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BLAIR CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2009 FALL
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - except where noted in individual listings.
FREE PARKING FOR ALL LISTED EVENTS IN SOUTH GARAGE - adjacent to the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital on Children's Way
Complimentary Valet Parking for indicated events - provided by Phi Mu Alpha music fraternity
For more information about Blair Events - Call the main office at 615-322-7651
(updated June 29, 2009)
SEPTEMBER 2009 | OCTOBER 2009 | NOVEMBER 2009 | DECEMBER 2009
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SEPTEMBER 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES presents
John Johns, guitar
A Plucked String Event featuring duets with Blair's Marian Schaffer, harp and Amy Dorfman, harpsichord.
Even though the guitar, harp and harpsichord have their individual sounds and tone colors, they share one thing in common - their strings are plucked by either fingers or quills. When played in combination, they produce color sonorities. The program features Fantasia para un gentilhomme by the great Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo, Sonata in C Major, BWV 529 by Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata in A Major by Antonio Vivaldi, and the Introduction and Fandango by Luigi Boccherini. Johns also presents a set of his own solo guitar transcriptions of Bach, Mendelssohn and Gluck.
Complimentary Valet Parking
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
4:00 p.m.
Blair presents MUSIC ON FILM
Introduced by John Kochanowski
Back for its second year, the Music on Film series presents large-format screenings of contemporary conductors filmed in live performance, with 5.1 surround-sound technology. John Kochanowski, violist for the Blair Strinq Quartet and dynamic coordinator of the student chamber music program, leads the pre-film discussion that will introduce his selection for this fall's presentation.
Complimentary Valet Parking
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
VANDERBILT ORCHESTRA
Robin Fountain, conductor
Verdi - La Forza del Destino Overture
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
VANDERBILT CONCERT WINDS
Thomas Verrier, conductor
"American Standards - works for the wind band from yesterday and today"
Monday, September 21, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL
Karen Clarke, violin
Mark Wait, piano
An Evening of Duo Sonatas for violin and piano by Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms
Mozart - Sonata in A Major, K. 526
Beethoven - Sonata in A minor, Op. 23
Brahms - Sonata in A Major
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m
GUEST ARTIST RECITAL
Nancy Buck, viola
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m Discussion
8:30 p.m. Performance
BLAIR NIGHTCAP SERIES
Guest Artist Peter Sheppard Skærved
Composer and Blair faculty member Michael Alec Rose
The Violin Now!
Blair's Nightcap format is the perfect vehicle for this evening's guest artist, world-class violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved, who will explore in a lecture/demonstration style what it is to be a violinist today, drawing on his unique repertoire of rare works from the 18th and 19th centuries, and the many works written for him. A dedicatee of well over 200 works for solo violin, Peter is the only living violinist to have been invited to play on Paganini's, Viotti's and Kreisler's violins. Leader of the acclaimed Kreutzer Quartet, Fellow of Performance Studies at the Royal Academy of Music, Peter also directs a series of concerts at the world's oldest music hall, Wiltons Music Hall, in London. This year Peter is curating an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, holding a residency at the British Museum, and proudly collaborating with Blair School on the third exchange program with the Royal Academy of Music, which will be launched as part of the Blair Nightcap Series visit. He plays Joseph Joachim's 1698 Stradivari.
Complimentary Valet Parking
Friday, September 25, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL
Agnes Wan, piano
A collection of shorter compositions by Scarlatti, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Schumann, Schubert, and contemporary female composer Pui-Shan Cheung
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
2:00 p.m.
A DULCIMER AFTERNOON
The Dulcimer Concert sponsored by the David Schnaufer Fund
Featuring this year's guest artist, contemporary mountain dulcimer pioneer Rob Brereton, with Blair faculty members Sandy Conatser, Zada Law and Lee Rowe.
OCTOBER 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
VANDERBILT WIND SYMPHONY
Thomas Verrier, conductor
VANDERBILT STRING ORCHESTRA
Robin Fountain, Conductor
with guest conductor
Michel Camatte, Directeur Conservatoire Darius Milhaud
"Vive La France!" Program to include Debussy's Danse Sacree et Profane and Milhaud's Suite Francais
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
VANDERBILT SYMPHONIC CHOIR
Fall Concert
David Childs, director
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m. Discussion and Performance
BLAIR NIGHTCAP SERIES presents
Works by Blair Faculty Composers
Works performed by faculty and student soloists and chamber groups, written by Michael Slayton, Michael Rose, and Stan Link
Complimentary Valet Parking
Friday, October 16, 2009
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES presents
Craig Nies, solo piano
The Complete 48 Preludes and Fugues: The Well-Tempered Clavier
Continuing his Bach series, pianist Craig Nies will include Ravel's mesmerizing Ondine and electric Alborada del gracioso, Chopin's second Impromptu, and Rachmaninoff's powerful second sonata.
Complimentary Valet Parking
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
2:00 p.m.
BLAIR BRASS CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
Fall Concert
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Westminster Presbyterian Church
3900 West End Avenue
4:00 p.m.
COLLEGIUM VOCALE
David Childs, director
Music by: Benjamin Britten, Tarik O'Regan, Charles Villiers Stanford, et al
Monday, October 19, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
7:30 p.m.
GUEST MASTERCLASS/RECITAL
James Zimmermann, clarinet
Principal clarinetist for the Nashville Symphony
Melissa Rose, piano
Monday, October 26, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL
Jared Hauser, oboe
Melissa Rose, piano
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
VANDERBILT ORCHESTRA
Robin Fountain, conductor
Program includes Symphony No. 5 by Shostakovich
VANDERBILT WIND SYMPHONY
Thomas Verrier, conductor
with the Blair Women's Choir, David Childs, director
Program includes the Nashville premiere of MacBeth Fantasy by Blair faculty composer, Michael Kurek.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES presents
THE BLAIR STRING QUARTET CELEBRATES MENDELSSOHN
Christian Teal, violin; Cornelia Heard, violin; John Kochanowski, viola; Felix Wang, cello
With guest artists The Ceruti Quartet
The Blair String Quartet brings together two of the finest quartets for a celebration the 200th anniversary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn. The Ceruti Quartet will join the Blair for a performance of the incredible Octet, Op.20, composed when Mendelssohn was sixteen years old, but considered one of the great works in musical history. The Ceruti Quartet, currently in residence at the University of Memphis, will perform another short Mendelssohn work, the Quartet, Op. 81, as well as the Samuel Barber String Quartet with its famous " Molto adagio" movement. The program opens with Beethoven's exciting Quartet in C Minor, Op.18, No.4.
Complimentary Valet Parking
NOVEMBER 2009
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Ingram Hall 2:00 p.m.
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY CONCERT CHOIR
David Binns Williams, director
The oldest performing group on campus performs choral works of all genres.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m. Discussion
8:30 p.m. Performance
BLAIR NIGHTCAP
Three by Three: Flute and Friends
When is three not a crowd?
When it's a trio of trios!
Jane Kirchner and faculty friends Marian Shaffer, Cynthia Estill, Kathryn Plummer, and Craig Nies, along with exceptional harp student Frances Cobb, team up to present a program of three charming, highly varied works. Enjoy a trio version of Debussy's beloved Afternoon of a Faun for flute and two harps; a rarely programmed Beethoven opus for flute, bassoon, and piano; and the southern premiere of an imaginative 21st-century piece for flute, harp, and viola by American composer Libby Larsen. The pre-concert lecture by faculty composer/theorist Michael Kurek will both inform and delight.
Complimentary Valet Parking
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR CHAMBER CHOIR
David Childs, director
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
Blair Composers Forum
Michael Kurek, director
Blair student musicians perform works written by their peers.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
VANDERBILT STEEL DRUM ENSEMBLES
Mat Britain, director
Friday, November 6, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
GUEST ARTIST RECITAL
Movses Pogossian, violin
A 1986 Tchaikovsky Competition winner and youngest-ever First Prize winner of the 1985 USSR National Violin Competition, previous winners of which included David Oistrakh and Gidon Kremer, Movses Pogossian has since established a multi-faceted career as a soloist, avid chamber musician, champion of new music, and a sought-after teacher. He is currently Professor of Violin at UCLA, and is also the Artistic Director of the new Dilijan Chamber Music Series at Zipper Hall in downtown Los Angeles.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
PERCUSSION VORTEX
Michael Holland, director
American premiere of Jeffery Briggs' Ecliptic for marimba quartet; and the whimsical music of Eric Stokes using springs, broom handles, and coffee cans! Eric Stokes' 1980 Spring Song, composed on a commission from New Music America, combines musical genius with childlike curiosity. PLUS - audience members will get one more chance to see Mary Ellen Childs' CLICK. The piece for three stick-wielding performers that brought the house down in the spring 2009 Concert Series is back by popular demand for this fall's program.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Ingram Hall
6:45 p.m. Opening night pre-show talk with musicologist Melanie Lowe
8:00 p.m. Performance
VANDERBILT OPERA THEATRE and VANDERBILT ORCHESTRA present
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gayle Shay, director
Robin Fountain, music director
Fully staged, orchestrated and costumed. Sung in English.
Complimentary Valet Parking
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL
Rose Viola Sonatas
Blair String Quartet violist John Kochanowski performs works written by composer Michael Alec Rose.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Ingram Hall
2:00 p.m.
VANDERBILT OPERA THEATRE and VANDERBILT ORCHESTRA present
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gayle Shay, director
Robin Fountain, music director
Fully staged, orchestrated and costumed. Sung in English.
Complimentary Valet Parking
Monday, November 16, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES presents
The Blair Brass Quintet
Allan Cox, trumpet; Pat Kunkee, trumpet; Leslie Norton; horn; Gilbert Long, tuba; Lawrence Borden, trombone
Complimentary Valet Parking
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
7:30 p.m.
FACULTY RECTIAL
An Evening of Jazz with members of the Blair jazz faculty
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
VANDERBILT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Robin Fountain, conductor
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Ingram Hall
2:00 p.m.
VANDERBILT COMMUNITY CHORUS
David Binns Williams, director
A potpourri of choral favorites performed just in time for Thanksgiving.
DECEMBER 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR HARP ENSEMBLE
Marian Shaffer, director
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
2:30 p.m.
BLAIR SUZUKI VIOLIN PERFORMING GROUP
Carol Smith, director
BLAIR CHILDREN'S CELLO CHOIR
HOLIDAY PROGRAMS
Kirsten Cassel Greer and Anne Hall Williams, co-directors
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Ingram Hall
4:00 p.m.
SANKOFA - Vanderbilt's African Drum and Dance Ensemble
Kwame Ahima, director
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
And
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
6:00 p.m.
BLAIR PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP RECITAL
Blair's finest pre-college students featured in a variety of solo works for piano, strings, woodwinds, brass and voice.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Ingram Hall
7:30 p.m.
BLAIR CHILDREN'S CHORUS HOLIDAY CONCERT
Hazel Somerville, artistic director and conductor
Coni Ely Guerin, Young Singer's director
Featuring the Blair Children's Concert Choir, Young Men's Chorus, Choristers, Nashville Boyhoir at Blair and Young Singers of Blair.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
5:00 p.m.
BLAIR PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP RECITAL
Blair's finest pre-college students featured in a variety of solo works for piano, strings, woodwinds, brass and voice.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR BIG BAND ORCHESTRA
Billy Adair, director
With the
NASHVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Jim Williamson, Director
HOLIDAY JAZZ
TICKETS - TBD SOLD AT THE DOOR
Free to Vanderbilt Students!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Ingram Hall
7:30 p.m.
CURB YOUTH SYMPHONY
WINTER CONCERT
Carol Nies, director
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Ingram Hall
7:30 p.m.
NASHVILLE YOUTH REPERTORY ORCHESTRA
Sally McFadden, director
SUZUKI READING ORCHESTRA
YOUTH STRINGS ORCHESTRA
BEGINNING READING ORCHESTRA
Celeste Tuten, director