Blair Academy

Blair School of Music will present the Tennessee premiere of Julia Wolfe’s acclaimed choral work Fire in my Mouth on November 14, 2025, in Ingram Hall. The program will feature a chorus of more than 100 voices performing with the Vanderbilt University Orchestra, including The Vanderbilt Sixteen, Vanderbilt University… Read More

Abigail Goddard, a student at the Blair Academy for Music at Vanderbilt University and a Myra Jackson Blair (MJB) Scholar, is using creativity and compassion to make a difference far beyond the concert stage.  In addition to her piano studies through the Blair program, Goddard… Read More

This summer, two students from the Blair Academy for Music at Vanderbilt, Priscilla Park and Tyler Schwartz, turned music into meaningful action through a benefit concert supporting the global nonprofit charity: water.  Held at the Steinway Piano Gallery in Nashville, the student-led event raised more than… Read More

Blair Academy piano students demonstrated their exceptional artistry and dedication at the 2025 Tennessee Music Teachers Association (TMTA) State Competitions, held this summer at the University of Tennessee at Martin. A total of 15 Blair students earned top honors, including eight first-place winners… Read More

Blair Academy at Vanderbilt is pleased to announce its debut Vanderbilt Youth Orchestras (VYO) Chamber & Orchestral Summer Intensive, June 2-6, 2025. The unique program is a one-week, non-residential experience for string students in rising grades 6-12 and brass/wind students in rising grades 9-12. The week will include chamber, orchestral,… Read More

Samuel Nguyen accepts the first place award in the Tennessee Cello Workshop Competition. Blair Academy student Samuel Nguyen was recently awarded first place in the high school competition of the Tennessee Cello Workshop in Knoxville, Tennessee. The accomplishment is especially notable given that Nguyen, an eighth grader, was eligible for… Read More

Blair professor Fred Sienkiewicz holds a special relationship with the Monteux Festival in Maine. Not only was Monteux a transformative early musical experience, it’s also where he met his wife and fellow musician, Kristen. In this Q&A feature, he shares his early festival experiences and how they have impacted… Read More

  Since its founding in 1964, Blair Academy at Vanderbilt has grown from a small music school in a house on 18th Avenue to a community institution serving more than 700 precollege and adult students every year. This year, the Academy is celebrating a proud tradition of 60… Read More

Blair Academy at Vanderbilt will host auditions for its Vanderbilt Youth Orchestras August 8-18, 2024. Open to students in the 3rd through 12th grades, students are invited to audition to be placed in one of Blair’s six performance ensembles. 2024 audition dates will be: August 8-18 – Curb Youth Symphony… Read More

The Vanderbilt Community Chorus, a program of Blair Academy, recently embarked on its second European trip with a concert tour of Italy. Over 12 days, the 35 participants, led by David Binns Williams, toured Rome, Florence, Pisa, Padua, Venice, and Verona with performances featuring repertoire from their recent spring program… Read More