SPRING 2015 - Blair School of Music
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SPRING 2015 - Blair School of Music
SPRING 2015 CONCERT SERIES SPONSORS With the presentation of the 2015 Concert Series, the Blair School of Music gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and organizations for their generous support Anonymous friend of the Blair School Anonymous graduate of the Blair School Barbara Engelhardt and Justin Wilson Landis Gullett Charitable Lead Trust Page and Bzur Haun Melissa and Scot Hollmann Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc L. Michelson B.Mus. ’11 Fund for Collaborative Master Classes Inka and Richard Odom Parents of a current Blair School student Valere Blair Potter Trust Mary Cortner Ragland Master Series Fund Delphine and Ken Roberts Judy and Steve Turner 0 Cyrus Daniel’s lasting legacy If you have attended events in the Blair School’s Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall in the last six months, you have noticed major changes. Organ builders from the Dobson Pipe Organ Builders in Iowa have been at Blair for many months installing a new pipe organ, thanks to a major gift from Cal Turner Jr. and his sister, Laura Dugas. Turner and Dugas gave the organ in honor of Cyrus Daniel, the Vanderbilt University organist from 1946 to 1968 and a beloved figure in the school’s history. The gift is on behalf of all of Daniel’s former students—a group that includes Turner. The instrument is built in the style of eighteenthcentury Central German organs similar to those Bach knew, and will therefore be especially wellsuited to Germanic organ music through the time of Mendelssohn. As an unexpected benefit, musicians who have performed in Turner Hall since the organ’s installation say the acoustics in the room are better than they have ever been. We are deeply grateful to Turner and Dugas for this legacy gift, whose benefits will long outlast all of us at Blair today. I invite you to join us in February for the instrument’s formal dedication and first public performance. Also of note this spring, the Blair School will host the biennial convention of the College Band Directors National Association. Bands from all over the country will come to Nashville in March for a week of meetings, concerts, and other special events. VORTEX percussion has brought to Nashville and will perform a concert on the American Gamelan, a massive, multi-person assemblage of pipes, gongs, and more. The instrument is one of just four in existence, and it’s an honor to present it. Over the past few years, the Blair School has forged a close partnership with contemporary composer Michael Hersch, and this spring Carolyn Huebl and I will present the world-premiere performance of Zwischen Leben und Tod (Between Life and Death), a newly commissioned piece for violin and piano. Another familiar face to Blair audiences over the past few years is collaborative pianist Warren Jones. Jones has performed at Blair with guest vocalists Thomas Hampson, Eric Owens, and Stephanie Blythe, but this spring he steps into the spotlight himself, conducting collaborative master classes with teams of student singers and pianists and culminating in a public recital. For all these celebrations and special events, not to mention our usual slate of outstanding faculty, student, and guest performers, I hope you’ll join us at Blair this spring as we embark on our next fifty years. Mark Wait, Dean 1964 Blair Academy of Music opens in September, as the precollege division of the School of Music of George Peabody College for Teachers. Fall enrollment: 224 students. Faculty: 1 full-time (Roland Schneller), 19 part-time. John Friedel (Del) Sawyer, director. JANUARY 11 18 20 21 23 24 25 29 Located at 1208 Eighteenth Avenue South on the Peabody campus. Funded by the Justin and Valere Potter Foundation; Valere Blair Potter named the school in honor of her mother, Myra Jackson Blair. GUEST RECITAL & MASTER CLASS Yizhak Schotten, viola NIGHTCAP SERIES Melissa Rose, piano Jim Lovensheimer, narrator With pre-concert talk by Joy Calico With Amy Dorfman, piano, Felix Wang, cello, and Polly Brecht, harpsichord Tuesday, January 20 Sunday, January 11 8:00 p.m., Pre-concert talk 8:30 p.m., Performance 4:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Israeli-born violist Yizhak Schotten, professor of viola at the University of Michigan and music director of the Maui Classical Music Festival in Hawaii, performs Bach’s Gamba Sonata No. 2 in D Major for Viola and Harpsichord, and Brahms’ Trio for Viola, Cello, and Piano in A Minor, Op. 114, and conducts master classes with Blair viola students. Vanderbilt University Concerto Competition Finals Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall ENOCH ARDEN BY RICHARD STRAUSS Lovensheimer and Rose perform Enoch Arden, Richard Strauss’ melodrama setting of the 1864 epic poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Composed in 1897 for the actor Ernst von Possart, the work was performed widely by the two friends. It continued a popular Romantic tradition of creating theater by setting spoken poetry to music, and was a popular example of the chamber music genre to which Arnold Schoenberg was responding when he wrote Pierrot Lunaire fifteen years later. Today, spoken text with musical accompaniment is most recognizable as a foreshadowing of the modern cinematic soundtrack. Calico elaborates on the melodrama genre, and Enoch Arden’s place in that tradition, in her pre-concert talk. Sunday, January 18 7:00 p.m., Ingram Hall Our best and brightest go head to head. For the fifth year in a row, we open the final round of the Vanderbilt University Concerto Competition to the public. The 2015 Concerto Competition includes a separate category just for wind instruments. Judges will announce the winners at the end of the evening, and those talented instrumentalists will perform as featured soloists with the Vanderbilt Wind Symphony on February 13 and the Vanderbilt University Orchestra on April 10. Currier & Ives: Enoch Arden—The Hour of the Trial Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are free of charge and open to all audiences. Dates subject to change. Please visit our website at blair.vanderbilt.edu for updated information. 2 1967 1968 1969 Blair String Quartet established. First members are Sheldon Kurland and Stephen Clapp (violins), Lee Kull (viola), and David Vanderkooi (cello). Suzuki program, one of first programs in the region, is begun by Sharon Rogers. Blair celebrates its 5th anniversary. Faculty: 10 full-time, 15 part-time. GUEST ARTISTS The Merling Trio Wednesday, January 21 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Now celebrating its 26th season with original members Bruce Uchimura, cello, Renata Artman Knific, violin, and Susan Wiersma Uchimura, piano, the Merling Trio is in residence at Western Michigan University. A truly international trio, it brings together musicians from Polish, Japanese, and Dutch backgrounds. The Merling Trio has been hailed as a brilliantly distinguished group endowed with remarkable gifts of communication, magnificent precision, and an impeccable blend of sound. Their program will include a rare arrangement of the Brahms Hungarian Dances for piano trio by Friedrich Hermann, the Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas by Piazzolla, and Dvorˇák’s famed “Dumky” trio. JANUARY 11 18 20 21 23 24 25 29 SIGNATURE SERIES Blair Student Showcase Friday, January 23 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall The Blair School’s very best and brightest—from solo artists to string quartets— show off what they can do. Come see the future of classical music! Presented with gratitude to Page and Bzur Haun for their generous support of the Blair School Vanderbilt University Orchestra Robin Fountain, conductor and Vanderbilt Wind Symphony Thomas Verrier, conductor Saturday, January 24 7:15 p.m., Pre-concert talk by Joy Calico, Choral Hall 8:00 p.m., Concert, Ingram Hall The Vanderbilt Orchestra performs Claude Debussy’s Fêtes, from Nocturnes; Arnold Schoenberg’s A Survivor From Warsaw, performed with the men of the Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir and with narration by musicologist Jim Lovensheimer; and Gustav Mahler’s “Adagio” from Symphony No. 10. Before the concert, musicology professor Joy Calico will discuss the Debussy, Schoenberg, and Mahler pieces to be performed by the orchestra, at 7:15 p.m. in Choral Hall. The wind symphony, meanwhile, performs a program titled “Monuments” that includes the world premiere of Michaek Kurek’s Monument, guest conducted by Vanderbilt’s Director of University Bands Dwayne Sagen. Other works include Gordon Jacob’s An Original Suite, Wagner/Cailliet’s Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral, and John Mackey’s Strange Humors. Presented with gratitude to Inka and Richard Odom for their generous support of the Blair School 3 1971 1972 Blair Woodwind Quintet established. Two of first members are Bobby Taylor (oboe) and Jane Kirchner (flute). Blair becomes cosponsor with Nashville Symphony Orchestra of Nashville Youth Symphony. Nashville Junior Symphony is organized. Chris Teal joins Blair String Quartet. JANUARY MASTER CLASS Dave Liebman, saxophone 11 18 20 21 23 24 Thursday, February 5 2:00 p.m., Ingram Hall 25 29 Vanderbilt Collegiate Choral Ensembles Tucker Biddlecombe, director Friday, February 6 FACULTY RECITAL 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall The Atlantic Ensemble Sunday, January 25 3:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Enjoy an afternoon of chamber music with the Atlantic Ensemble. The program includes W. A. Mozart’s Piano Quartet in E-flat Major and the Piano Quartet in C Minor of Johannes Brahms. FACULTY RECITAL Felix Wang, cello With Polly Brecht, organ, Bil Jackson, clarinet, John Johns, guitar, and Christina McGann, violin CHORAL PRISM In its third year, the annual “Choral Prism” concert has become one of Blair’s most anticipated and highly attended student concert events. Choral Prism 2015 features performances from the Vanderbilt Chorale and the Symphonic and Concert Choirs, as well as the first performance by the Blair Vocal Jazz Ensemble. We will also feature some of Vanderbilt’s premier studentled performance groups, including a cappella groups The Melodores and Harmonic Notion and South Asian dance troupe The BhangraDores. Performances occur throughout the auditorium and in quick succession, creating a unique and engaging concert experience. Presented with gratitude to the Sartain Lanier Family Foundation Inc. for its generous support of the Blair School Thursday, January 29 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Versatile powerhouse cellist Felix Wang gives a recital featuring pieces pairing the cello with a host of different accompanying instruments, including continuo organ, guitar, clarinet, and violin. The program will include works by Vivaldi, Ravel, Granados, Hindemith, and Kodály. 4 Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are free of charge and open to all audiences. Dates subject to change. Please visit our website at blair.vanderbilt.edu for updated information. 1974 1977 Blair celebrates its 10th anniversary. Informal discussion begins about a merger with Vanderbilt University. Kathryn Plummer hired as violist for the Blair String Quartet. Blair Academy separates from Peabody and becomes Blair School of Music. Blair accredited as a non-degree-granting institution by the National Association of Schools of Music. NIGHTCAP SERIES Ben Harris, piano Preston Orr, baritone Gayle Shay, mezzo-soprano and Jeremy Wilson, trombone FEBRUARY 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Tuesday, February 10 8:00 p.m. Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall CAN YOU HEAR ME? A MODERN MUSICAL FABLE BLAIR PRESENTS An Introduction to the Blair School’s New Pipe Organ Carl Smith, organist Sunday, February 8 Smith June has a problem. After eleven years of marriage, she thought she understood her husband perfectly. And then, one morning, that all changed. This original lyric theatre piece incorporates popular song, art song, spoken dialogue, trombone, and piano. Rena Sharon, professor of collaborative piano at the University of British Columbia and artistic director of the Vancouver International Song Institute, will give a pre-concert lecture at 8:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall This program marks the dedication of the Blair School’s new Dobson pipe organ, whose construction and installation were made possible through a generous gift from Cal Turner Jr. and Laura Dugas. The organ is given to Blair in honor of longtime and much-loved Vanderbilt organist Cyrus Daniel, on behalf of all his former students—a group that includes Turner. The first part of the event will be an informal discussion of the organ’s design and musical characteristics, with numerous musical illustrations. This will be followed by a formal 45-minute recital on the organ, including music by Couperin, Bach, Brahms, and others. A reception will follow the recital, with an opportunity to meet the organ builder. Presented with gratitude to Lois and Peter Fyfe for their generous support of the Blair School 5 1978 1979 New building planned on 3.5 acres of the Vanderbilt University campus. The Blair String Quartet debuts at Carnegie Recital Hall. Ground broken for the building on Blakemore Avenue. Fall enrollment: 444 precollege, 87 adults, and 94 college students. FEBRUARY GUEST ARTIST 5 Michael Samis, cello 6 8 10 11 12 With Amy Dorfman, piano Thursday, February 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall GUEST ARTIST RESIDENCY The Cavell Trio Tuesday, February 10 Cellist Michael Samis, recognized for his “shining and expressive” playing (The Tennessean) and “haunting” tone (Cincinnati Post), and Blair pianist Amy Dorfman collaborate in works by composers who had a voice in human rights. The duo perform sonatas by Dame Ethel Smyth, who spent time in prison because of her work in the women’s suffrage movement, and Ludwig van Beethoven, who always advocated for human equality. and Wednesday, February 11 Recital: 2:10–3:00 p.m., Wednesday, Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Oboe master class: 2:35–3:10 p.m., Tuesday, Choral Hall Bassoon master class: 4:30–6:00 p.m., Tuesday Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Clarinet master class: Noon–2:00 p.m., Wednesday, Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall The Cavell Trio (Shelly Myers, oboe, Osiris J. Molina, clarinet, Jenny Mann, bassoon) is a chamber ensemble composed of faculty from the University of Alabama School of Music. Since its founding in 2007, Cavell has been a leader in reed trio performance, bringing an increased awareness of the myriad possibilities of this chamber genre. FACULTY RECITAL Peter Kolkay, bassoon Wednesday, February 11 8:00 p.m. Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall With Philip Dikeman, flute, Felix Wang, cello, and Polly Brecht, harpsichord VIRTUE/VIRTUOSITY Bassoonist Peter Kolkay explores the complementary yet problematic relationship between virtue and virtuosity in works by Philipp Friedrich Böddecker, Heinz Holliger, John Cage, and Antonio Vivaldi. He will also premiere a new work by Gordon Beeferman. 6 Vanderbilt University Orchestra Robin Fountain, conductor and Vanderbilt Wind Symphony Thomas Verrier, conductor Friday, February 13 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall The Vanderbilt Orchestra performs the entr’actes from Franz Schubert’s Rosamunde and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 4. The Vanderbilt Wind Symphony accompanies the winner of the 2015 Vanderbilt Wind Symphony Concerto Competition and also performs John Harbison’s Three City Blocks. 1980 1981 Blair School moves into the new building. The Blair String Quartet performs at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. Blair Guild founded. Blair becomes the first accredited NASM school to offer banjo and fiddle for credit. Blair School of Music merges with Vanderbilt University on January 1. Spring enrollment: 489 precollege, 201 adults, and 420 college students (VU and 7 area colleges). MASTER CLASS TICKETED EVENT Mauricio Fuks, violin ALIAS Chamber Ensemble Saturday, February 14 Tuesday, February 17 10:00 a.m.–noon and 1:30–3:30 p.m., Choral Hall Sunday, February 15 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., Choral Hall 6 8 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall 10 11 12 Daniel Elder, The Ties Eternal, for soprano, two violins, two cellos, and percussion (world premiere) 13 14 15 Matt Walker, Wood, for violin and marimba 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Conni Ellisor, String Quartet (world premiere) TICKETED EVENT Chris Farrell, String Quartet No. 2 (world premiere) Nashville Jazz Orchestra Leonard Bernstein, Piano Trio Aaron Copland, Elegies, for violin and viola Jim Williamson, director 5 ALIAS’ winter concert lives up to the ensemble’s reputation for creating new music and for presenting unusual works. It is an all-American program featuring four Nashville composers presenting three world premieres, as well as Leonard Bernstein’s piano trio and an unpublished violin-viola duo by Aaron Copland. Saturday, February 14 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall Tickets: $20 adults; $15 seniors (65+) and Vanderbilt faculty and staff; free for students with ID. Tickets available at the door. Tickets: $20 adults; $5 students with ID; free for Blair students with ID. All proceeds from this concert benefit local anti-poverty service organization Open Table. FACULTY RECITAL JOHN PARTIPILO Daniel Reinker, viola With Francis Perry, theorbo, Jared Hauser, oboe, Melissa Rose, piano, and William G. Wiggins, percussion FEBRUARY Monday, February 16 8:00 p.m. Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Violist Reinker presents a program showcasing the breadth and diversity of which the viola is capable. William Flackton’s Sonata for Viola and Basso Continuo is one of the earliest-known works written for viola. Charles Loeffler’s Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Violin, and Piano were inspired by The Pond and The Bagpipe, a pair of poems by Maurice Rollinat. And Michael Colgrass’ Variations for Four Drums and Viola, written in 1959 for viola and four tunable drums, is a virtuosic piece for both players. Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are free of charge and open to all audiences. Dates subject to change. Please visit our website at blair.vanderbilt.edu for updated information. 7 1982 1984 Vanderbilt University’s Board of Trust authorizes the development of Blair to the status of a degree-granting school of the university. Nashville Contemporary Brass Quintet becomes official faculty ensemble. Connie Heard becomes second violinist in Blair String Quartet. Blair celebrates its 20th anniversary. Del Sawyer appointed Blair’s first dean. Faculty: 17 full-time, 33 part-time; 15 faculty in Nashville Symphony. FEBRUARY 5 6 8 10 11 12 16 17 20 JIM MCGUIRE 13 14 15 21 22 23 SIGNATURE SERIES 24 25 26 Blair String Quartet Stephen Miahky and Cornelia Heard, violins, John Kochanowski, viola, Felix Wang, cello Friday, February 20 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall The Blair String Quartet presents an all-Viennese program representing different masters of the string quartet. Haydn’s remarkable F-minor quartet from the innovative Op. 20 begins the program, followed by two startlingly different works by Anton Webern: the expressive Langsamer Satz and the secretive Six Bagatelles. The program concludes with Beethoven’s joyful and effervescent “Harp” Quartet, nicknamed for its use of distinctive, harp-like pizzicato. Presented with gratitude to Delphine and Ken Roberts for their generous support of the Blair School Vanderbilt Commodore Orchestra Keehun Nam, conductor Saturday, February 21 3:00 p.m., Ingram Hall L’INSPIRATION D’AMOUR Students throughout Vanderbilt come together to present an afternoon filled with drama, romance, and the inspiration of love. In its second year, the Vanderbilt Commodore Orchestra brings together undergraduates from all of Vanderbilt’s colleges, along with alumni and residents of the greater Nashville area to share the drama of Carmen, the symbolist tone poems of Debussy, and the romance of Romeo and Juliet. The transcendent passion personified throughout this music represents the central pillars of the inspiration of love. You will not want to miss this breathtaking experience from the Vanderbilt Commodore Orchestra! 8 1985 1986 Vanderbilt University Board of Trust approves beginning the Bachelor of Music program. Peabody Music Library moves to Blair building. In April, 51 faculty with 16 full-time. First class of Bachelor of Music students matriculates. Blair String Quartet named a finalist in the 1986 Naumburg International Chamber Competition. Blair Children’s Chorus formed by Nancy Boone. FACULTY RECITAL FEBRUARY Amy Jarman, soprano, and Jerome Reed, piano 5 With Cornelia Heard, violin Sunday, February 22 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 3:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall O RAVISHING DELIGHT! A recital of art song exploring love, tenderness, regret, and joy, including Five Hebrew Love Songs by Eric Whitacre, Canticle I: My Beloved is Mine and I Am His by Benjamin Britten, and songs by Thomas Arne, Edvard Grieg, and Gabriel Fauré. GUEST ARTIST GUEST ARTIST John Whitener, tuba Charles Castleman, violin 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Tuesday, February 24 Monday, February 23 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Charles Castleman has been a soloist with the orchestras of Philadelphia, Boston, Brisbane, Chicago, Hong Kong, Moscow, Mexico City, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, and Shanghai. His Jongen Concerto is included in a Cypres CD set of the seventeen best prize-winning performances of the Brussels Concours’ 50-year history. A medalist at Tchaikovsky and Brussels, he has been a professor of violin at the Eastman School of Music since 1975. John Whitener has been principal tuba of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra since 2009. He has recorded extensively with the RSNO and toured throughout Europe and China. He has also performed with many of the world’s great orchestras, including the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Frankfurt Opera, the Brussels Philharmonic, and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Whitener is currently the tuba and euphonium specialist at the prestigious private High School of Glasgow, and has also taught at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. 6 Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are free of charge and open to all audiences. Dates subject to change. Please visit our website at blair.vanderbilt.edu for updated information. 9 1987 1988 Minors in music and music history developed for students in Vanderbilt University schools and colleges. Violist John Kochanowski joins Blair String Quartet. Blair and College of Arts and Science develop new program: music major as a second major, not open to Blair Students. FEBRUARY Living Sounds 5 Wednesday, February 25 6 10 11 8 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall New works by Blair’s composition majors, performed by their peers. Always an engaging and highly eclectic evening of music. Come hear the next generation of classical composition! BLAIR PRESENTS Carolyn Huebl, violin, and Mark Wait, piano Thursday, February 26 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall WORLD PREMIERE: MICHAEL HERSCH’S ZWISCHEN LEBEN UND TOD Violinist Carolyn Huebl and pianist Mark Wait present the world premiere of a new work commissioned by the Blair School from groundbreaking American composer Michael Hersch. (Hersch’s Images from a Closed Ward, also commissioned by Blair, was premiered by the Blair String Quartet at Blair and at Carnegie Hall in 2012.) Here’s what Hersch has to say about this major new composition: “Zwischen Leben und Tod is a programlength work for violin and piano based upon the often disquieting paintings and drawings of Peter Weiss (1916–1982). Though it is the first work I have written where there is a one-to-one correspondence between music and image, it is actually the second large-scale work I have written over the past five years where visual art plays a central role. The first, Images From a Closed Ward, co-exists with the etchings of Michael Mazur (1935–2009). I am deeply fortunate and profoundly grateful to have been able to write both of these works for remarkable musicians. The fact that all of these musicians—the Blair String Quartet and Carolyn Huebl and Mark Wait—are part of Vanderbilt’s Blair School is a testament to the incredibly high level of the musicmaking going on at this institution.” Presented with gratitude to Judy and Steve Turner for their generous support of the Blair School 10 Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are free of charge and open to all audiences. Dates subject to change. Please visit our website at blair.vanderbilt.edu for updated information. 1989 1990 1992 Blair celebrates its 25th anniversary. First class of Bachelor of Music students graduates. National Association of Schools of Music grants final approval for Bachelor of Music in Musical Arts and Bachelor of Music in Composition/Theory. BMI Composer-in-Residence program begins. MARCH FACULTY RECITAL The Mirabelle Trio Jared Hauser, oboe, Leslie Norton, horn, and Melissa Rose, piano Tuesday, March 10 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall The Mirabelle Trio continues its exploration of trios written for oboe, horn, and piano. Heinrich von Herzogenberg’s romantic trio from 1889 contrasts with a modern trio written a century later by eminent American hornist and composer Verne Reynolds. Both works complement the Dresdner Trio, written by Jan Koetsier in 1992, a contemporary work conceived through a musically romanticized lens. 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 MUSIC ON FILM Béla Fleck: How to Write a Banjo Concerto COURTESY OF ARGOT PICTURES 29 30 Thursday, March 12 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall STEVE GREEN In conjunction with banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck’s upcoming performances with the Vanderbilt Wind Symphony of The Imposter, the concerto he originally composed to perform with the Nashville Symphony, the Blair School is pleased to host a screening of Béla Fleck: How to Write a Banjo Concerto, the acclaimed documentary about the making of that work that was shown at the 2014 Nashville Film Festival. MASTER CLASSES Warren Jones, collaborative pianist Friday, March 13–Sunday, March 15 Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Marvelous collaborative pianist Warren Jones has performed numerous times at Blair accompanying guest vocalists. Now he returns to coach teams of student pianists and singers in collaborative master classes. Classes take place 7:00–9:00 p.m. on Friday, and 10:00 a.m.–noon, 1:30–3:30 p.m., and 4:15–6:15 p.m. on Saturday. The residency culminates in a recital at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. Participation in the classes is limited to Blair student teams by audition, but the public is welcome to attend. Sponsored by the L. Michelson B.Mus. ’11 Fund for Collaborative Master Classes and by the Mary Cortner Ragland Master Series Fund 11 1993 1994 Del Sawyer retires, July 1. Mark Wait becomes new dean. Blair celebrates its 30th anniversary. Faculty: 23 full-time, 60 part-time. Michael Kurek wins 1994 Academy Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. MARCH VORTEX percussion Michael Holland, artistic director 10 12 13 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 VORTEX and the American Gamelan Photo: Courtesy Beth Remak-Honnef, UC–Santa Cruz Special Collections 14 15 16 With New Dialect Harrison Sunday, March 15 Noon: Documentary film—LOU HARRISON: A World of Music, the portrait of a great composer who followed his own dreams. Trading a fast-paced New York career for a cabin in the woods, Harrison embraced “world music” before the term was invented. Choral Hall 2:00 p.m.: Not sure what a gamelan is? See and hear the American Gamelan in a rare and up-close setting with John Pennington. Choral Hall 2:45 p.m.: Informal concert with Cyprian Consiglio and John Pennington, featuring hand percussion, guitar, and vocal music from the traditions of the Camaldolese monks. Choral Hall 6:45 p.m.: Enter the world of Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison in an interactive exploration of sound and movement. Fun for the whole family! Ingram Lobby and Plaza 8:00 p.m.: VORTEX concert (recommended minimum age: 5). Ingram Hall Celebrating the world music legacy of Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison. East meets West in an orchestra built entirely of shimmering, ethereal metal. “The most beautiful instrument on the planet,” according to Lou Harrison. Experience the beauty of the American Gamelan after its 900-mile journey to Nashville. See and hear this unforgettable orchestra of metal—one of only four in the world—and explore the cultural frontiers opened by Cowell and Harrison. Rare archival photographs, audio clips, and historic film footage let Cowell and Harrison speak to you as VORTEX presents the Southeastern U.S. debut of the American Gamelan. Violinist Carolyn Huebl performs Harrison’s Suite for Violin and American Gamelan, and composer John Pennington leads the Tennessee premiere of his new work Gitanjali, with soloist Cyprian Consiglio. VORTEX. It’s never what you expect. Support for this concert was provided by: Mark Wait, Dean, Blair School of Music; Frank Wcislo, Dean of The Ingram Commons; Andrea George, Director, Sustain VU; a 2015 Curb Creative Campus Innovation Grant; Emilie Townes, Dean of the Vanderbilt Divinity School; Vanderbilt Student Government; Vanessa Beasley, Director, Program in America Studies; Tamara Cecala, Director, The Kefi Project; and Chris Purcell, Director, Office of LGBTQI Life at the Potter Center. 12 1995 1998 First program in Conversation Series with guitarist Chet Atkins. Subsequent artists include fiddler Mark O’Connor, pianist Awadagin Pratt, singer Amy Grant, violinist Joshua Bell, mandolinist and country singer Marty Stuart, songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman, guitarist and Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler, singer Steve Earle, songwriter, composer and musician Randy Newman, singer-songwriter John Hiatt, singer Eddy Arnold, singer Wynonna Judd, singer and pianist Ben Folds, and singer and guitarist Peter Frampton. FACULTY AND GUEST RECITAL Jeremy Wilson and Tim Higgins, trombones The five-year Master of Education, a joint effort of Blair and Peabody, begins in fall. Vanderbilt String Orchestra Robin Fountain, conductor Monday, March 16 Thursday, March 19 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall A joint trombone evening with Blair professor Wilson and Higgins, of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. Violist Matthew Hunter of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Hunter joins the Vanderbilt String Orchestra this week as guest coach and leader. The program will include a number of works by groundbreaking sixteenth-century English composer Thomas Tallis. FACULTY RECITAL Brian Utley, saxophone With Melissa Rose, piano Tuesday, March 17 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Utley’s program is an exploration of the international. Klonos, by Piet Swerts, described by the composer as a “bravura-like fantasy.” The word itself is of Greek origin, with meanings of “turmoil” or “an intense spasm or contraction of the muscles.” Either would be applicable to this piece! Gavambodi 2, by Jacques Charpentier, is based on Carnatic music of India, written after the composer had spent more than a year studying there. Garden of Love, by Jacob Ter Veldhuis, for soprano saxophone and electronic soundtrack, is based on a poem of the same name by William Blake. An Evening of Chamber Music MARCH 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Presented with gratitude to an anonymous friend of the Blair School FACULTY RECITAL Stephen Miahky, violin With Amy Dorfman, piano, and Polly Brecht, harpsichord Friday, March 20 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall J. S. Bach, Sonata in E Major, BWV 1016 Charles Ives, Second Sonata Luciano Berio, Sequenza VIII for Solo Violin Johannes Brahms, Sonata in A Major, Op. 100 Stephen Miahky, in his solo performance debut at Blair, presents a recital of repertoire spanning 250 years that highlights the sonic possibilities of the violin, from the lyrical to contemporary virtuosity. With Matthew Hunter, viola, the Blair String Quartet, and student musicians Wednesday, March 18 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Violist Matthew Hunter of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra joins Blair students and the Blair String Quartet for a chamber music concert that includes Brahms’ String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Opus 111. Presented with gratitude to an anonymous friend of the Blair School Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are free of charge and open to all audiences. Dates subject to change. Please visit our website at blair.vanderbilt.edu for updated information. 13 MARCH 10 12 13 14 15 16 1999 2000 Felix Wang becomes cellist with Blair String Quartet. Blair Recital Hall renamed Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall. Completion of Phase 1 addition: 40,700 square feet; classrooms, studios, practice rooms, courtyard, and gathering space. In 2000–01, 168 concerts at Blair. SPECIAL EVENT 2015 College Band Directors National Association Conference March 24–28 20 24 25 The Blair School is honored to host the biennial meeting of the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA). All concert events are free and open to the public, although priority seating will be reserved for conference attendees. 26 27 28 Tuesday, March 24, and Wednesday, March 25 29 30 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall 17 18 19 CONFERENCE OPENING CONCERTS Vanderbilt Wind Symphony Thomas Verrier, conductor With special guests Béla Fleck, banjo, John Harbison, composer, and Urban Souls Dance Company (Harrison Guy, choreographer) These exciting conferenceopening concerts present the best of what’s new in the world of winds. The Vanderbilt Wind Symphony opens the program with a new work composed for Harbison them by Carlos Guzmán-Muñoz. Next, Vanderbilt Director of University Bands Dwayne Sagen leads the ensemble in Michael Kurek’s Monument, which had its world premiere earlier this spring. Next, virtuoso banjo innovator Béla Fleck joins the wind symphony as featured soloist for the world premiere of the wind ensemble arrangement of The Imposter, the concerto Fleck composed for and performed with the Nashville Symphony. Finally, the ensemble presents the premiere of the modern dance interpretation of John Harbison’s Three City Blocks, in partnership with the Urban Souls Dance Company. John Harbison’s residency is sponsored by BMI Vanderbilt Wind Symphony 14 Fleck 2001 2002 The grand opening of the Martha Rivers Ingram Center for the Performing Arts (phase 2) in November. Two endowed faculty chairs established: the Joseph Joachim Professor of Violin held by Chris Teal and the Chancellor’s Chair held by Roland Schneller. Official opening of Ingram Hall. Faculty include 20 members of Nashville Symphony. Blair faculty perform more than 1,100 concerts in the U.S. and 15 foreign countries. Edgar Meyer named a MacArthur Fellow. MARCH 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Urban Souls Dance Company Thursday, March 26 1:30 p.m., Schermerhorn Symphony Center Columbus State University Wind Ensemble, Jaime Nix, conductor 3:00 p.m., Schermerhorn Symphony Center The Ohio State University Wind Symphony, Russel Mikkelson, conductor 7:30 p.m., Schermerhorn Symphony Center Indiana University Wind Ensemble, Steven Pratt, conductor Friday, March 27 1:30 p.m., Schermerhorn Symphony Center James Madison Wind Symphony, Stephen Bolstad, conductor 3:00 p.m., Schermerhorn Symphony Center Temple University Wind Symphony, Emily Threinen, conductor 7:30 p.m., Schermerhorn Symphony Center Florida State University Wind Orchestra, Richard Clary, conductor Saturday, March 28 1:30 p.m., Ingram Hall Small College Intercollegiate Band, Ray Cramer, conductor 8:00 p.m., Schermerhorn Symphony Center University of Illinois Wind Symphony, Linda Moorhouse, conductor Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are free of charge and open to all audiences. Dates subject to change. Please visit our website at blair.vanderbilt.edu for updated information. 15 2003 2004 Collaboration between Nashville Ballet and Blair School: Emergence! Nashville Youth Symphony renamed Curb Youth Symphony, a collaborative effort between Blair and Nashville Symphony. Blair adopts a tenure program for its faculty. MARCH 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 The Blakemore Trio is founded as a signature ensemble of the school, with pianist Amy Dorfman, violinist Carolyn Huebl, and cellist Felix Wang. Blair celebrates its 40th anniversary with a series of events throughout the academic year. Mark Wait named holder of the Ingram Dean’s Chair. GUEST ARTISTS The Waldland Ensemble Hillary Herndon, viola, Jeremy Reynolds, clarinet, and Bernadette Lo, piano Thursday, March 26 8:00 p.m., Choral Hall An exciting chamber music recital featuring five new works commissioned from important modern composers. Herndon, of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Reynolds, from the University of Denver, and Lo, visiting professor of piano at the University of the South, perform commissions by Libby Larsen, Kenji Bunch, Anthony Constantino, Michael Kimber, and Dana Wilson—all pieces so new that they were still untitled when this book went to print! Reynolds Herndon FACULTY RECITAL Blair’s Jazz Department Friday, March 27 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall The Vanderbilt Jazz Faculty—Bruce Dudley, Liz Johnson, Jerry Kimbrough, Ryan Middagh, Derrek Phillips, and Roger Spencer—will present a diverse recital of music ranging from the Great American Songbook to new compositions and arrangements from the faculty. These prolific jazz musicians have performed and recorded with some of the top jazz and popular artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including Tony Bennett, Cab Calloway, Harry Connick, Jr., Joshua Redman, Kurt Elling, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin. Presented with gratitude to Melissa and Scot Hollmann and to an anonymous graduate of the Blair School for their generous support Vanderbilt University Concert Choir David Binns Williams, director Sunday, March 29 2:00 p.m., Ingram Hall The oldest performing group on campus performs choral works of all genres. 16 Lo 2005 2006 The Nashville Jazz Orchestra becomes Blair’s first professional ensemble in residence. A grant from the James Stephen Turner Charitable Foundation establishes “The Blair Commissions: Music for the 21st Century,” allowing Blair to commission new works from important composers for three of its signature ensembles, to be performed at major national concert halls, as well as at Blair. SIGNATURE SERIES Craig Nies, piano Carolyn Huebl, violin MARCH 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Nies Huebl Sunday, March 29 8 p.m., Ingram Hall THE MOZART SONATAS FOR PIANO AND VIOLIN Pianist Nies and violinist Huebl, over the course of four evenings throughout the 2014/15 concert season, perform W. A. Mozart’s entire set of sixteen sonatas for piano and violin. This is an incredible opportunity to hear masterworks of the piano and violin literature performed by these two master players. For this third installment, they will perform Sonata in C Major, K. 296, Sonata in E-flat Major, K. 380, Sonata in F Major, K. 547, and Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 378. Presented with gratitude to Barbara Engelhardt and Justin Wilson and to the parents of a current student for their generous support of the Blair School SIGNATURE SERIES Blair Woodwind Quintet Monday, March 30 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall The Blair Woodwind Quintet presents a program that combines classics of the literature with more recent works, all designed to showcase the kaleidoscopic colors of the ensemble. The quintet will present selections from this program again in May in Berlin, Germany, as part of Blair’s close relationship with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are free of charge and open to all audiences. Dates subject to change. Please visit our website at blair.vanderbilt.edu for updated information. 17 2007 2009 Collegiate performing ensemble Vanderbilt University Orchestra, under the direction of Robin Fountain, makes its first concert tour of China. The Blair Woodwind Quintet premieres Peter Schicklele’s A Year in the Catskills as part of the “Blair Commissions” project. Blair Harp Ensemble APRIL 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Marian Shaffer, director Thursday, April 2 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Blair’s harp students take center stage for an enchanting musical evening showcasing the “sweetest of strings.” 14 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 25 SIGNATURE SERIES Blair Brass Quintet Monday, April 6 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall The quintet performs a diverse brass program including George Frideric Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Jörg Widmann’s Three Canzoni, Charles Whittenberg’s Little Fantasy on a Bach Advent Chorale, John Stevens’s Urban Images, Isaac Albéniz’s Asturias, and Douglas Hill’s Timepieces. Vanderbilt Steel Bands Mat Britain, director Tuesday, April 7 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall Kick your summer off with the sunny island sounds of the Vanderbilt Steel Bands. Music from Trinidad and other warm-water locales is sure to put you in a Caribbean state of mind. Flip-flops encouraged! 18 2010 To better prepare its students for careers in a professional musical landscape that is rapidly evolving, Blair unveils a revamped collegiate curriculum that places more emphasis on chamber music and the social and cultural context of the music studied, along with writing-intensive music literature courses and a highly participatory musicianship program. The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet makes its first residency at Blair. ALIAS Chamber Ensemble becomes a resident professional ensemble of the school. The Blakemore Trio premieres Susan Botti’s Gates of Silence at Blair and at New York’s Merkin Concert Hall, as part of the Blair Commissions project. Living Sounds Sankofa Wednesday, April 8 VANDERBILT’S AFRICAN DRUMMING AND DANCE ENSEMBLE 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall New works by Blair’s composition majors, performed by their peers. Always an engaging and highly eclectic evening of music. Come hear the next generation of classical composition! Blair Big Band APRIL 2 6 7 8 9 10 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall 11 12 13 Vanderbilt’s acclaimed African drumming and dance ensemble is always a rollicking good time. Get some rhythm in your weekend! 14 16 17 Gyane Kwame Ahima, director Saturday, April 11 18 19 21 Ryan Middagh, director 22 23 25 Thursday, April 9 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall Presented with gratitude to an anonymous graduate for generously supporting the Blair Vanderbilt University Orchestra Blair Suzuki Violin Performing Group Robin Fountain, conductor Carol Smith, director Friday, April 10 and Blair Children’s Cello Choir 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall The orchestra performs with the winners of the 2013 Vanderbilt Concerto Competition, who will be selected at the competition finals in January. (See page 2 for details.) Kirsten Cassel Greer, director Sunday, April 12 2:30 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are free of charge and open to all audiences. Dates subject to change. Please visit our website at blair.vanderbilt.edu for updated information. 19 APRIL 2011 2012 2013 Martha Rivers Ingram steps down as chairman of the KeyBoard, succeeded by prominent Music Row attorney James H. Harris III. Blair formalizes a partnership with the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet to work intensively with Blair students every year, either at Vanderbilt’s Nashville campus or at the Vanderbilt Music Académie in Aix-en-Provence, France. BMI takes title sponsorship of the BMI Nightcap Concert Series, which marries musical performance with conversation in an informal but structured setting. FACULTY RECITAL 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Christina McGann, violin, and Jingwen Tu, piano Vanderbilt Symphonic Choir and Vanderbilt Oratorio Orchestra Tucker Biddlecombe, conductor With Amy Jarman, soprano, Thomas Mulder (Blair ’12), tenor, and Jonathan Retzlaff, lyric baritone 14 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 25 McGann Tu Monday, April 13 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Violinist Christina McGann makes her Blair School concert debut with guest pianist Jingwen Tu for a delightful duet program including Arnold Schoenberg’s Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47, Robert Schumann’s Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105, and Franz Schubert’s Sonata in A Major, Op. posth. 162-D574. Jarman Mulder Retzlaff Tuesday, April 14 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall CREATION, BY FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN In the final student ensemble performance of this academic year, Blair’s choral and orchestral forces combine to perform arguably one of the greatest classical masterworks ever composed: Creation, by Franz Joseph Haydn. Sung in English, the text is derived from the biblical account of Genesis and Milton’s Paradise Lost. The audience will experience Haydn’s famous oratorio through the simultaneous projection of video, artwork, animation, and useful information intended to guide the listener through the magnificent music. This multimedia experience, featuring faculty, alumni, and student soloists, will show deference to the biblical and cultural significance of the text, as well as the humanistic and scientific discoveries that have illuminated our universe in ways we are only just beginning to understand. Presented with gratitude to the Landis Gullett Charitable Lead Trust for its generous support of the Blair School 20 Blair Student Chamber Ensembles Thursday, April 16 8:00 p.m. Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall A musical potpourri for a mixture of chamber ensembles, including string, woodwind, and brass instruments. Blair collegiate students perform familiar masterworks as well as rare and new chamber music gems. SIGNATURE SERIES Craig Nies, piano Carolyn Huebl, violin APRIL SIGNATURE SERIES The 12th Annual Appalachian Celebration Matt Combs, director Saturday, April 18 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall This annual hoedown features Blair’s folk and instrumental performance faculty and plenty of surprise guests from the Nashville music industry. Come for the unexpected, stay for the joy of our region’s finest folk music, performed by some of the very best players in the country. 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 25 This concert is a benefit for the Jerome “Butch” Baldassari Precollege Scholarship Fund at the Blair School of Music. Donations will be accepted at the door, but are not required Friday, April 17 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall Nies Huebl THE MOZART SONATAS FOR PIANO AND VIOLIN Pianist Nies and violinist Huebl, over the course of four evenings throughout the 2014/15 concert season, perform W. A. Mozart’s entire set of sixteen sonatas for piano and violin. This is an incredible opportunity to hear masterworks of the piano and violin literature performed by these two master players. For this final installment, they will perform Sonata in F Major, K. 376, Sonata in A Major, K. 305, Sonata in E Minor, K. 304, and Sonata in A Major, K. 526. Presented with gratitude to Barbara Engelhardt and Justin Wilson and to the parents of a current student for their generous support of the Blair School 21 APRIL 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 25 FACULTY RECITAL TICKETED EVENT Allan Cox, trumpet Nashville Jazz Orchestra With Maeve Brophy, Hildegard Cox, and Karen Ann Krieger, piano Tuesday, April 21 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall An evening of trumpet and piano, including Allan Gilliland’s Concerto for Trumpet and Piano, John Stevens’s Autumn (the third movement of his first brass quintet, arranged for solo trumpet and piano), David Gillingham’s When Speaks the Signal-Trumpet Tone, and Franz Liszt's Don Juan Fantasy. Presented with gratitude to Melissa and Scot Hollmann for their generous support of the Blair School Jim Williamson, director Saturday, April 25 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall Five-time Grammy-winning bassist Victor Wooten joins the NJO for its Blair School final concert of the season. Tickets: $20 adults; $15 seniors (65+) and Vanderbilt faculty and staff; free for students with ID. Tickets available at the door. Suzuki Cello Graduation and Festival Concert Anne Hall Williams and Kirsten Cassel Greer, directors Saturday, April 25 1:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Suzuki Violin Graduation and Festival Concert Carol Smith, director Saturday, April 25 3:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Blair Precollege Program Scholarship Recitals Wednesday, April 22 Thursday, April 23 6:00 p.m. Saturday, April 25 5:00 p.m. Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Blair’s finest precollege students present a varied program of solo works for strings, brass, woodwinds, piano, harp, voice, and percussion. 22 Curb Youth Symphony and Philharmonia Carol Nies, director Monday, May 4 7:30 p.m., Ingram Hall Presented with gratitude to the Valere Blair Potter Trust for its generous support of the Blair School MAY Nashville Youth Repertory Orchestra Craig Madole, director 4 5 Youth Strings Orchestras, Reading Orchestra, and Beginning Reading Orchestra 9 10 6 Celeste Tuten, director Tuesday, May 5 7:30 p.m., Ingram Hall Presented with gratitude to the Valere Blair Potter Trust for its generous support of the Blair School Vanderbilt Community Chorus David Binns Williams, director Saturday, May 9 8:00 p.m., Ingram Hall The Vanderbilt Community Chorus celebrates its fifteenth anniversary with a special retrospective program showcasing the choir’s favorite musical moments since its founding in 2000. Blair Children’s Choruses Tucker Biddlecombe and Mary Biddlecombe, directors TICKETED EVENT Sunday, May 10 ALIAS Chamber Ensemble 2:00 p.m., Ingram Hall 8:00 p.m., Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall Featuring the Blair Children’s Concert Choir, Young Men’s Chorus, Chorale, Blair Choristers, Nashville Boychoir, and Training Choir Eric Ewazen, Ballade, Pastorale, and Dance for horn, flute, and piano Presented with gratitude to the Valere Blair Potter Trust for its generous support of the Blair School Wednesday, May 6 Andy Akiho, Ligneous 1, for string quartet and percussion John Marvin, Trio for oboe, English horn, and piano (world premiere) Jennifer Higdon, Piano Trio ALIAS finishes its 2014/15 season with its most eclectic program yet. Jennifer Higdon’s piano trio sits alongside rarely heard works by Eric Ewazen and Andy Akiho, as well as a world premiere trio by John Marvin for oboe, English horn, and piano. ALIAS’ audiences can always expect the unexpected! Tickets: $20 adults; $5 students with ID; free for Blair students with ID. All proceeds from this concert benefit homeless advocacy organization Safe Haven. 23 Concert Series Information Seating Ushers And House Management All seating, unless otherwise indicated, is general admission. Seats in both Ingram and Turner Halls are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Hall doors generally open 30 minutes before concert time or at the discretion of the stage manager. Blair is assisted with any seating needs by a professional house management team, and ushering services are provided by the women of Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the ushers. The facilities are wheelchair accessible, and hearing devices are available upon request. For special needs accommodations, contact the concert manager or technical director at 322-7651. 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