Faculty and Staff
![]() | Kirsten Agresta Copely Adjunct Associate Professor of Harp | Email Website 615-969-6866 Blair 2125 Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
![]() | Okyerema Gyane-Kwame Ahima Adjunct Instructor in Music | |
![]() | Sally R. Ahner Lecturer in Music | Email Website 615-322-7651 |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Molly Barth Associate Professor of Flute | Email Website 615-343-1697 Collegiate primary majors |
![]() | Heidi Basgall Favorite Assistant to the Dean | Email 615-322-7660 1113 Blair |
![]() | Mary Biddlecombe Adjunct Artist Teacher of Chorus; Artistic Director of Blair Children's Choruses | 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 Website 615-322-5801 1109C Blair |
![]() | Emelyne M. Bingham Senior Lecturer in the Teaching of Music | Email 615-322-4924 1189 Blair |
![]() | Odie Blackmon Lecturer in Music | |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Polly Brecht Collaborative Pianist | Email 615-957-6443 |
![]() | 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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Alison Brown Adjunct Artist Teacher of Banjo | Website Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
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![]() | Jeff Burnham Adjunct Artist Teacher of Collaboration Instruction in: Applied Performance, Collaboration, Language/Diction | Email 615-337-9664 |
![]() | Joy H. Calico Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Musicology | Email 615-322-7677 1195 Blair |
![]() | Lorenzo F. Candelaria Dean; Martha Rivers Ingram Dean's Chair Professor of Musicology | Email 615-322-7660 1113A Blair |
![]() | Brittany Chase Adjunct Assistant Professor of Musicology and Ethnomusicology | |
![]() | Emily Clark Assistant Director of Blair Children's Choruses; Adjunct Artist Teacher of Chorus | Email 615-322-7651 1185 Blair |
![]() | Robert Clark Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Education | 1109-C Blair |
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 |
![]() | Matt Combs Adjunct Instructor in Fiddling and Violin | Email Website 615-322-8826 1193 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 non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Peter Cooper Senior Lecturer in Music History and Literature | Email Website |
![]() | Thomas Crespo Assistant Dean of Admissions | Email Website 615-322-7679 Blair 1125 |
![]() | Cynthia J. Cyrus Vice Provost for Learning and Residential Affairs; Professor of Musicology; Affiliated Faculty in Women's and Gender Studies | Email 615-343-1054 3118 Blair |
Jennifer Daniel | Email 615-875-9451 1175 Blair |
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![]() | Paul Deakin Senior Lecturer in Music Theory | Email 615-322-5825 3104 Blair |
Doug DeAngelis | ||
![]() | Sari DeLeon-Reist Adjunct Artist Teacher of Cello | Email 615-322-7651 1191 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Jessica Dunnavant Adjunct Artist Teacher of Flute | Email 615-322-7651 Blair Academy students |
![]() | Zachary Ebin Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Website Blair Academy students |
![]() | Mary Hewlett Elder Adjunct Artist Teacher of Voice Instruction in: Applied Voice | Email 615-322-7651 Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Nevin Essex Piano Technician | |
Leslie Fagan Adjunct Associate Professor of Flute | Email 615-322-7651 2120 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
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![]() | Robin P. Fountain Professor of Conducting; Director of the Vanderbilt University Orchestra | Email 615-343-3168 1109A Blair |
![]() | Robert Webb Fry Senior Lecturer in Music History and Literature | Email 615-322-7675 2119 Blair |
![]() | Megan Gale Collaborative Pianist | |
![]() | 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 |
Robert Halliburton Business Officer | Email 615-322-7654 1131 Blair |
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![]() | Ben Harris Senior Lecturer in Vocal Music Instruction in: Vocal Coaching and Collaborative Piano | Email 615-322-4937 2171 Blair |
![]() | Caleb Harris Adjunct Associate Professor of Piano | Email 585-755-8997 Blair 2178 Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Jared Hauser Associate Professor of Oboe | Email 615-875-8390 2109 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
Laura Hauser Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Bassoon | Email 615-322-7651 Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
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![]() | 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 |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Jun Iwasaki Adjunct Professor of Violin | Collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
![]() | Amy K. Jarman Senior Lecturer in Voice Instruction in: Applied Voice and Vocal Literature | Email 615-322-7684 2173 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
Jeff Burnham Adjunct Artist Teacher of Collaboration | Email 615-322-7651 |
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![]() | Molly Jewell Assistant Director of Admissions | Email 615-322-6181 1123 Blair |
Sara Newman Johnson Adjunct Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Email 615-322-4909 2111 Blair Blair Academy students |
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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 |
![]() | Bixby Kennedy Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clarinet | Email Website 615-322-7651 |
![]() | 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 | 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 |
![]() | Mitchell Korn Senior Lecturer of Music and Educational Outreach | Email 615-322-8587 3130 Blair |
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 |
![]() | Patrick Kunkee Adjunct Associate Professor of Trumpet | Email 615-646-6817 1176 Blair 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 |
![]() | Zada Law Adjunct Artist Teacher of Dulcimer | Email Blair Academy students |
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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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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![]() | Gilbert A. Long Adjunct Associate Professor of Tuba | Email Website 615-936-6817 1176 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Jim Lovensheimer Associate Professor of Musicology | Email 615-322-7651 |
![]() | Melanie Lowe Associate Professor of Musicology | Email 615-343-3169 2108 Blair |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Christina McGann Adjunct Assistant Professor of Violin | Email Website 2104 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Jennifer Q. McGuire Senior Lecturer in Collaborative Piano; Music Director of Vanderbilt Opera Theatre 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 Administrative Manager | Email 615-322-4208 1127 Blair |
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![]() | Sarah McWhirt-Toler Adjunct Artist Teacher of Dulcimer | 615-322-7688 1182 Blair 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 |
![]() | 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 Postdoctoral Scholar | Email 615-322-7667 Blair 2113 |
![]() | Cheri Montgomery Adjunct Senior Lecturer of Vocal Diction Instruction in: Lyric Diction | Email Website 615-343-3092 3128 Blair |
![]() | Tyler Nelson Associate Professor of Voice Instruction in: Applied Voice and Vocal Pedagogy | Email Website 615-322-7685 1166 Blair Collegiate primary majors, collegiate non-primary majors, and collegiate minors |
![]() | Carol Reiner Nies Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Conducting; Director of the Nashville Youth Orchestra Program | Email (615) 322-5815 3165 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 |
![]() | Virginia Faxon Payne Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations | Email 615-322-7678 2100 West End Ave., 12th Floor |
Robert W. Pearcy Adjunct Associate Professor of Mandolin | Email (615) 322-7688 1182 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
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![]() | 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 |
![]() | Marianne Ploger Associate Professor of Music Perception and Cognition; Director of the Musicianship Program | Email (615) 343-9065 2110 Blair |
![]() | Crystal D. Plohman Senior Artist Teacher of Fiddling Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | 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 |
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Robert Rich Reference Assistant | Email (615) 322-7171 2151 Blair |
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![]() | Maria Romero Adjunct Assistant Professor of Violin | Email 615-343-1934 3114 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Melissa K. Rose Professor of Piano Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | 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 |
![]() | Joshua Salazar Adjunct Lecturer of Technology for Musicians | Email Website 615-322-7651 1171 Blair |
![]() | Jacob Schaub Librarian | Email (615) 322-3022 2151 Blair |
![]() | Pamela R. Schneller Senior Associate Dean of the Blair Academy Senior Lecturer in Choral Music | 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 |
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![]() | Douglas Shadle Associate Professor of Musicology; Chair of the Musicology and Ethnomusicology Department | Email Website 615-322-8868 Blair 3155 |
![]() | Gayle Shay Associate Professor of Voice; Director of Vanderbilt Opera Theatre; Chair of the Voice Department Instruction in: Applied Voice, 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 |
![]() | Jenny Simpkins Office Assistant | Email 615-322-7651 |
![]() | Christina Simpson Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Email 615-974-9447 2111 Blair Blair Academy students |
![]() | Michael Slayton 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 |
![]() | Carl F. Smith Jr. Senior Lecturer in Music Composition and Theory | Email (615) 322-4912 3114 Blair |
![]() | Holling Smith-Borne Director | Email (615) 322-5227 2151 Blair |
![]() | Roger A. Spencer Adjunct Artist Teacher of Jazz Ensemble | Email (615) 646-6817 1176 Blair |
![]() | Addie Sullivan Associate Director of Alumni Relations and Stewardship | Email 615-343-7819 2100 West End Ave., 12th Floor |
![]() | Richard Todd Adjunct Associate Professor of Guitar | Email 615-322-7698 2128 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Celeste Halbrook Tuten Senior Artist Teacher of Suzuki Violin | Email (615) 322-7694 1192 Blair 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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![]() | Christina Watson Adjunct Lecturer in Voice; Director of Blair Jazz Choir | Email Website Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Heather White Schedule Coordinator | Email 615-322-7508 1199 Blair |
![]() | Kristin Whittlesey Director of External Relations | Email (615) 322-7656 1135 Blair |
![]() | Marc Widenhofer Adjunct Instructor in Global Jazz Studies | 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 | |
![]() | Jeremy Wilson Associate Professor of Trombone, Chair of the Brass Department | 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 | ||
![]() | Susan Yang Adjunct Artist Teacher of Piano | Email Website 615-322-4930 Blair 1172 Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students |
![]() | Samuel Zyman Professor of Music Theory and Analysis | Email Website Blair 2120 |