BLAIR CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2008 SPRING
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(updated March 28, 2008)

JANUARY 2008 | FEBRUARY 2008 | MARCH 2008 | APRIL 2008 | MAY 2008

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JANUARY 2008

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
MASTER CLASS
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR PRESENTS: AN EVENING WITH
MEZZO-SOPRANO JENNIFER LARMORE
The American opera star who is also an international sensation performs in a singularly intimate solo recital
Sponsored by the Mary Cortner Ragland Master Series Fund

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2008
Choral Hall
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
VOICE MASTER CLASS WITH Jennifer Larmore
Sponsored by the Mary Cortner Ragland Master Series Fund

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
GUEST RECITAL
Colin Carr, cello, performs solo Bach
The Naumberg Award winning cellist, Colin Carr is on faculty of Stony Brook University in New York and the Royal Academy of Music in London. This evening's performance will include a transcription of Bach's Chaconne for solo violin.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL
THE ATLANTIC ENSEMBLE
Kirsten Cassel, Wei Tsun Chang, Seanad Dunnigan Chang, and Leah Bowes
Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60
Mozart Piano Quartet in Eb Major, K. 493
Dohnanyi Serenade in C Major for String Trio, Op. 10

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p. m.
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES
Singing Back Through Time: American Song from 2008-1900
Join Amy Jarman, soprano, Jonathan Retzlaff, lyric baritone, Gayle Shay, mezzo-soprano and Melissa Rose, piano for an invocation of song.

MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
7:00 p.m. Coffee and Dessert
8:00 p.m. Lecture
9:00 p.m. Concert
THE NIGHTCAP SERIES
FLUTE AND FRIENDS with Jane Kirchner
An engaging evening of music featuring the flute in four beautiful chamber settings. Works include the Trio Sonata in C Minor by Johann Joachim Quantz; the Quartet in D Major by Mozart; Epitaphe de Jean Harlow by Frenchman Charles Koechlin; and the gorgeous "Naiades" Fantasy-Sonata by British composer William Alwyn. Guest artists include Bobby Taylor, oboe; Julie Tanner, cello; and Melissa Rose, harpsichord; Christian Teal, violin; Kathryn Plummer, viola; Frank Kirchner, saxophone; Karen Ann Krieger, piano; and Marian Shaffer, harp.
Blair musicologist Cynthia Cyrus leads the pre-concert talk.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
GUEST ARTIST RECITAL
The Carolina Piano Trio
Nashville Premiere of Graces, Furies by Michael Alec Rose

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt Wind Symphony and Chamber Orchestra
Robin Fountain, conductor
Symphony No. 4 - Schubert
Variations on America - Ives
Timpani Concerto - White
Jeremiah Symphony - Bernstein

FEBRUARY 2008

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES
The Blakemore Trio
Amy Dorfman, piano; Carolyn Huebl, violin; Felix Wang, cello
The Trio offers a unique program with Dmitri Shostakovich's one-movement Piano Trio No. 1; Chilean composer Alfonso Montecino's dramatic Trio, Op. 44; and one of the great masterpieces of all time, Schubert's soaring Trio in Bb Major.
Sponsored by Wilma Ward in memory of Anne Potter Wilson and David K. Wilson

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES
The Blair Brass Quintet
Allan Cox, trumpet; Jeffrey Bailey, trumpet; Leslie Norton, horn; Lawrence Borden, trombone; Gilbert Long, tuba
Spring Concert

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2008
Ingram Hall
4:00 p.m.
VANDERBILT COMMUNITY CHORUS
Pam Schneller, conductor
Polly Brecht, piano accompanist
A Valentine Intermezzo
"Amore" - Celebrate the music of love!

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES - COMPOSERS
Music created by Blair's own composition faculty, performed by faculty and guests

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt String Orchestra
Robin Fountain, conductor
and Wind Symphony
Allan McMurray, guest conductor
Overture for Strings - Lutoslawski
Sinfonie #5 - Mendelssohn
Gross Fugue - Beethoven

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2008
Christ the King Church
8:00 p.m.
Choral Showcase:
Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir, Blair Chamber Choir and Blair Collegium
Jamie Kirsch, conductor

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
4:30 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL
"Brahms and Me: A Love Affair"
Sally Ahner, soprano
Amy Dorfman, piano
Leslie Norton, horn

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL
An Evening of 20th-Century Music with Tracey Schmidt, flute; Melissa Rose, piano; and Josh McGuire, guitar

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
2:30 p.m.
MASTER CLASS
Guest Artist Kathleen Winkler
Professor of Violin
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
BLAIR PRESENTS CRAIG NIES, PIANO
Concert No. 3 in an eight-performance solo series:
The Complete 48 Preludes and Fugues The Well Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach Pianist Craig Nies continues with his "marathon" series of eight solo performances, begun in spring 2007. The concert will also feature Beethoven's last major work for piano, the Diabelli Variations, as well as short works by Schumann and Chopin
Sponsored by The Martin Foundation

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
GLOBAL MUSIC SERIES
The Dust Poets
Irreverent Canadian Folk-Pop
The Dust Poets are a five-piece acoustic folk-pop group with roots deep in the Canadian prairie. This musically restless group creates arrangements that wander easily among different styles - from folk to bluegrass, through swing, pop and circus freak ragtime. Featuring an all-acoustic line-up, the band includes guitar, upright bass, accordion, mandolin, clarinet, unusual percussion, and extraordinary four part vocal harmonies.
Don't miss this chance to hear a great folk band from across the northern border in this free concert presented by Blair School of Music. For more information about the Dust Poets, including more about their 2006 DC release "Lovesick Town," visit their website at www.dustpoets.com.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008
Blair Instrumental Rehearsal Hall
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m
MASTER CLASS
Dame Evelyn Glennie, percussion

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008 -- TICKETED EVENT
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR PRESENTS THE NASHVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Special Guest Artist Wycliffe Gordon
Gordon, a multi-award winning trombonist formerly with Wynton Marsalis, brings his rare talents to perform with Jim Williamson and Blair's own in-residence professional jazz orchestra
TICKETS: $15 adult general admission/ $10 Vanderbilt faculty and staff/ $5 students with ID
FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION CALL JIM WILLIAMSON
889-6335

MARCH 2008

SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2008
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Suzuki Strings Program Play-In

SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2008 -- TICKETED EVENT
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
7:30 p.m.
AUTISM HAS TOUCHED MY LIFE: A CONCERT & SILENT AUCTION
TO BENEFIT VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE OF THE ARTS
FOR TICKET INFORMATION: http://www.vsaartstennessee.org/
Featuring:
Tammy Vice, singer-songwriter; Beegie Adair, jazz pianist and Jim Ferguson, jazz bassist; Sarah Elizabeth, dulcimer; Gordon Ellis, singer-songwriter: Walt Aldridge, singer-songwriter; and Mark Leland
For more information: www.sarahelizabethmusic.com/autismbenefit.htm

FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
GLOBAL MUSIC SERIES
Rock with Peter Cooper, Jen Gunderman and Friends

SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES - PIANO
Tell Me If You've Heard This One!
The Blair piano faculty performs little-known gems of the piano repertoire by famous and even not-so-famous composers. Join Amy Dorfman, Elizabeth Eckert, Chihee Hwang, Valerie Middleton, Jama Reagan, Melissa Rose and Roland Schneller as they play their favorite rarely-heard pieces by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Ginastera, Mompou and Boulanger.

SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
"Here, There and Everywhere: Music of the Beatles and More"
Vanderbilt Chamber Choir
Jamie Kirsh, conductor

MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
7:00 p.m. Coffee and Dessert
8:00 p.m. Lecture
9:00 p.m. Concert
THE NIGHTCAP SERIES
An Evening of Cello
Felix Wang, cello
Amy Jarman, soprano
V celli - Vanderbilt's New Cello Ensemble
Blair String Quartet and Blakemore Trio cellist Felix Wang is joined by his colleague Amy Jarman, soprano and student cellists of Vanderbilt University to perform solo and collaborative works. The program includes Bach's Suite No. 2 in D Minor for inaccompanied cello and two works by Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 for eight cellos, and No. 5 for soprano and eight cellos. Blair musicologist Helena Simonett leads the discussion.

THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
Cello/Composition Collaboration
The Blair School Composition and Cello Departments combine forces for an evening of world premiere works for the cello

MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt Wind Symphony
Gary Schallert, guest conductor
and Vanderbilt String Orchestra
Robin Fountain, conductor
Program to be announced

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m
Vanderbilt University Orchestra
Robin Fountain, conductor
Featuring the winners of the Student Concerto Competition

FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES - THE BLAIR STRING QUARTET
Christian Teal, violin; Cornelia Heard, violin; John Kochanowski, viola; Felix Wang, cello
The Quartet performs the last of Beethoven's early quartets, Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.18, No.6 as well as Mendelssohn's lyrical "Tempo Con Variazioni" and "Scherzo" from Op. 81. Also featured are Two Pieces for String Quartet, "Elegy" and "Polka" by Shostakovitch. The program closes with Tchaikovsky's Quartet in D Major, Op.11, a rousing end for an extraordinary concert.
Sponsored by Delphine and Ken Roberts in memory of David K. Wilson

SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD: Variations on the 23rd Psalm
Every church or synagogue has its unique way of singing this particular psalm. Michael Alec Rose provides a commentary on the powerful relationships between the biblical text and its diverse musical settings, along with several examples of how the 23rd Psalm has inspired composers from the classical tradition, while musicians and choral groups of several congregations across Nashville perform versions of the piece. In this concert, intended for music lovers of all sorts (and one of the events in Vanderbilt University's spring 2008 conference, "God in Music City") the cup of beautiful song will truly run over. Sponsored by Vanderbilt's Center for the Study of Religion and Culture and by the Blair School of Music.
Performers include:
St. Ann's Catholic Church Folk Choir
John McClure, Vanderbilt Divinity School professor
Vanderbilt's Voices of Praise
Cantor Stanley Weinberger, West End Synagogue
First Unitarian Universalist Church Choir
Christ Cathedral Choir
New work by Michael Alec Rose

APRIL 2008

THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
7:00 p.m. Coffee and Dessert
8:00 p.m. Lecture
9:00 p.m. Concert
THE NIGHTCAP SERIES
THE DEEPEST DESIRE: THE SONGS OF JAKE HEGGIE
Amy Jarman, soprano; Gayle Shay, mezzo-soprano; Melissa Rose, piano; Mark Wait, piano; Carolyn Huebl, violin
Join Blair faculty for an evening of discussion and performance of songs by one of America's most talked-about young talents, who composed the acclaimed Dead Man Walking and The End of the Affair. Blair Musicologist Joy Calico leads the pre-concert talk.

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES
BMI COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE CONCERT
Celebrating the Music of Yehudi Wyner and Judith Shatin
Celebrated composers Yehudi Wyner and Judith Shatin will are the two BMI sponsored composers to spend a three-day residency at Blair during the 2007-08 school year. Both will be on hand at the celebratory concert that features their works.

SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES
THE BLAIR STUDENT SHOWCASE
A distinctive pleasure at Blair is this culminative display of some of the school's best and brightest talents from the collegiate students. Always a surprise and a delight, this is truly a not-to-miss event.

SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2008
Ingram Hall
2:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt University Concert Choir and Chamber Singers
Pamela Schneller, director
Robbie Jones, piano

SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt Commodore Steel Drum Band Spring Concert
Mat Britain, director

MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
Student Composers Forum

TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
The Blair Big Band Spring Concert
Billy Adair, conductor
Sponsored by Susan and Frank Genovese

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
Spring Tubafest
G.R. Davis, director
Solos by students and faculty on tuba and euphonium, culminating with a performance by the Blair Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble

FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir, Blair Chamber Choir, Blair Collegium
"Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem: A Benefit Concert for the Shade Tree and Lwala Clinics"
Jamie Kirsch, conductor
Donations accepted at the door

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES
THE APPALACHIAN CELEBRATION - A Place for the Humanities
A special event this year, focusing on the Pa's Fiddle Project, an innovative humanistic and educational program drawing upon the legacy of traditional songs and songs in the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Performers include Elizabeth Cook, Andrea Zonn, Alison Brown, Matt Combs, Pat Enright and others from Nashville's finest old-time and traditional musicians.
Co-sponsored by Gaylord Entertainment
and by Vanderbilt University's Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities in celebration of its 20th anniversary.

SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
6:00 p.m
Blair Harp Ensemble Spring Concert
Marian Shaffer, director

SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2008,,
Please note that this is a change in location and time.
Wightman Chapel, Scarritt Bennett Campus
19th Avenue South and Sarratt Place
5:30 p.m.
Blair Brass Ensembles Concert
Allan Cox, director

SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2008
Ingram Hall
7:00 p.m.
Sankofa - Vanderbilt University African Drumming and Dance Ensemble
Kwame Ahima, director

MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.
THE BLAIR COMMISSIONS:
NEW MUSIC FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
World Premiere of Music for Trio by American composer LOWELL LIEBERMANN
Leslie Norton, horn; Carolyn Huebl, violin; Mark Wait, piano
other works:
Trio for Horn, Op. 40 - Brahms

TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m
Vanderbilt University Orchestra
Robin Fountain, conductor
The Planets - Holst

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
6:30 p.m.
"Mestiza Music in the Americas?"
Lecture by Gabriel Lena Frank
(with Zeneba Bowers, Artistic Director of Alias www.aliasmusic.org on violin)
Sponsored by Vanderbilt University's Center for the Americas
Free and open to the public
Reception to follow

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt Concert Winds
Dwayne Sagen, guest conductor

THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008
Ingram Hall
TWO SHOWS: 7:30 P.M. AND 9:30 P.M.
BLAIR PRESENTS THE NASHVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Writers Night
Jim Williamson, director
Join the NJO for an evening of original works by contemporary composers and arrangers from around the region

SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
1:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m
Suzuki String Program Solo Recitals
Carol Smith, director

SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2008
8:00 p.m.
THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
We apologize for any inconvenience
Christ the King Church
3001 Belmont Boulevard
BLAIR COLLEGIUM CONCERT
Jamie Kirsch, director

SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
2:30 p.m.
Blair Suzuki Violin Performing Group Concert
Carol Smith, director
Blair Children's Cello Choir Concert
Anne Hall Williams, director

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
6:00 pm.
Pre-college Scholarship Recital
Roland Schneller, director
Blair's finest pre-college performers are featured in a varied program of solo works

MAY 2008

THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
6:00 pm.
Pre-college Scholarship Recital
Roland Schneller, director
Blair's finest pre-college performers are featured in a varied program of solo works

SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
1:00 p.m.
Suzuki Cello Program Graduation Concert
Anne Hall Williams, director
3:00 p.m.
Suzuki Violin Program Graduation Concert
Carol Smith, director

SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
5:00 pm.
Pre-college Scholarship Recital
Roland Schneller, director
Blair's finest pre-college performers are featured in a varied program of solo works

MONDAY, MAY 5, 2008
Ingram Hall
7:30 p.m
Curb Youth Symphony Spring Concert
Carol Nies, conductor

TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2008
Ingram Hall
7:30 p.m.
Nashville Youth Repertory Orchestra
Sally McFadden, director
Youth Strings Orchestra
Suzuki Reading Orchestra
Beginning Reading Orchestra
Celeste Tuten, director
Spring Concert

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008
Ingram Hall
7:30 p.m.
Blair Children's Chorus Concert
Hazel Somerville, director

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2008
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
4:00 p.m.
Pre-college Chamber Music Recital
Melissa Rose, Amy Dorfman, directors

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2008
Ingram Hall
8:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt Community Chorus
Pamela Schneller, director
Grand Mass - Mozart
Pam Schneller leads the chorus, soloists and orchestra in this epic work