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For cellist Felix Wang, building a recital program is partly an exercise in exploration: revisiting music he has known for years, rediscovering works he hasn’t performed in some time and finding unexpected connections among them. That process shapes Wang’s Sept. 4 Blair Master Series recital, where he will explore what… Read More

A well loved professor becomes the new dean of The Ingram Commons. Hear what Tucker Biddlecombe is most excited about as the Class of 2030 starts their journey at Vanderbilt! Read More

When I Became We premieres this October at New York’s Atlantic Theater, audiences won’t encounter a traditional musical or even a conventional play. Instead, they’ll experience what composer Jack D. Coen, BMus’16, calls a “play for choir,” an original theatrical work performed entirely by a 16-person choir. “It really is… Read More

Sun-A Park and Ammon Perry Bratt will perform September 1 at Blair. When Blair School of Music piano professor Sun-A Park and her husband, pianist Ammon Perry Bratt, sit down at the piano together Sept. 1, they’ll share more than the stage. They’ll share the same 88 keys. Park and… Read More

Young musicians and their families from across the Southeast — and as far away as Oregon, Montana, and Maryland — will gather at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music July 12-17 for the Nashville Suzuki Institute, a weeklong immersion in music education built on the renowned Suzuki method. Now in… Read More

When EA SPORTS College Football 27 launches July 9, millions of gamers will hear the sounds of college marching bands performed by an ensemble that included 18 Blair School of Music students, faculty and alumni. The recording sessions marked the third consecutive year that Blair musicians have played a major… Read More

When Hiram Rodriguez, BMus’20, was recently appointed to the Pacific Symphony Orchestra, it marked the latest milestone in a career defined less by convention than by curiosity. A trombonist, composer, songwriter and artistic explorer, Rodriguez has built a professional life by embracing opportunities both inside and outside traditional classical music,… Read More

Claire Thaler still remembers walking into Blair School of Music for her audition weekend at Vanderbilt. As a violinist from Tallahassee, Florida, she had spent years imagining a future in music, but she wasn’t entirely sure what that future would look like. “Seeing the student showcases and talking to current… Read More

Tucker Biddlecombe, professor of music in Blair School of Music and associate dean of undergraduate education, will succeed Melissa Gresalfi, who has served since 2019 as dean of residential colleges and residential education and dean of The Martha Riv... Read More

The Blair School of Music jazz program is enjoying a moment that is both a culmination and a launching point. With two new DownBeat Student Music Awards, the release of a new Blair Big Band EP, and a steadily growing national profile, the program under Director of Jazz Studies Ryan… Read More

https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-sub/wp-content/uploads/sites/279/2026/05/11153029/kady_hillman_video_edit.mp4   When Blair School of Music graduating senior Kady Hillman stepped onto the stage at Vanderbilt’s May 8 Commencement, she delivered an electrifying rendition of the school’s alma mater that drew a powerful response and extended ovation from an estimated crowd of around 10,000 in attendance at FirstBank… Read More