Blair School Of Music

  • Bethany Wiese

    Blair School welcomes Bethany Wiese

    Dr. Bethany Wiese will join Blair School of Music as Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium in fall 2023. A native of Davenport, Iowa, Dr. Wiese most recently served as Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Appalachian State University (Boone, North Carolina) and spent two years as a… Read More

    May. 8, 2023

  • Blair jazz program wins three DownBeat Awards

    Blair jazz program wins three DownBeat Awards

      The Vanderbilt University jazz program has been awarded three DownBeat Student Music Awards in an announcement released on May 4, 2023. The honors are for Undergraduate Large Ensemble and two individual awards going to Blair senior Kevin Shinskie, for Undergraduate Outstanding Composition (“Endeavors”) and Outstanding Soloist in a… Read More

    May. 4, 2023

  • Blair Around the World: Jeremy Wilson leads a student group in Austria

    Blair Around the World: Jeremy Wilson leads a student group in Austria

    Jeremy Wilson, Assoc. Professor of Trombone, is currently leading a group of Blair students on an unforgettable trip to Vienna, Austria. Wilson was formerly a member of the famed Vienna Philharmonic. Their week includes seeing several live performances and participating in masterclass sessions. Today’s update from Jeremy Wilson: On Sunday,… Read More

    May. 3, 2023

  • Ernesto Estigarribia

    Blair School of Music welcomes Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi

    Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi will join Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music as Assistant Professor of Conducting in fall 2023. Hailed for his “expert direction” by Fanfare magazine, he is Music Director of the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra and the Mankato Symphony Orchestra; the first Paraguayan to become Music Director of a… Read More

    May. 3, 2023

  • Blair School of Music welcomes Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi

    Blair School of Music welcomes Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi

    Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi will join Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music as Assistant Professor of Conducting in fall 2023. Hailed for his “expert direction” by Fanfare magazine, he is Music Director of the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra and the Mankato Symphony Orchestra; the first Paraguayan to become Music Director of a… Read More

    Apr. 28, 2023

  • Photos from War Requiem, April 14 & 15

    Photos from War Requiem, April 14 & 15

    Congratulations to the performers, directors, and crew who brought Benjamin Britten’s epic War Requiem to life April 14 & 15. 📷 Kenny Swartout Conductor Robin Fountain War Requiem                                 Soloist Lauren Urquhart     Soloist… Read More

    Apr. 17, 2023

  • Pascal Le Boeuf awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

    Pascal Le Boeuf awarded Guggenheim Fellowship

    Pascal Le Boeuf, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Music and Technology, and Contemporary Music Ensemble Director, has been awarded a prestigious 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship for Music Composition. Le Boeuf is among 171 fellows selected this year for excellence in scholarship and the arts. Described as “sleek, new” and “hyper-fluent”… Read More

    Apr. 17, 2023

  • Tyler Nelson performs with Atlanta Opera

    Tyler Nelson performs with Atlanta Opera

    Tyler Nelson, Associate Professor of Voice, recently performed with The Atlanta Opera in their production of the 1956 Leonard Bernstein operetta, Candide, at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center. Playing the role of Cacambo, Nelson was heralded by Broadway World as “one of America’s most promising young tenors” in their… Read More

    Apr. 4, 2023

  • Pascal Le Boeuf is first composer-in-residence with Missoula Symphony

    Pascal Le Boeuf is first composer-in-residence with Missoula Symphony

    The Missoula Symphony Orchestra premiered Pascal Le Boeuf’s “Triple Concerto for Violin, Percussion Duo and Orchestra” March 4-5, at the Dennison Theatre, featuring solosits Tim Fain (violin) and Arx Duo (percussionists Garrey Arney and Chris Whyte). Le Boeuf, who is serving as the Missoula Symphony’s first-ever composer-in-residence, describes his Triple… Read More

    Mar. 6, 2023

  • Vanderbilt University

    A new Steinway piano coming to Blair School

    A Blair contingent traveled to the Steinway & Sons factory in New York last week to take on the exciting, and daunting, challenge of selecting a new concert grand piano for the school.  The group included Melissa Rose, Amy Dorfman, Heather Conner, Addie Sullivan, Jeff Stevens, and Robert Klingbeil from… Read More

    Feb. 27, 2023