Kathryn Plummer

Vanderbilt University honored 27 retiring faculty members and one dean for their years of service by bestowing upon them the title of emerita or emeritus faculty during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony on May 10 at GEODIS Park. Read More

Vanderbilt Blair School of Music Professor of Viola Kathryn Plummer will celebrate 50 years of performing and teaching in a special concert, 3 p.m. May 4 in Turner Recital Hall. Read More

As the summer blockbuster Elvis hits movie theaters June 24, Vanderbilt professor Kathryn Plummer relives an early career opportunity to play with the legend—and discusses how her experiences recording with some of the music industry’s greats translate into a unique teaching tool in the classroom.    Read More

Rebecca Boelzner (Lauren Holland/Vanderbilt) Rebecca Boelzner began playing piano at age 6 and violin at 11 before switching to the viola—a stringed instrument slightly larger than the violin with a deeper sound—as a senior in high school. Pursuing music in some way at college only seemed natural for the… 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

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