Faculty and Staff
![]() | Mariam Adam Assistant Professor of Clarinet | Email Website |
![]() | Okyerema Gyane-Kwame Ahima Adjunct Instructor in Music | |
![]() | Sally R. Ahner Lecturer in Music | Email Website 615-322-7651 |
![]() | Jim Alderdice Director of Marketing and Communication | Email 615.343.1994 |
![]() | Amy Alley Adjunct Artist Teacher of Kindermusik | Email 615-293-4181 1197 Blair |
![]() | Celia Applegate William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History; Associate Chair of the History Department; Affiliate Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology | Email 615-343-1983 Calhoun 108 |
![]() | Andrew Baptista | |
![]() | Molly Barth Associate Professor of Flute | Email Website 615-343-1697 Collegiate primary majors |
![]() | Heidi Basgall Favorite Chief of Staff, Dean's Suite | Email 615-322-7660 1113 Blair |
![]() | Mary Biddlecombe Senior Lecturer in Chorus; Artistic Director of Blair Children's Choruses; Director of Blair Academy | Email 615-343-3167 1185 Blair |
![]() | Tucker Biddlecombe Associate Professor of Choral Studies; Director of Choral Activities; Director of the Music Teacher Education Program | Email 615-322-5801 1109C Blair |
![]() | Emelyne M. Bingham Principal Senior Lecturer of Music Theory and Cognition | Email 615-322-4924 1189 Blair |
![]() | Jessica Blackwell Adjunct Artist Teacher of Violin | Email 615-322-4911 2104 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Jimmy Bowland Adjunct Assistant Professor of Saxophone | Email Website 615-322-4917 2118 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 |
Mat Britain Adjunct Instructor in Music - Steel Drumming | Email 615-322-4933 1180 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
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![]() | Dashon Burton Assistant Professor of Voice Instruction in: Applied Voice | Email Website Blair 1182 |
![]() | Joy H. Calico University Distinguished Professor of Musicology | Email 615-322-7677 1195 Blair Musicology |
![]() | Lorenzo F. Candelaria Professor of Musicology Dean; Mark Wait Dean's Chair | Email 615-322-7660 1113A Blair |
![]() | Brittany Chase Adjunct Assistant Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology | |
Julie Claverie Administrator of Blair Children's Choruses | ||
![]() | Jeff Coffin Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Saxophone | Email Website 615-322-4917 2118 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Heather Conner Professor of Piano; Chancellor's Chair of Precollege Piano; Co-Chair of the Keyboard Department; Coordinator of Precollege Scholarships | Email 615-322-7699 2178 Blair Collegiate majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Daniel B Cornfield Professor, Special Appointment | Email 615-322-7535 309 Garland Hall |
![]() | Cynthia J. Cyrus Professor of Musicology; Affiliated Faculty in Women's and Gender Studies | Email 615-343-1054 3118 Blair |
![]() | Amy Dorfman Professor of Piano | Email Website 615-322-7688 2180 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Bruce Dudley Adjunct Instructor in Jazz Piano | Email 615-322-4938 2184 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Kathryn Dudley Chief Business Officer | Email 615-322-5041 1134 Blair |
![]() | Jessica Dunnavant Adjunct Artist Teacher of Flute | Email 615-322-7651 Blair Academy students |
![]() | Zachary Ebin Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Email (615) 322-7665 1161 Blair Blair Academy students |
Leslie Fagan Adjunct Associate Professor of Flute | Email 615-322-7651 2120 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
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![]() | Raheleh Filsoofi Special Appointment | Email 305-299-9395 130 Ceramics at E. Bronson Ingram Studio Building |
![]() | Robin P. Fountain Professor of Conducting; Director of the Vanderbilt University Orchestra | Email 615-343-3168 1109A Blair |
![]() | Robert Webb Fry Senior Lecturer in Musicology and Ethnomusicology | Email 615-322-7675 2119 Blair |
![]() | Megan Gale Collaborative Pianist | |
![]() | Reyna L. Gordon Special Appointment | Email 615-322-3086 Medical Center East 10240B |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Jen Gunderman Assistant Professor of Musicology | Website 615-322-4913 2123 Blair |
![]() | Erin Hall Adjunct Artist Teacher of Violin | Email 615-322-7668 1191 Blair Blair Academy students |
![]() | Ben Harris Senior Lecturer in Vocal Music Instruction in: Vocal Coaching and Collaborative Piano | Email 615-322-4937 2171 Blair |
![]() | Jared Hauser Associate Professor of Oboe | Email 615-875-8390 2109 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Carl Hellmers Adjunct Instructor Instruction in: Applied Voice | Blair 3157 |
![]() | Molly Herron Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Composition | |
![]() | Rachel Hobbs Registrar Assistant | Email 615-322-7655 1133 Blair |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | ChiHee Hwang Senior Artist Teacher of Piano | Email 615-322-7670 1170 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Amy K. Jarman Principal Senior Lecturer Instruction in: Applied Voice and Vocal Literature | Email 615-322-7684 2173 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
![]() | Molly Jewell Director of Blair Admissions | Email 615-322-6181 1123 Blair |
![]() | Christopher Jones | Email 615-343-8903 |
Michael Jones Circulation Coordinator | Email 615-936-7043 2134B Blair |
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![]() | Ji Hye Jung Associate Professor of Percussion; Director of the Percussion Program | Email 615-322-7669 1188 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
![]() | Soyeon Kim Collaborative Pianist | |
![]() | Jerry Kimbrough Adjunct Associate Professor of Guitar | Email Website 615-343-6360 1190 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and 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 |
![]() | 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 |
Sheree Koutsoukos Adjunct Artist Teacher of Piano | Email 615-322-4927 1169 Blair |
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![]() | Karen Ann Krieger Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy; Chair of the Collegiate Piano Program; Co-Chair of the Keyboard Department | Email Website 615-322-7671 1168 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Nick Laufer Adjunct Artist Teacher of Trombone Adjunct Artist Teacher of Trombone | Email 615-322-7698 2128 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Pascal Le Boeuf Contemporary Music Ensemble Director Assistant Professor of the Practice of Music and Technology | Email Website 615-343-9170 |
Cassandra D. Lee Senior Artist Teacher of Clarinet | Email 615-322-7685 2173 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
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![]() | Miriam Lense Special Appointment | |
Stanley B. Link Associate Professor of the Composition, Philosophy and Analysis of Music | Email 615-322-4920 2106 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
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![]() | Melanie Lowe Associate Professor of Musicology | Email 615-343-3169 2108 Blair |
![]() | Rebecca Luppe Collaborative Pianist | |
![]() | Craig Madole Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Orchestra; Director of Nashville Youth Repertory Orchestra | Email 615-322-5815 3165 Blair |
![]() | Bradley D. Mansell Adjunct Artist Teacher of Cello | Email 615-322-4909 2111 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Sara Manus Music Librarian for Public Services | Email 615-322-8686 2151 Blair |
Malcolm Matthews Adjunct Artist Teacher of Organ and Harpsichord | ||
![]() | Jarrett McCourt Adjunct Assistant Professor of Tuba/Euphonium | Email Website |
![]() | Christina McGann Visiting Assistant Professor of Viola and Violin | Email Website 1183 Blair Collegiate majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Jennifer Q. McGuire Principal senior lecturer in collaborative Piano; Music Director of Vanderbilt Opera Theater Instruction in: Vocal Coaching and Collaborative Piano | Email 615-343-3164 2167 Blair |
![]() | Joshua McGuire Senior Lecturer in Musicianship | Email Website (615) 322-6891 2121 Blair |
Catherine McRen Senior Administrative Officer | Email 615-322-4208 1127 Blair |
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![]() | 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 |
![]() | Ryan Middagh Assistant Professor of Jazz; Chair of the Jazz and Global Music Department; Affiliate Faculty for the Center for Latin American Studies | Email Website 615-343-3109 2130 Blair |
![]() | Valerie Middleton Senior Artist Teacher of Piano | Email 615-322-4940 3112 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Isidora Miranda Assistant Professor of the Practice in Musicology and Ethnomusicology | Email 615-322-7667 Blair 3130 |
![]() | Cheri Montgomery Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Vocal Diction Instruction in: Lyric Diction | Email Website 615-343-3092 3128 Blair |
Tyler Nelson Associate Professor of Voice; Area Coordinator Instruction in: Applied Voice and Vocal Pedagogy | Email Website 615-322-7685 1166 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
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![]() | Rebecca Nichols Operations Assistant | |
![]() | Bethany Nickel Visiting Assistant Professor of Instrumental Music Education | Email 615-343-9753 2113 Blair |
![]() | Craig Nies Associate Professor of Piano | Email (615) 322-7652 3165 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Leslie Norton Associate Professor of Horn | Email (615) 343-5157 3108 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Meghan Perdue Adjunct Artist Teacher of Fiddling | Email Website 615-343-6360 1185 Blair Blair Academy students |
![]() | Russell Platt Adjunct Associate Professor of Music; Coordinator of Music as a Second Major | Email Website 2126 Blair |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Tracy Prentice Adjunct Assistant Professor of Voice Instruction in: Applied Voice | Email 615-322-7164 3157 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Jama A. Reagan Senior Artist Teacher of Piano | Email (615) 322-4938 2184 Blair 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 |
Robert Rich Reference Assistant | Email (615) 322-7171 2151 Blair |
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![]() | 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 |
![]() | Melissa K. Rose Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Professor of Piano | Email 615-322-7693 1113B Blair |
![]() | Michael Alec Rose Professor of Composition | Email Website 615-322-5817 2102 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
![]() | Jacob Schaub Librarian | Email (615) 322-3022 2151 Blair |
![]() | Joseph Schlesinger Special Appointment | Email 615-936-6569 |
![]() | Pamela R. Schneller Senior Lecturer in Choral Music, Emerita | Email 615-343-5614 1135 Blair |
![]() | Roland A. Schneller Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Piano | Email 615-322-7653 3110 Blair |
![]() | John Sevier Director of Technical Operations | Email 615-322-4919 1103A Blair |
![]() | Douglas Shadle Associate Professor of Musicology | Email Website 615-322-8868 Blair 3155 |
![]() | Gayle Shay Associate Professor of Lyric Theatre Arts; Director of Vanderbilt Opera Theatre Instruction in: Opera Theatre and Lyric Theatre Workshop | Email 615-322-7687 3106 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
![]() | Jose Sibaja Associate Professor of Trumpet | Email Website 615-322-4931 Blair 1178 Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
![]() | Frederick Sienkiewicz Adjunct Assistant Professor of Musicianship | Email Website 615-322-8826 Blair 1193 |
![]() | Christina Simpson Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Email 615-974-9447 2111 Blair Blair Academy students |
![]() | Michael Slayton Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Associate Professor of Composition and Theory; Chair of Composition & Theory Department | Email Website (615) 322-7673 2107 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
![]() | Holling Smith-Borne Director | Email (615) 322-5227 2151 Blair |
![]() | Seth Soloway Associate Dean for Presenting and External Relations; Director of Ingram Center for the Performing Arts | Email 615-322-2471 |
![]() | Roger A. Spencer Adjunct Artist Teacher of Jazz Ensemble | Email (615) 646-6817 1176 Blair |
![]() | Addie Sullivan Associate Dean, Development and Alumni Relations | Email 615-343-7819 2100 West End Ave., 12th Floor |
![]() | Carrie Tipton Adjunct Instructor of Musicology | Email Website 615-322-7651 Blair 3124 |
![]() | Richard Todd Adjunct Associate Professor of Guitar | Email 615-322-7698 2128 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 |
![]() | Thomas E. Verrier Senior Band Conductor and Director of Wind Ensembles | Email 615-322-5802 1109B Blair |
![]() | W. Lee Vinson Adjunct Assistant Professor of Percussion | Email Website 615-322-7669 1188 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
![]() | Mark W. Wait Dean Emeritus; Professor of Music Emeritus | |
![]() | Deanna Walker Adjunct Instructor of Songwriting | Email Website 615-322-7653 3110 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 |
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Sarah Weeks | Email 615-343-8354 |
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![]() | Heather White Operations Supervisor | Email 615-322-7508 1199 Blair |
![]() | Marc Widenhofer Adjunct Instructor in Global Jazz Studies | Email 615-322-7651 2130 Blair |
Roger Wiesmeyer Adjunct Associate Professor of Oboe | Email (615) 322-8826 1193 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
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![]() | David Binns Williams Senior Lecturer in Musicianship and Choral Studies Director of the Vanderbilt Concert Choir; Director of the Vanderbilt Community Chorus | Email (615) 322-7164 3157 Blair |
![]() | Sarah Williams Adjunct Artist Teacher of Music | Private and group collegiate, non-primary majors |
![]() | Jeremy Wilson Associate Professor of Trombone, Area Coordinator | Email Website 615-322-7676 1164 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
Robin Winkowski Adjunct Artist Teacher of Music | ||
![]() | Jared Wonderly Facilities Manager | Email 615.343.8415 |
![]() | Susan Yang Assistant Professor of the Practice of Piano | Email Website 615-322-4930 Blair 1172 Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Kim Zegar General Manager, Ingram Center for the Performing Arts | |
![]() | Samuel Zyman Professor of Music Theory and Analysis | Email Website Blair 2120 |