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Stefan Jackiw, widely recognized as one of the best young violinists today, will conduct master classes with Blair students from 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Nov. 3. While only Blair students will participate directly in the class, anybody may attend and observe, and the sessions are free and open to public. Read More

Due to Hurricane Sandy, the Vanderbilt Office of Undergraduate Admissions released this message to prospective students: “The Admissions Office at Vanderbilt understands that many of you on the East Coast are being impacted by Hurricane Sandy. We understand that you may have difficulty submitting the Common Application or acquiring required… Read More

Blair’s second afternoon chamber music recital of the 2012-13 season, which takes place 2:20-3:10 p.m. Wednesday, October 31, will be full of musical treats. This program is free and open to the public, and all are encouraged to attend. Blair students who are registered… Read More

Blair composition professor Stan Link is the featured composer/performer at the final installment of Zeitgeist Gallery's Indeterminacies performance and conversations series for Fall 2012. Adjunct professor Robert Bond will moderate the conversation. The event takes place 6-8 p.m. Thursday, November 1, at the gallery, 1819 21st Ave. S. It is free and open to the public. Link has composed three original pieces for this event, which will be performed by Blair faculty, students and friends. The works will be performed just this once, from Link's original score, which will then be destroyed. Performers include: Stan Link, composing and computer processing Michael Slayton, composer Zach Bowers, marimba Shelby Flowers, marimba Kevin Rilling, marimba Ali Cole, soprano Emma Dansak, viola Jonathan Rattner, video artist See below for the full press release from Zeitgeist Gallery about this event. Read More

Precollege families, get ready to get ghoulish! On Thursday, October 25, from 4-6 p.m., the Anne Potter Music Library will host its annual Halloween open house for our precollege students and their families. Go scavenger hunting to find music library resources and services Play Music Library mini-golf Play music bingo… Read More

Brad Schmitt from The Tennessean took a preview look at a few of the student composers who will be featured on tonight’s Living Sounds concert: Shelby Flowers, Jon O’Hara and Riley Crabtree. Read the full story!… Read More

The Nashville Scene has released the winners of its annual Best of Nashville awards, and Blair faculty members brought home six Writers’ Choice awards. Best New Classical Recording: Carolyn Huebl, violin, and Mark Wait, piano, for their Naxos Records release, Stravinsky: Works for Violin and Piano. Best Chamber Music Performance:… Read More

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

  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

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