anniversary celebrations, 2015 kicked off with several world premieres and a major national conference. Read More

On Feb. 26 the Blair School of Music gave the world premiere of American composer Michael Hersch’s Zwischen Leben Und Tod. Read More

The opportunity to sing a diverse range of material drew Shirley last February to the American Traditions Competition, a national vocal competition in which he placed fifth. Read More

A brand-new pipe organ, built in the style of 18th-century Central German organs similar to those Bach knew, has been installed in the Blair School of Music’s Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall. Read More

Georgia Stitt, BMus’94, made her West End debut on Oct. 26 with the one-off concert My Lifelong Love at London’s Garrick Theatre. This Q and A with WhatsOnStage.com shares career highlights, future moves and a video performance. Read More

At most conservatories and music schools, work with vocal coaches is restricted to graduate voice students. But at the Blair School of Music, undergraduate voice majors have the opportunity to work with two full-time vocal coaches—also known as collaborative pianists—who lend their input, ears and piano technique to young singers. Read More

Blair School of Music begins the academic year by continuing its 50-year celebration. On Sept. 13 it honored Roland Schneller, the longest-serving member of the Blair faculty and holder of the Chancellor’s Chair in Piano, with an evening of music. Read More

Parents showed support for their Vanderbilt students like never before in the 2014 academic year, and as a result, a single challenge gift of $200,000 benefited multiple academic and student-life programs across the university. Read More

Perseverance is a trait ingrained in Madeline Myers. In January the 2011 graduate of the Blair School of Music won the first Ken Davenport Songwriting Contest in New York City. The contest, sponsored by Davenport, who produced the 2013 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Kinky Boots, served as a showcase… Read More

Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2014. Watch Dean Mark Wait discuss Blair School history, what makes the ideal Blair student, the school's amazing alumni and the future of this unique institution. Read More

Evan Mack, B.Mus’03, is the recipient of one of the newest awards presented by the Vanderbilt Alumni Association Board of Directors — the Young Alumni Professional Achievement Award. Read More

Cancer patients, family members and cancer health care workers all have a story to tell. Those who want to share their stories through music are invited to enroll in a songwriting workshop for the upcoming May 17 Songs from the Heart Concert. The annual songwriting workshop and… Read More

When nine-time Grammy award winner Sheryl Crow personally called Professor Jennifer Gunderman asking her to join her touring band, she didn’t pick up the phone. “I didn’t recognize the number — it was blocked — so I let it go to voicemail,” Gunderman said. “She left a message, and the… Read More

Helena Simonett, associate director of the Center for Latin American Studies and adjunct assistant professor at the Blair School of Music, both at Vanderbilt University, believes that the saga of the “the little man’s piano” can tell us something aboutAmerica, especially in terms of class. Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series – The Vanderbilt Commodore Steel Band – which took place on March 21. Read More