Strings & Harp
About the Strings Department
Department chair: Cornelia Heard
The following String Department faculty offer instruction to Blair undergraduate music majors:
Violin
Cornelia Heard, Valere Potter Chair and Professor of Violin
Carolyn Huebl, Professor of Violin
Stephen Miahky, Joseph Joachim Professor of Violin
Viola
Christina McGann, Visiting Assistant Professor of Viola
Kathryn Plummer, Professor of Viola
Cello
Felix Wang, Professor of Cello
Bass
Joel Reist, Adjunct Associate Professor of Bass
Glen Wanner, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bass
Harp
Paula Bressman, Adjunct Artist Teacher of Harp
Recommended audition repertoire for the Strings Department
Faculty
 | Cornelia L. Heard Valere Potter Chair at the Blair School of Music; Professor of Violin; Chair of the Strings Department | Email Website 615-322-7681 3102 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Jessica Blackwell Adjunct Artist Teacher of Violin | Email 615-322-4911 2104 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Paula Bressman Adjunct Artist Teacher of Harp | Email Website 615-969-6866 Blair 2125 Blair Academy students |
 | Zachary Ebin Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Website Blair Academy students |
 | Kirsten Cassel Greer Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Cello | Email 615-322-4921 1160 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Erin Hall Adjunct Artist Teacher of Violin | Email 615-322-7668 1191 Blair Blair Academy students |
 | Carolyn Huebl Professor of Violin | Email Website 615-322-5814 3159 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Jun Iwasaki Adjunct Professor of Violin | Collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
| Sara Newman Johnson Adjunct Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Email 615-322-4909 2111 Blair Blair Academy students | |
 | John Kochanowski Associate Professor of Viola, Emeritus | Email Website 615-322-7686 1183 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
 | Bradley D. Mansell Adjunct Artist Teacher of Cello | Email 615-322-4909 2111 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Christina McGann Visiting Assistant Professor of Viola and Violin | Email Website 1183 Blair Collegiate majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Edgar Meyer Adjunct Associate Professor of Bass | Website (615) 322-4933 1180 Blair Master classes |
 | Stephen Miahky Joseph Joachim Chair; Associate Professor of Violin | Email Website (615) 322-7682 3100 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Crystal D. Plohman Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin Senior Artist Teacher of Fiddling | Email (615) 343-6360 1190 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Kathryn C. Plummer Professor of Viola | Email Website (615) 322-7666 1187 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Daniel Reinker Adjunct Associate Professor of Viola | Email (615) 322-7671 1170 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
| Joel Reist Adjunct Assistant Professor of Double Bass | Email (615) 322-4933 1180 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students | |
 | María Romero Ramos Assistant Professor of the Practice in Violin and Baroque Violin; Director of Historical Performance | Email 615-343-1934 3114 Blair Collegiate majors on period instruments, collegiate second majors and minors, chamber music, and Blair Academy students |
 | Christina Simpson Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Email 615-974-9447 2111 Blair Blair Academy students |
 | Richard Todd Adjunct Associate Professor of Guitar | Email 615-322-7698 2128 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Felix Wang Professor of Cello | Email Website (615) 322-7683 3161 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
| Glen Wanner Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bass | Email (615) 330-4509 1180 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |