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March events at Blair

Posted 2/24/2010

Mark your calendars for these exciting events in March at Blair School of Music.
 
All events subject to change.  Please visit the Web site at www.vanderbilt.edu/blair for updated information. All events free and open to all audiences except where noted.
 
Monday, March 1
7 p.m., Ingram Hall
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES: A CHOPIN CELEBRATION
Pianist Craig Nies enlists the talents of student pianists to perform in celebration of the great piano composer’s 200th birthday year.
Sponsored by The Martin Foundation

Tuesday, March 2
Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
8 p.m. Discussion with Cynthia Cyrus
8:30 p.m. Performance
THE BLAIR NIGHTCAP SERIES: If My Complaints Could Passions Move:  An Evening with John Dowland
Amy Jarman, soprano & Joshua McGuire, guitar
Two of Blair’s accomplished performers explore the works of the Elizabethan songwriter who is enjoying a resurgence of popularity in the 21st century. Musicologist Cynthia Cyrus opens the evening with a discussion of “Dowland: The Business and Art of Making Music”
Sponsored by Nissan North America, Inc.
NOTE: This event will be recorded live for later broadcast on WNPT-2 public television
 
Monday, March 15
8 p.m., Ingram Hall
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES: THE BLAIR WOODWIND QUINTET
Jane Kirchner, flute; Jared Hauser, oboe; Cassandra Lee, clarinet; Cynthia Estill, bassoon; Leslie Norton, horn
The WW5 cooks up an All-American program of delights, featuring Quintet No. 3, by contemporary composer David Maslanska; Partita, by early 20th century composer Irving Fine; and Three Preludes by Broadway icon George Gershwin.
Sponsored by the Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc.
 
Friday, March 19
8 p.m., Ingram Hall
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES: PIANO FACULTY CONCERT
Roland Schneller, Karen Krieger, Jama Reagan, Melissa Rose, Valerie Middleton, Agnes Wan-Patterson, Elizabeth Eckert, Chihee Hwang, Patsy Wade, Maureen May and Mark Wait
The Blair piano faculty teams up to present a larger-than-life program of solo, duo-piano, and four-hand works by Barber, Debussy and Schumann.
 
Sunday, March 21
5 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
FACULTY RECITAL
Jessica Blackwell, violin
 
Tuesday, March 23
2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
MASTER CLASS
With Guest Artist Andrew Jennings, violin
 
Wednesday, March 24
8 p.m, Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall
GUEST ARTIST: Andrew Jennings, Violin
Professor of Violin, University of Michigan, Oberlin, and Tanglewood Institute
The Rochberg Caprices for Solo Violin, with a slide presentation

Friday, March 26
8 p.m., Ingram Hall
VANDERBILT ORCHESTRA & VANDERBILT WIND SYMPHONY
Program includes Symphony No. 9, by Franz Schubert and major works for the American wind ensemble

Saturday, March 27
8 p.m., Ingram Hall
BLAIR SIGNATURE SERIES: THE BLAIR STUDENT SHOWCASE
Selected by audition, the student performers on this annual program demonstrate their prodigious talents and dedication to their art.

Tuesday, March 30
8 p.m., Ingram Hall
SPECIAL CONCERT EVENT: Musicians of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Vanderbilt Orchestra perform side-by-side in an all-Mozart program, includes Oboe Concerto in C, K. 314; and Symphony No. 38 in D, “Prague”, K. 504.
Roger Wiesmeyer, oboe
This event is benefit concert for the Shade Tree Family Clinic, Nashville.  Donations at the door are recommended, but not required.

Contact: Blair School of Music, (615) 322-7651
www.blair.vanderbilt.edu/

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