Blair School of Music Category
You Don’t Have to “Go Out” To Have a Good Time on the Weekends
Nov. 14, 2010—I was able to have an awesome time in the comfort of my own dorm room last night. Just a few months ago, I purchased and set up a small studio rig in my dorm room because of a new found hobby of recording music. The screenshot above shows a mix that I spend the...
Magical Opera at Vanderbilt!
Nov. 13, 2010—Last night was opening night for the Blair School of Music’s performance of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor in Ingram Hall. Good portions of both the voice department and orchestra were involved with making the show the truly spectacular experience that it was; not to mention the brilliance of conductor Robin Fountain and director...
I Just Did Something I Thought I Would Never Do…
Nov. 3, 2010—…I declared a minor in… Communication Studies! To those that haven’t read an entry of mine before, I am a Musical Arts major, my instrument being voice. So many people, (myself including before today), had preconceptions about declaring a second major or minor in addition to music curriculum at Blair. Is it too hard? Do...
Another Special Guest Performance at Blair: Tenor – Drake Dantzler
Oct. 22, 2010—As a Blair student, I am required to attend faculty and guest concerts when professional musicians come and give recitals. This past week, Blair graduate Drake Dantzler came and gave a recital, masterclass and voice lessons to any interested students. Not only has he performed on some of the biggest stages in classical music, but...
A More Serious Matter of Discussion
Oct. 7, 2010—This past weekend, the Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir had its first of two fall concerts in Ingram Hall. While I enjoyed our repertoire, the piece that affected me the most was the “Holocaust Cantata,” a compilation of songs from the many of the concentration camps where Jews were confined during World War II. Read on to...
Life After Vanderbilt…
Sep. 25, 2010—On Thursday the Blair School of Music held a 1-hour career seminar where Vanderbilt’s career center visited to encourage us to start thinking about planning out a career path so we can make our time spent working in college a deliberate choice that is expedient toward our life goals. READ BELOW to find out more...
Scrambling before the year ends…
Apr. 28, 2010—The year winds down for the Melodores. NOT. After a crazy successful spring concert last week, we look ahead…to the very near future. NBC’s “Sing Off” auditions are imminently approaching and we are getting ready for them. We are in the process of trying to coordinate everybody from the group to come back to Nashville...
Results are in! Blair makes strong showing at competition
Mar. 31, 2010—This past weekend, the voice department from the Blair school of music competed in the “Mid-South Regional” NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) competition at the host, Lee University in Cleveland, TN. While Blair has a very good reputation in terms of talents in the realm of competitive singing, I had no idea how...
Competitive Singing – Not just on American Idol…
Mar. 24, 2010—Big week. On Friday comes the collegiate NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) competition where many students from a variety of colleges will be competing against each other in the category of classical voice. Intense, it will be. In pretty excited, I must say, to display my collegiate year’s work in an audition setting...
A Different Approach
Feb. 25, 2010—Today Julie Simpson, Professor of Voice at the University of Colorado at Boulder, came to conduct a master class for the voice department at Blair. Before today, I knew what a master class was, but had never been lucky enough to attend one. Not to insult the intelligence of people that already know, but for...