Blair School Of Music

  • Vanderbilt University

    New appointment: Kathleen Eads, senior director, presenting services

    Blair School of Music welcomes Kathleen Eads as senior director, presenting services. She comes to Blair School of Music with extensive experience as an arts administrator, specializing in higher education environments. Working around the country from Southern California to New York City, to Western New York and the Midwest,… Read More

    Jul. 15, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    New Jeff Coffin album set for July 19 release

    3x Grammy-winning saxophonist, composer, and Blair School of Music educator Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band) will release his new star-studded album, Only the Horizon, Friday, July 19 on Ear Up Records. This highly anticipated collection of original compositions showcases Coffin’s extraordinary compositional vision and arranging prowess, blending traditional… Read More

    Jul. 15, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Blair Academy: Vanderbilt Youth Choirs in Italy

    A group of 40 precollegiate students in the Vanderbilt Youth Choirs program recently returned from an unforgettable eight-day tour of Italy. Led by Mary & Tucker Biddlecombe, the trip included choral performances at the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi and St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, as well as visits… Read More

    Jul. 1, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Blair faculty and alumni create College Football 25 music soundtrack

    College Football 25 will be released on July 19. The much-anticipated new EA Sports College Football 25 game, coming in July, has a deep Blair connection as six faculty and alumni musicians were a part of the elite ensemble tapped to record the game soundtrack. Produced over several weeks in… Read More

    Jun. 17, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Molly Barth named Chancellor Faculty Fellow

    Blair Associate Professor of Flute Molly Barth is one of 13 outstanding faculty members from across the university selected for the 2024 cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. The group is composed of highly accomplished, recently tenured faculty from a wide variety of disciplines and areas of expertise. Each… Read More

    Jun. 13, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Blair Around the World: Jazz students tour Colombia

    Colombia-bound Blair students Nate Spratford, saxophone; Patrick Kenny, guitar; Gabe Barnard, bass; and Miles Buchmann, drums. A quartet of Blair jazz students, program director Ryan Middagh, and bass instructor Rob Linton will embark on a performance and educational tour of Colombia June 9-23. The schedule will include seven… Read More

    Jun. 3, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Cynthia Cyrus researches an Austrian monastic community

    Cynthia Cyrus Blair Professor of Musicology Cynthia Cyrus is currently in Austria on a nine-week research trip as she continues her studies of the Thalbach convent in Bregenz. Cyrus will be visiting the Austrian National Library in Vienna and topical archives housed in Innsbruck. She began her research… Read More

    Jun. 3, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    New conductor appointed to lead the Curb Youth Symphony

    Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi Blair Academy at Vanderbilt is excited to announce that Ernesto Estigarribia Mussi has been named the conductor and artistic director for the Curb Youth Symphony. He serves as assistant professor of conducting and director of the Vanderbilt University Orchestra at Blair School of Music. “I am… Read More

    May. 27, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Blair jazz program receives 13th Downbeat Magazine Student Music Award

    The Blair Big Band has been honored with its 13th DownBeat Magazine Student Music Award. The Blair School of Music jazz program has been honored with its 13th DownBeat Magazine Student Music Award in an announcement released today. The Blair Big Band is a 2024 winner in the Undergraduate… Read More

    May. 9, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Two Blair professors named research journal editors

    Blair professors Melanie Lowe and Douglas Shadle have been honored with editor roles for two leading music research journals. Lowe has been named editor-in-chief of The Journal of Music History Pedagogy and Shadle has been appointed editor-in-chief of The Journal of Musicological Research. Serving on the… Read More

    Apr. 29, 2024