Faculty

  • A musical European tour with Blakemore Trio, Oct. 10

    A musical European tour with Blakemore Trio, Oct. 10

    Blakemore Trio Friday, October 10 8 p.m., Ingram Hall Amy Dorfman, piano, Carolyn Huebl, violin, Felix Wang, cello Goethe described chamber music as “(three) rational people conversing.” The Blakemore Trio pays homage to Franz Joseph Haydn, heralded as the creator of modern chamber music,… Read More

    Oct. 6, 2014

  • Carl Smith – the 17th Century in music and song, Oct. 12

    Carl Smith – the 17th Century in music and song, Oct. 12

    Faculty Recital: Carl Smith, harpsichord and continuo organ With Elizabeth Bartlett, soprano, Matthew Lammers, violin, and Ann Yeh, cello Sunday, October 12 4 p.m., Choral Hall Musica Settecentesca Seventeenth-century vocal and instrumental music from Italy and Germany, including Claudio Monteverdi, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Heinrich Schütz and Matthias… Read More

    Sep. 15, 2014

  • Guitarist John Johns presents ‘Music for Guitar and Strings,’ Sept. 11

    Guitarist John Johns presents ‘Music for Guitar and Strings,’ Sept. 11

    Signature Series: John Johns, guitar with Carolyn Huebl, violin, Kathryn Plummer, viola, and Felix Wang, cello Thursday, September 11 8 p.m., Ingram Hall Guitarist Johns presents a colorful program of music by composers from Italy, Spain, Argentina, Brazil and Austria. Huebl, Plummer and Wang join… Read More

    Sep. 8, 2014

  • Blair Voices request the pleasure of your company, Sept. 6

    Blair Voices request the pleasure of your company, Sept. 6

    Signature Series: Blair Voices Saturday, September 6 7:30 p.m., Ingram Hall Gayle Shay, mezzo soprano, Ben Harris, piano, Jennifer McGuire, piano, Amy Jarman, soprano, Jonathan Retzlaff, lyric baritone Requesting the Pleasure of Your Company….Music from the Manor An evening of popular music from the first half… Read More

    Aug. 21, 2014

  • Pianist Roland Schneller honored on Sept. 13 for 50+ years teaching at Blair

    Pianist Roland Schneller honored on Sept. 13 for 50+ years teaching at Blair

    To help him celebrate more than 50 years of teaching at the Blair School of Music, current and former piano students of Roland Schneller will perform in concert in his honor. All of these artists were once precollege students at Blair Academy/Blair School of Music. The concert… Read More

    Aug. 21, 2014

  • Listen: Joy Calico on BBC Radio 3

    Listen: Joy Calico on BBC Radio 3

    Joy H. Calico, Associate Professor of Musicology at the Blair School and Director of the Max Kade Center for European and German Studies at Vanderbilt University, was interviewed last spring by BBC Radio 3 about her most recent book, Arnold Schoenberg’s ‘A Survivor from Warsaw in Postwar… Read More

    Aug. 12, 2014

  • Nashville Sinfonietta kicks off fall concert season, Aug. 30

    Nashville Sinfonietta kicks off fall concert season, Aug. 30

    Nashville Sinfonietta Dean Whiteside, director Saturday, August 30 7 p.m., Ingram Hall The Nashville Sinfonietta brings together Blair School musicians and their Nashville Symphony colleagues, under the baton of Blair alumnus and acclaimed conductor Dean Whiteside. This program consists of famous concertos through the… Read More

    Aug. 6, 2014

  • Jeremy Wilson, trombone, and Mark Wait, piano, Sept. 28

    Jeremy Wilson, trombone, and Mark Wait, piano, Sept. 28

    Sunday, September 28 8 p.m., Steve & Judy Turner Recital Hall For this concert, trombonist Jeremy Wilson had to dig deep. As he explains it, much of the recital repertoire for trombone is actually transcriptions of orchestra parts or material originally written for other instruments. The… Read More

    Jul. 28, 2014

  • Blair School appoints Stephen Miahky as first violin of Blair String Quartet

    Blair School appoints Stephen Miahky as first violin of Blair String Quartet

    Stephen Miahky The Blair School of Music has appointed Stephen Miahky as associate professor of violin and the new first violin of the Blair String Quartet, Blair School Dean Mark Wait announced today. “Steve Miahky is a consummate artist,” said Wait. “When he came to Vanderbilt to… Read More

    Apr. 29, 2014

  • Billy Adair tribute concerts planned

    Billy Adair tribute concerts planned

    On February 18, the Blair School lost our beloved Big Band director and jazz instructor Billy Adair. Adair’s impact and influence on our students, faculty and community can not be overstated. He was mentor and musician, faculty and friend. In celebration of Adair’s life, a special tribute… Read More

    Apr. 7, 2014