Enjoy a variety of concert events at Blair School of Music in November:

Sunday, Nov. 1
Ingram Hall,  2 p.m.
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY CONCERT CHOIR
The oldest performing group on campus performs choral works of all genres.

Monday, Nov. 2
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall, 8 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.
Sponsored by Nissan North America Inc. Complimentary Valet Parking

Tuesday, Nov. 3
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall, 8 p.m.
BLAIR CHAMBER CHOIR

Wednesday, Nov. 4
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall, 8 p.m.
BLAIR COMPOSERS FORUM
Blair student musicians perform works written by their peers.

Friday, Nov. 6
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall, 8 p.m.
GUEST ARTIST RECITAL: Tony Arnold, soprano; Movses Pogossian, violin
Clarity, depth, imagination, and vocal beauty mark the performances of soprano Tony Arnold, who is internationally recognized for her interpretation of the contemporary repertoire. In 2001, she became the first vocalist ever to win the prestigious Gaudeamus International Interpreters Competition, and later that year took top honors at the McMahon International Music Competition. Since those triumphs she has been widely sought as both a concert and recording artist. For her Blair recital, she and violin accompanist Movses Pogossian will perform Gyorgy Kurtag's 1987 "Kafka Fragments," a bracing distillation of ten "normal" songs taken largely from Franz Kafka's "Blue Octavo Notebooks," concentrated into an intense series of emotional epigrams, composed by a giant of contemporary music. Mr. Pogossian is Professor of Violin at UCLA, and is Artistic Director of the new Dilijan Chamber Music Series at Zipper Hall in Los Angeles.

Monday, Nov. 9
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall, 8 p.m.
PERCUSSION VORTEX
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, Nov. 13
Ingram Hall, 8   p.m. Performance
VANDERBILT OPERA THEATRE and VANDERBILT ORCHESTRA present
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fully staged, orchestrated and costumed. Sung in English.
Sponsored by An Anonymous Friend of the Blair School. Complimentary Valet Parking
TICKETED EVENT. THIS EVENT IS FREE OF CHARGE BUT TICKETS ARE REQUIRED
Tickets are available at the Blair Main Office Front Desk beginning Oct. 15
Remaining tickets will be available at the box office beginning one hour prior to performance
Please call 322-7651 for information
The opening night pre-show talk with musicologist Melanie Lowe as listed in the printed calendar has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvience.

Saturday, Nov. 14
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall, 8 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL: Rose Viola Sonatas
Blair String Quartet violist John Kochanowski performs works written by composer Michael Alec Rose.

Sunday, Nov. 15
Ingram Hall, 2   p.m.
VANDERBILT OPERA THEATRE and VANDERBILT ORCHESTRA present
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fully staged, orchestrated and costumed. Sung in English.
Sponsored by An Anonymous Friend of the Blair School. Complimentary Valet Parking
TICKETED EVENT. THIS EVENT IS FREE OF CHARGE BUT TICKETS ARE REQUIRED
Tickets are available at the Blair Main Office Front Desk beginning Oct. 15
Remaining tickets will be available at the box office beginning one hour prior to performance
Please call 322-7651 for information

Monday, Nov. 16
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall, 8   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

Tuesday, Nov. 17 **PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PERFORMANCE DATE HAS CHANGED
Ingram Hall, 8   p.m.
VANDERBILT STEEL DRUM ENSEMBLES

CANCELLED ***Wednesday, Nov. 18
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.
FACULTY RECITAL
An Evening of Jazz with members of the Blair jazz faculty
Sponsored by Susan and Frank Genovese

Thursday, Nov. 19
Ingram Hall, 8   p.m.
VANDERBILT CONCERT WINDS

Sunday, Nov. 22
Ingram Hall, 2   p.m.
VANDERBILT COMMUNITY CHORUS
A potpourri of choral favorites performed just in time for Thanksgiving.

Contact: Blair School of Music, (615) 322-7651