From the Dean
From the Dean
Mar. 1, 2012—This issue of the Quarter Note goes to the very heart of what we do at the Blair School, and why we exist: our students. In these pages, we will focus on the critical moments in the lives of Blair students, from their auditions for admission to their professional lives after graduation.
From the Dean
Sep. 8, 2011—The summer has seen a season of transitions at the Blair School. Indeed, the 2011-12 academic year will see more changes to the faculty than we have had in some time. First, Jane and Frank Kirchner have retired from teaching at Blair. Jane taught flute at Blair for more than 40 years, and Frank was...
From the Dean
Mar. 25, 2011—This issue of the Quarter Note features an increasingly important (and rapidly developing) aspect of life at the Blair School of Music: the international outreach of Blair faculty and alumni and the many opportunities our students have to study abroad. For some years already, Blair students have been able to spend a semester abroad in...
From the Dean
Aug. 31, 2010—Next year, the Blair School will observe the 25th anniversary of the inception of its collegiate program leading to the bachelor of music degree. Among music schools, that is relatively young, and such youth carries a number of advantages. To begin with, one can readily measure a young school’s progress, for much of it occurred...
From the Dean
Feb. 27, 2010—In October, the faculty of the Blair School of Music approved the first major revision of our core curriculum for music majors since the inception of the collegiate program in 1986. This marks a major milestone in the Blair School’s evolution and continuing maturation. It is really more accurate to say that the curriculum was...
From the Dean
Aug. 6, 2009—You have read in previous issues of the Blair Commissioning Project, funded by the James Stephen Turner Family Foundation, which is producing major works for the school’s leading chamber ensembles. This issue deals with one of the most ambitious commissions: Susan Botti’s Gates of Silence, composed for the members of the Blakemore Trio.
From the Dean
Mar. 18, 2009—It is a pleasure to bring you news from the Blair School of Music once again. This issue of The Quarter Note goes to the very heart of what we are about as musicians.