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
John Kochanowski, Associate Professor of Viola; Coordinator of the Chamber Music Program
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
Kirsten Agresta Copely, Adjunct Associate Professor 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 |
 | Kirsten Agresta Copely Adjunct Associate Professor of Harp | Email Website 615-969-6866 Blair 2125 |
 | Jessica Blackwell Adjunct Artist Teacher of Violin | Email 615-322-4911 2104 Blair |
 | Paula Bressman Adjunct Artist Teacher of Harp | Email Website 615-969-6866 Blair 2125 |
 | Sari DeLeon-Reist Adjunct Artist Teacher of Cello | Email 615-322-7651 1191 Blair |
 | Zachary Ebin Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Website |
 | Kirsten Cassel Greer Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Cello | Email 615-322-4921 1160 Blair |
 | Erin Hall Adjunct Artist Teacher of Violin | Email 615-322-7668 1191 Blair |
 | Carolyn Huebl Professor of Violin | Email Website 615-322-5814 3159 Blair |
 | Jun Iwasaki Adjunct Professor of Violin | |
| Sara Newman Johnson Adjunct Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Email 615-322-4909 2111 Blair | |
 | John Kochanowski Associate Professor of Viola | Email Website 615-322-7686 1183 Blair |
 | Bradley D. Mansell Adjunct Artist Teacher of Cello | Email 615-322-4909 2111 Blair |
 | Christina McGann Adjunct Artist Teacher of Violin | Email Website 2104 Blair |
 | Edgar Meyer Adjunct Associate Professor of Bass | Website (615) 322-4933 1180 Blair |
 | Stephen Miahky Joseph Joachim Professor of Violin | Email Website (615) 322-7682 3100 Blair |
 | Joe Rea Phillips Senior Artist Teacher of Guitar | Email Website (615) 322-7698 2128 Blair |
 | Crystal D. Plohman Senior Artist Teacher of Fiddling Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Email (615) 343-6360 1190 Blair |
 | Kathryn C. Plummer Professor of Viola | Email Website (615) 322-7666 1187 Blair |
 | Daniel Reinker Adjunct Associate Professor of Viola | Email (615) 322-7671 1170 Blair |
| Joel Reist Adjunct Assistant Professor of Double Bass | Email (615) 322-4933 1180 Blair | |
 | Maria Jose Romero Adjunct Assistant Professor of Violin | Email 615-322-4910 2117 Blair |
 | Christina Simpson Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Email 615-974-9447 2111 Blair |
 | Richard Todd Adjunct Associate Professor of Guitar | Email 615-322-7698 2128 Blair |
 | Celeste Halbrook Tuten Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Email (615) 322-7694 1192 Blair |
 | Felix Wang Professor of Cello | Email Website (615) 322-7683 3161 Blair |
| Glen Wanner Adjunct Assistant Professor of Bass | Email (615) 330-4509 1180 Blair | |
 | Anne Hall Williams Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Cello | Email (615) 322-7668 1191 Blair |