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Vanderbilt Symphony Orchestra, Vanderbilt Chorale and Symphonic Choir
Vanderbilt Symphony Orchestra and Vanderbilt Chorale and Symphonic Choir Friday, September 12 6 p.m., Ingram Hall Free and Open to the Public Robin Fountain conductor of Vanderbilt Symphony Orchestra Tucker Biddlecombe conductor of Vanderbilt Chorale and Symphonic Choir German Masters Psalms of David: I… Read MoreSep. 8, 2014
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Guitarist John Johns presents ‘Music for Guitar and Strings,’ Sept. 11
Signature Series: John Johns, guitar with Carolyn Huebl, violin, Kathryn Plummer, viola, and Felix Wang, cello Thursday, September 11 8 p.m., Ingram Hall Guitarist Johns presents a colorful program of music by composers from Italy, Spain, Argentina, Brazil and Austria. Huebl, Plummer and Wang join… Read MoreSep. 8, 2014
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Jazz on the Move featuring vocalist Connye Florance, Sept. 14
Photo by Kevin Schlatt Sunday, September 14 3 p.m., Steve & Judy Turner Recital Hall Nashville Jazz Workshop presents this year’s final installment of Jazz on the Move, its popular jazz performance and education series, with lectures and performances that highlight major figures and periods in… Read MoreAug. 22, 2014
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Blair Voices request the pleasure of your company, Sept. 6
Signature Series: Blair Voices Saturday, September 6 7:30 p.m., Ingram Hall Gayle Shay, mezzo soprano, Ben Harris, piano, Jennifer McGuire, piano, Amy Jarman, soprano, Jonathan Retzlaff, lyric baritone Requesting the Pleasure of Your Company….Music from the Manor An evening of popular music from the first half… Read MoreAug. 21, 2014
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Guest Artists: Duo Damiana, Sept. 13
Photo by Alyson Levy Saturday, September 13 6 p.m., Steve & Judy Turner Recital Hall Molly Barth, flute, and Dieter Hennings, guitar Grammy-winning flutist Barth, a professor at the University of Oregon, is a devoted champion of modern music, and specifically contemporary chamber music. She and… Read MoreAug. 21, 2014
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Pianist Roland Schneller honored on Sept. 13 for 50+ years teaching at Blair
To help him celebrate more than 50 years of teaching at the Blair School of Music, current and former piano students of Roland Schneller will perform in concert in his honor. All of these artists were once precollege students at Blair Academy/Blair School of Music. The concert… Read MoreAug. 21, 2014
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Listen: Joy Calico on BBC Radio 3
Joy H. Calico, Associate Professor of Musicology at the Blair School and Director of the Max Kade Center for European and German Studies at Vanderbilt University, was interviewed last spring by BBC Radio 3 about her most recent book, Arnold Schoenberg’s ‘A Survivor from Warsaw in Postwar… Read MoreAug. 12, 2014
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Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer to perform at Blair School on September 30
Mandolinist/composer Chris Thile and bassist/composer Edgar Meyer will perform at the Blair School of Music’s Ingram Hall at 8 p.m. Tuesday, September 30. Thile, of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek, and Meyer have teamed up again for a new album, Bass & Mandolin, to be… Read MoreAug. 8, 2014
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Nashville Sinfonietta kicks off fall concert season, Aug. 30
Nashville Sinfonietta Dean Whiteside, director Saturday, August 30 7 p.m., Ingram Hall The Nashville Sinfonietta brings together Blair School musicians and their Nashville Symphony colleagues, under the baton of Blair alumnus and acclaimed conductor Dean Whiteside. This program consists of famous concertos through the… Read MoreAug. 6, 2014
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Olivia Palazzolo wins Tone Award at Primrose International Viola Competition
American Viola Society president Nokuthula Ngwenyama presents Blair student Olivia Palazzolo with the Tone Award at the Primrose International Viola Competition. Blair School precollege student Olivia Palazzolo won the Tone Award at the Primrose International Viola Comptition, held in June at the Colburn School in… Read MoreJul. 31, 2014