Founder’s Medal

  • Vanderbilt University

    Charles Schmitt named 2025 Blair School of Music Founder’s Medalist

    Charles Schmitt with Dean Melissa Rose Charles Thomas Schmitt, from Maitland, Florida, is this year’s Founder’s Medalist for Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music. Schmitt majored in trumpet performance with a concentration in jazz studies. As a member of several Blair jazz ensembles, he has performed at some of Nashville’s… Read More

    May. 9, 2025

  • Blair Founder’s Medalist to study in Vienna

    Blair Founder’s Medalist to study in Vienna

    Dean Mark Wait, Founder's Medalist Nora Pertz and Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos at the May 8 graduation ceremony. At 14, Nora Pertz began pestering her mother to let her study abroad. Her high school piano teacher found a program in Vienna in which Pertz studied piano… Read More

    Jul. 1, 2015