Woodwinds
About the Woodwinds Department
Department chair: Peter Kolkay
The Woodwinds Department maintains the highest possible standards, offers an exceptional musical and intellectual education, and fosters an atmosphere where artistry and creativity can thrive. Students work with the primary professors in each instrumental area, and a low student-teacher ratio ensures dedicated, personalized private instruction.
Music majors enjoy an environment rich with gifted, intelligent peers; regular performances by both students and faculty (who at times perform together), and stimulating, challenging class work. Chamber music is an important focal point of the program, with all student groups coached on a regular basis. An innovative large ensemble organizational structure assures an opportunity for both leadership roles and a variety of ensemble experiences -- orchestra, wind symphony, contemporary ensemble, opera and oratorio orchestras, concert winds and chamber players. Weekly performance classes and student recitals allow for essential on-stage experience and feedback.
Frequent performances by faculty, including the resident faculty woodwind quintet, visiting guest artists and master-class teachers, as well as by student ensembles, are a vital strength of the program.
The following Woodwinds Department faculty offer instruction to Blair School undergraduate music majors:
Bassoon
Peter Kolkay, Associate Professor of Bassoon
Clarinet
Mariam Adam, Assistant Professor of Clarinet
Flute
Molly Barth, Associate Professor of Flute
Oboe
Jared Hauser, Associate Professor of Oboe
Saxophone
Brian Utley, Senior Lecturer in Saxophone
Recommended audition repertoire for the Woodwind Department
Faculty
 | Peter Kolkay Associate Professor of Bassoon; Chair of the Woodwinds Department | Email 615-322-4918 2116 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
 | Mariam Adam Assistant Professor of Clarinet | Email Website |
 | Molly Barth Associate Professor of Flute | Email Website 615-343-1697 Collegiate primary majors |
 | Jimmy Bowland Adjunct Assistant Professor of Saxophone | Email Website 615-322-4917 2118 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
 | Jessica Dunnavant Adjunct Artist Teacher of Flute | Email 615-322-7651 Blair Academy students |
| Leslie Fagan Adjunct Associate Professor of Flute | Email 615-322-7651 2120 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors | |
 | Jared Hauser Associate Professor of Oboe | Email 615-875-8390 2109 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
| Cassandra D. Lee Senior Artist Teacher of Clarinet | Email 615-322-7685 2173 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students | |
 | Brian Utley Senior Lecturer in Saxophone | Email (615) 322-4917 2118 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
| Roger Wiesmeyer Adjunct Associate Professor of Oboe | Email (615) 322-8826 1193 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |