Faculty

  • Blair Big Band hosts Jeff Coffin and new Nashville Jazz Composers Collective, April 9

    Blair Big Band hosts Jeff Coffin and new Nashville Jazz Composers Collective, April 9

    TICKETED EVENT Blair Big Band Ryan Middagh, director with Jeff Coffin and introducing The Nashville Jazz Composers Collective Thursday, April 9 8 p.m., Ingram Hall The Blair Big Band closes its concert season with Grammy-winning saxophonist Jeff Coffin. Coffin is an internationally… Read More

    Nov. 15, 2014

  • Violinist Christina McGann makes Blair solo debut, Apr. 13

    Violinist Christina McGann makes Blair solo debut, Apr. 13

    FACULTY RECITAL Christina McGann, violin, and Jingwen Tu, piano Monday, April 13 8 p.m., Steve & Judy Turner Recital Hall Violinist Christina McGann makes her Blair School concert debut with guest pianist Jingwen Tu for a delightful duet program including Arnold Schöenberg’s Fantasy for Violin… Read More

    Nov. 15, 2014

  • A choral and orchestral tour de force — Haydn’s ‘Creation,’ April 14

    A choral and orchestral tour de force — Haydn’s ‘Creation,’ April 14

    Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir and Vanderbilt Oratorio Orchestra Tucker Biddlecombe, conductor Tuesday, April 14 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall Creation, by Franz Joseph Haydn With Amy Jarman, soprano, Thomas Mulder (Blair ’12), tenor, and Jonathan Retzlaff, lyric baritone In the final student ensemble performance of… Read More

    Nov. 15, 2014

  • Craig Nies and Carolyn Huebl complete Mozart concert series, April 17

    Craig Nies and Carolyn Huebl complete Mozart concert series, April 17

    SIGNATURE SERIES Craig Nies, piano, and Carolyn Huebl, violin Friday, April 17 8 p.m., Ingram Hall The Mozart Sonatas for Piano and Violin Pianist Nies and violinist Huebl, over the course of four evenings throughout the 2014-15 concert season, have performed W.A. Mozart’s entire… Read More

    Nov. 15, 2014

  • CONCERT UPDATE: A Viennese evening with the Blair String Quartet, April 20

    CONCERT UPDATE: A Viennese evening with the Blair String Quartet, April 20

    CONCERT UPDATE: This concert was originally scheduled for February 20, but was postponed due to weather. SIGNATURE SERIES Photo credit: Jim McGuire Blair String Quartet Stephen Miahky and Cornelia Heard, violins, John Kochanowski, viola, Felix Wang, cello Monday, April 20 8 p.m., Steve & Judy… Read More

    Nov. 15, 2014

  • Colleges converge for Tri Star Brass, Nov. 17

    Colleges converge for Tri Star Brass, Nov. 17

    This month, the Blair Brass Quintet joins forces with the faculty brass quintets from Belmont University and Middle Tennessee State University. The resulting triple quintet ensemble, the Tri Star Brass, will perform at 7:30 p.m. November 17 at Nashville’s Christ Church Cathedral, 900 Broadway. Under… Read More

    Nov. 13, 2014

  • Blair Presents: Cornelia Heard and Friends

    Blair Presents: Cornelia Heard and Friends

    Saturday, November 1 8 p.m., Steve & Judy Turner Recital Hall Cornelia Heard, Blair School of Music faculty member since 1982, was one of the first students to enroll at the Blair Academy of Music in the fall of 1964. To celebrate her milestone affiliation with… Read More

    Oct. 26, 2014

  • Craig Nies and Carolyn Huebl to play all Mozart’s sonatas for piano and violin

    Craig Nies and Carolyn Huebl to play all Mozart’s sonatas for piano and violin

    Signature Series: Craig Nies, piano, and Carolyn Huebl, violin Friday, September 5 Sunday, October 26 Sunday, March 29 Friday, April 17 8 p.m., Ingram Hall Free and Open to the Public The Mozart Sonatas for Piano and Violin Pianist Nies and violinist… Read More

    Oct. 21, 2014

  • A 140th birthday concert for Charles Ives, Oct. 20

    A 140th birthday concert for Charles Ives, Oct. 20

    Charles Ives 140th Birthday Concert Monday, October 20 8 p.m., Ingram Hall Blair students and faculty celebrate what would have been the 140th birthday of composer Charles Ives with an evening of piano and song. Pianists Melissa Rose, Jennifer McGuire, Ben Harris, Jack Coen, David Rodgers and Craig Nies… Read More

    Oct. 19, 2014

  • Blair Woodwind Quintet with pianist Jennifer McGuire, Oct. 13

    Blair Woodwind Quintet with pianist Jennifer McGuire, Oct. 13

    Signature Series: Blair Woodwind Quintet Monday, October 13 8 p.m., Ingram Hall Philip Dikeman, flute, Bil Jackson, clarinet, Jared Hauser, oboe, Leslie Norton, horn, Peter Kolkay, bassoon The Blair Woodwind Quintet presents a program full of melody and lyricism, including a romantic gem by… Read More

    Oct. 10, 2014