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CYNTHIA ESTILL | JANET EPSTEIN | JARED HAUSER | FRANK M. KIRCHNER | JANE KIRCHNER | CASSANDRA LEE | NORMA GROBMAN ROGERS | ROGER WIESMEYER
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CYNTHIA ESTILL Associate Professor of Bassoon; Chair of the Woodwind Department Additional studies: Oberlin Conservatory and Mozarteum of Salzburg. Student of Leonard Sharrow, Milan Turkovic, and Kenneth Moore. Principal bassoon, Nashville Symphony since 1975; Aspen Chamber Symphony, 1975-77; Festival der Zukunft, Switzerland. Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra, 1977-86. Member of faculty: Aspen Music Festival, Rocky Ridge Music Center (Colorado), Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts. Member of Blair Woodwind Quintet. Blair School since 1972.
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JANET EPSTEIN Adjunct Artist Teacher of Recorder Flute student of Janet Bergman, Chicago; Harry Houdeshel and James Pellerite, Bloomington, Indiana; Jane Kirchner, Nashville. Established recorder program in Chickasha, Oklahoma as VISTA volunteer. Taught classroom music, recorder at Akiva School. Directed the St. Cecilia Academy Glee Club. Taught music, directed band at Greater Nashville Junior Academy. Taught flute at Trevecca College and Fisk University. Taught recorder through Dr. Gerald Moore at David Lipscomb University. Has been member of Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Recorder Consort, Klezmer Trio, As You Like It, and Vanderbilt Chorus. Is presently member of Centennial Recorder Consort and Mon Ami (early music ensemble). Toured Sweden as visiting member of Cantabile Chamber Chorale of Piscataway, NJ, summer, 2005. Attended American Recorder Society Conference, Regis University, Denver, July, 2005. Coordinated international folk dance performance at David Lipscomb University, April, 2006. Organized recorder workshop at Blair with Letitia Berlin, May, 2006. Organized Parthenon Recorder Concerts, December, 2006 and April, 2007. Attended one day Bulgarian choral workshop with Kremena Stancheva in Kovachevtsi, Bulgaria, August, 2007. Free-lance chamber musician, classical flute and recorder, 1972-present. Teaches flute and recorder at home studio, 1972-present. Blair School since 2004.
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JARED HAUSER Assistant Professor of Oboe Student of James Caldwell, Daniel Stolper, Robert Atherholt, Alex Klein, Harry Sargous, Mark duBois, and Robert Sorton. Faculty: Hot Springs Music Festival (AR), Interlochen Center for the Arts. Former faculty: Lynn Conservatory of Music, Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, University of Central Florida. Former principal oboe: Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, Palm Beach Opera; guest principal Houston Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Camerata Ducale (Turin). Other orchestral credits include performing with the Naples Philharmonic, Florida Orchestra, Michigan Opera Theater and New World Symphony among others. Soloist: Bournemouth Symphonette, Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Northern New York, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. Prizewinner: 2001 Isle of Wight International Oboe, 2000 Detroit Symphony Orchestra Bradlin Competition. Recordings for Blue Griffin Records, AUR, Koch International, Phoenix; broadcasts on NPR "Performance Today", CBC/Radio Canada, BBC Radio 3. Member of the Blair Woodwind Quintet. Blair since 2008.
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FRANK M. KIRCHNER Adjunct Associate Professor of Saxophone Student of Don Cassel; master classes with Sigurd Rascher, Sir David Willcocks, and William Mathias; coaching with Neal Ramsay. Performances throughout the South and Midwest. Opryland U.S.A., 1971-84, 1989. Numerous performances on radio and television. Appearances with Bob Hope, Les and Larry Elgart, Liberace, and Billy Vaughn. Clinician and adjudicator throughout the South. Choral conducting, studio and television recording. Member of faculty: Sumner County Schools, 1967-71; Blair Academy of Music, 1971; Metropolitan Nashville public schools, 1972-74; University School of Nashville, 1974-76. Blair School since 1989.
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JANE KIRCHNER Associate Dean; Associate Professor of Flute Student of Judith Cook Bentley. Master classes with Julius Baker, Jeanne Baxtresser, William Bennett, Betty Mather, Trevor Wye; coaching with Keith Bryan, James Pellerite. Nashville Symphony Orchestra, 1965-71. Soloist, Nashville Baroque and Classical Society. Recitalist, chamber performer, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the South and Midwest. Appearances on National Public Radio and Television. Teaching artist, Nashville Institute for the Arts. Province vice-president, Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity, 1978-81. Biographical citations in International Who's Who in Music, Who's Who Among American Teachers, and Who's Who of Professional and Business Women. Member of faculty: George Peabody College for Teachers, 1970-76; Middle Tennessee State University, 1977-82; Governor's School for the Arts, 1986. Member of Blair Woodwind Quintet. Blair School since 1966.
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CASSANDRA LEE Assistant Professor of Clarinet Student of William Scarlett, Leon Russianoff, Robert Marcellus, and Clark Brody. Master classes with Alan Balter, David Shifrin, Keith Wilson and Larry Combs. Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 1973-77; Aspen Music Festival, 1976; Ars Nova Woodwind Quintet, 1976/77; Civic Orchestra of Chicago, 1978; New College Music Festival, 1983. Nashville Symphony Orchestra since 1979; Stones River Chamber Players (MTSU), 1994. Member of faculty: University of Tennessee, 1975-77; Governor's School for the Arts, 1986. Member of Blair Woodwind Quintet. Blair School since 1981.
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NORMA GROBMAN ROGERS Adjunct Senior Artist Teacher of Flute and Piccolo Student of James Pellerite, William Kincaid, and John C. Krell. Flute and piccolo, Nashville Symphony Orchestra since 1972. Leader, Nashville Recorder Consort, 1980-94. Teaching artist, Nashville Institute for the Arts, 1980-88. Performance at National Flute Convention, 1990. Studio recording. Member of Blair Chamber Players. Blair School since 1972.
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ROGER WIESMEYER Adunct Associate Professor of Oboe
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