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  • Student chamber music recital, 2:10 p.m. Friday

    Student chamber music recital, 2:10 p.m. Friday

    Blair’s first student Chamber Music Recital of the 2012-13 season features works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms, performed by some of Blair’s stellar student chamber ensembles. The recital takes place at 2:10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, in Steve & Judy Turner Recital Hall, and is free… Read More

    Oct. 11, 2012

  • ArtsNash review: Huebl, Wait performance “will not soon be forgotten”

    ArtsNash review: Huebl, Wait performance “will not soon be forgotten”

      Carolyn Huebl and Mark Wait (photo: Jim McGuire) Music critic John Pitcher, of ArtsNash, posts his glowing review of violinist Carolyn Huebl and pianist Mark Wait’s October 2 recital at Blair. “The classics have seldom sounded so good,” he says. Read the… Read More

    Oct. 3, 2012

  • Blair grad Angela Mace solves a musical mystery

    Blair grad Angela Mace solves a musical mystery

    Pianist Angela Mace, a 2006 graduate of the Blair School of Music, made headlines this week with an important musical discovery. Duke University announced that Mace, now pursuing her Ph.D. in musicology at Duke under the advisement of R. Larry Todd, has proved the authorship of a mystery “lost sonata.”… Read More

    Sep. 27, 2012

  • Applying to college? Got questions? Mentors in Music has answers!

    Applying to college? Got questions? Mentors in Music has answers!

    Mentors in Music Advice for high school music students and their families, from college students and parents who have been there! 2-4 p.m. Sunday, September 23, in Blair’s second-floor classrooms Panel discussions with Blair undergraduates How to pick a college for music… Read More

    Sep. 13, 2012

  • Sophomore Steven Fiske stars in Shakespeare in the Park

    Sophomore Steven Fiske stars in Shakespeare in the Park

    The Blair School of Music congratulates sophomore Steven Fiske (at far left in photo), who is starring as Claudio in Nashville Shakespeare Festival‘s current production of Much Ado About Nothing. The play runs Aug. 16-Sept. 16, Thursdays through Saturdays plus Labor… Read More

    Sep. 5, 2012

  • Blair welcomes four new faculty members

    Blair welcomes four new faculty members

    The Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University is pleased to announce four new faculty appointments beginning in the 2012-13 academic year, including highly prestigious appointments in trombone and bassoon, a new director of choral programs and a newly created position for a second vocal coach. “We are extremely fortunate… Read More

    Sep. 5, 2012

  • Blair String Quartet presents debut performances of Michael Hersch commission

    Blair String Quartet presents debut performances of Michael Hersch commission

    After a successful world-premiere performance in Nashville in February, the Blair String Quartet continues its three-city tour to debut "Images from a Closed Ward," commissioned from and written for the ensemble by esteemed composer Michael Hersch. Read More

    Mar. 2, 2012