Spring 2024 Courses
Interactive Music Theory
Understanding how music is put together can inform our performing ability, as well as our personal satisfaction we get from the music we listen to. Each student's learning and understanding is personally guided through weekly class meetings and regular worksheets and tests. Students are welcome after completing an initial placement test. Classes on Zoom allow for more personalized instruction. Students are able to develop collegiality and community.
The available sections are:
-Monday, 4:00-4:50pm (Zoom, intermediate/advanced)
-Monday, 5:00-5:50pm (in-person, beginner students only)
-Tuesday, 6:00-6:50pm (Zoom, intermediate/advanced)
-Thursday, 4:00-4:50pm (Zoom, intermediate/advanced)
-Thursday, 5:00-5:50pm (in-person, intermediate/advanced)
Wellness for Musicians
The Blair Academy is excited to offer a new slate of courses covering the physical and mental wellbeing of musicians! This new course is comprised of two 8-week modules that examine and hone the health of the performer.
Thursday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Room 1197
Nurturing the Mental Health of Emerging Musicians
Jessica Blackwell, instructor
This course will address prevalent mental health issues that students may encounter, on-stage or in the classroom.
Alexander Technique and Body Mapping
Simone Parker, instructor
This course will cover topics such as balance, attention, mapping specific areas of the body (head/neck, spine, legs, arms, breathing) and will conclude with a body mapping masterclass.
Programs and Classes
- Blair Academy Student Handbook
- Register for Academy Classes
- Scholarships & Financial Aid
- Vanderbilt Youth Orchestras
- Vanderbilt Youth Choirs
- Vanderbilt Suzuki Program
- Private Lessons
- Fiddle
- Chamber Music and Collaborative Piano
- Beginning and Partner Piano
- Music Theory and Wellness for Musicians
- Musicology and Ethnomusicology
- Blair Hit Songwriter Series
- Parking