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BLAIR CONCERT SERIESfall 2009

Blair School of Music Vanderbilt University

to the fall 2009 concert series at the BlairSchool of Music!

This year promises to be one of our most exciting ever, as Blair continues tomature as a center for musical exploration and performance with a growingnational reputation for excellence.

Our concert performance season expands with new offerings in the Music onFilm Series, now in its second year, curated and introduced this fall by celebrat-ed Blair String Quartet violist John Kochanowski. We will take up further experi-mentations in the popular Nightcap Series, a unique opportunity for our facultyperformers and scholars to explore new musical frontiers before audiences ofmusic students and general music lovers alike. Our students, ever more talent-ed and astute as musicians, will be featured in more concerts than ever before,in performances such as the fall 2009 Vanderbilt Opera Theatre production ofMozart’s The Marriage of Figaro—fully staged and costumed, with the VanderbiltUniversity Orchestra.

Spring 2010 brings an even more exciting schedule with the highly anticipatedpremiere of a work by composer and soprano Susan Botti, who will performwith the Blakemore Trio in premieres in Nashville and at Merkin Hall in New York.

Blair will also serve as proud host to several guest artist residencies, including arare series of visits throughout the year by the innovative composer, performer,violinist, and band leader Daniel Bernard Roumain and by the dean of Americanpianists, Leon Fleisher, in the spring.

It’s an uncommon year for the school and for our audiences. We cordially inviteyou to sample the eclectic offerings in store and to hear why Blair is becomingone of the most talked-about performance venues around.

a season of uncommon delights

Mark Wait, Dean

WELCOME!

Cover photos: Vanderbilt Wind Symphony; violin played by Peter Sheppard Skærved; the Blair String Quartet; Robin Fountain and the Vanderbilt Orchestra

The Blair School of Music

gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the

following 2009/2010 Concert Series sponsors:

BMI

Nissan North America Inc.

Anonymous frined

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Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, Inc.

Susan and Frank Genovese

The Martin Foundation

The Mary Cortner Ragland Master Series Fund

Delphine and Ken Roberts

2009/2010SPECIAL

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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAINDaniel Bernard Roumain, better known as “DBR,” has carved a reputation forhimself as an innovative composer, performer, violinist, and band leader. TheHaitian-born, Florida-raised DBR melds his classical music roots with his owncultural references and vibrant musical imagination.

He has composed orchestral scores and chamber pieces, music for film, theatre, and modern dance, and electronica, premiering his works in multipleyears at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Next Wave Festival. In 2009,he will premiere a commissioned work at Carnegie Hall, as well as works forEliot Fisk and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, and newly commissionedworks for the Florida Youth Orchestra, the Ahn Trio, and the Claremont Trio.

From Australia’s Sydney Opera House to Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center,DBR continues to premiere and perform solo and chamber works from hisdebut international solo album etudes4violin&electronix (Thirsty EarRecordings) in a worldwide tour with Elan Vytal, aka DJ Scientific. Describedas a “demonstration of unquestionable virtuosity and commitment to the violin’s expressivity” (All About Jazz), the album showcases a unified dialoguebetween DBR and artists from today’s contemporary musical landscapeincluding Philip Glass, Ryuichi Sakamoto, DJ Spooky, and DJ Scientific.

Proving that he’s “about as omnivorous as a contemporary artist gets” (NewYork Times), DBR has received many accolades. He was voted “America’sAssignment” on the CBS Evening News, garnered praise as one of the “Top100 New Yorkers” (New York Resident), one of the “Top 40 Under 40” business people (Crain’s New York Business), and one of the entertainmentindustry’s “Top 5 Tomorrow’s Newsmakers” (1010 WINS Radio), and wasspotlighted as a “New Face of Classical Music” in Esquire magazine.

DBR’s career blossomed when he studied music as an undergraduate atVanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. He completed his master’s anddoctoral work at the University of Michigan under the tutelage of PulitzerPrize-winning composer William Bolcom.

DBR will be a very special artist in residence at the Blair School in2009/2010, conducting and participating in a series of master classes, concerts, lectures and special events throughout the year. Watch for moreinformation about DBR residency activities, scheduled for September10–14, October 14–19, January 24–28, March 16–19, and April 19–22.

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and John Johns; Agnes Wan; Peter Sheppard Skærved

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SIGNATURE SERIES

JOHN JOHNSguitar

A plucked-string event featuringduets with Blair’s Marian Shaffer,harp, and Amy Dorfman, harpsichordThursday, September

Ingram Hall8:00 p.m.

The program features Fantasia paraun gentilhomme by the great JoaquinRodrigo, Sonata in C Major, BWV 529,by Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonata in AMajor by Antonio Vivaldi, and theIntroduction and Fandango by LuigiBoccherini. Johns also presents a setof his own solo transcriptions of worksby Bach, Mendelssohn, and Gluck.

BLAIR PRESENTS

MUSIC ON FILMIntroduced by John KochanowskiSunday, September

Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall 4:00 p.m.

The Music on Film series presentslarge-format screenings of contempo-rary conductors filmed in live perform-ance, with 5.1 surround-sound technol-ogy. John Kochanowski, violist for the Blair String Quartet, leads the pre-film discussion.

VANDERBILT ORCHESTRARobin Fountain, conductorOverture to La Forza del Destino (Verdi)Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)

VANDERBILT CONCERTWINDSThomas Verrier, conductorAmerican standards—works for thewind band from yesterday and today

Thursday, September


FACULTY RECITAL

KAREN CLARKEviolin

MARK WAITpianoAn evening of duo sonatas for violinand piano by Mozart, Beethoven, andBrahms

Monday, September

Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall8:00 p.m.

Sonata in A Major, K. 526 (Mozart)Sonata in A Minor, Op. 23 (Beethoven)Sonata in A Major (Brahms)

GUEST ARTIST RECITAL

NANCY BUCKviolaTuesday, September


NIGHTCAP SERIES

PETER SHEPPARDSKÆRVEDguest artist

THE VIOLIN NOW!Thursday, September

Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall8:00 p.m., Discussion8:30 p.m., Performance

World-class violinist Peter SheppardSkærved explores in a lecture/demonstration style what it is to be aviolinist today, drawing on his reper-toire of rare works from the eighteenthand nineteenth centuries, and themany works written for him. Skærvedis leader of the Kreutzer Quartet andFellow of Performance Studies at theRoyal Academy of Music. He playsJoseph Joachim’s 1698 Stradivari.

Sponsored by Nissan North America Inc.

FACULTY RECITAL

AGNES WANpianoFriday, September


A collection of shorter compositionsby Scarlatti, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Schumann, Schubert, and contemporary female composer Pui-Shan Cheung.

A DULCIMER AFTERNOONThe dulcimer concert sponsoredby the David Schnaufer FundSunday, September


Featuring this year’s guest artist, contemporary mountaindulcimer pioneer Rob Brereton, withBlair faculty members Sandy Conatser,Zada Law, and Lee Rowe.

All events are free and open to the public except where noted.

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VANDERBILT WINDSYMPHONYThomas Verrier, conductor

VANDERBILT STRINGORCHESTRARobin Fountain, conductor

With guest conductorMichel Camatte, Directeur,Conservatoire Darius Milhaud

“VIVE LA FRANCE!”Thursday, October

Ingram Hall 8:00 p.m.

Program to include Debussy’s DanseSacrée et Profane and Milhaud’s Suite Français

TICKETED EVENT

THE NASHVILLE JAZZORCHESTRA Blair’s resident professional jazz orchestra Jim Williamson, directorLATIN NIGHT

Friday, October


Tickets: All general admission, sold at the door. $20 regular adult/$15 VU staff andfaculty; seniors/$10 students with ID/$5 VU students

VANDERBILT SYMPHONIC CHOIRDavid Childs, directorFALL CONCERT

Saturday, OctoberIngram Hall8:00 p.m.

NIGHTCAP SERIES

WORKS BY BLAIR FACULTY COMPOSERSThursday, October

Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall8:00 p.m., Discussion and Performance

This evening features works by StanLink, Michael Alec Rose, and MichaelSlayton, performed by student andfaculty musicians including Josh and Jennifer McGuire and the Blair String Quartet.

Sponsered by Nissan North America, Inc.

SIGNATURE SERIES

CRAIG NIESsolo pianoFriday, October


The Complete 48 Preludes andFugues: The Well-Tempered Clavier

Continuing his Bach series, Craig Nieswill include Ravel’s mesmerizingOndine and thrilling Alborada del gracioso, Chopin’s second Impromptu,and Rachmaninoff’s powerful Sonata No. 2.

Sponsored by The Martin Foundation

BLAIR BRASS CHAMBERENSEMBLESFALL CONCERTSunday, October


COLLEGIUM VOCALEDavid Childs, directorSunday, October

Westminster Presbyterian Church3900 West End Avenue4:00 p.m.

Music by Benjamin Britten, TarikO’Regan, Charles Villiers Stanford, and others

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GUEST MASTERCLASS/RECITAL

JAMES ZIMMERMANNclarinet

Principal clarinetist for theNashville Symphony

With Melissa Rose, pianoMonday, October


FACULTY RECITAL

JARED HAUSERoboe

LESLIE NORTONhorn

MELISSA ROSEpianoMonday, October


VANDERBILT ORCHESTRA Robin Fountain, conductor Program includes Symphony No. 5 by Shostakovich

VANDERBILT WINDSYMPHONYThomas Verrier, conductor

With the Blair Women’s ChoirDavid Childs, directorNashville premiere of Macbeth Fantasyby Blair faculty composer Michael Kurek

Wednesday, October


SIGNATURE SERIES

THE BLAIR STRINGQUARTET CELEBRATESMENDELSSOHNChristian Teal, violinCornelia Heard, violinJohn Kochanowski, violaFelix Wang, cello

With guest artists The Ceruti QuartetFriday, October


The Blair String Quartet brings together two of the finest quartets tocelebrate the 200th anniversary of thebirth of Felix Mendelssohn. The CerutiQuartet will join the Blair artists for aperformance of the incredible Octet,Op. 20, composed when Mendelssohnwas sixteen years old and consideredone of the great works in musical his-tory. The Ceruti Quartet, currently in residence at the University ofMemphis, will perform another shortMendelssohn work, the Quartet, Op. 81, as well as the Samuel BarberString Quartet with its famous “Moltoadagio” movement. The programopens with Beethoven’s excitingQuartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4.

Sponsored by Delphine and Ken Roberts in honor of Norma Gandy, OperationsOfficer, Blair School of Music

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The oldest performing group on campus performs choral works of all genres.

NIGHTCAP SERIES

THREE BY THREE: FLUTE AND FRIENDS Monday, November

Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall8:00 p.m., Discussion8:30 p.m., Performance

When is three not a crowd? When it’s a trio of trios!

Jane Kirchner and faculty friendsMarian Shaffer, Cynthia Estill, KathrynPlummer, and Craig Nies, along withexceptional harp student FrancesCobb, team up to present a programof three charming, highly varied works.Enjoy a trio version of Debussy’sbeloved Afternoon of a Faun for fluteand two harps; a rarely programmedBeethoven opus for flute, bassoon,and piano; and the Southern premiere of an imaginative twenty-first-century piece for flute, harp, and viola by American composer Libby Larsen.

The pre-concert lecture by faculty composer/theorist Michael Kurek willboth inform and delight.

Sponsored by Nissan North America Inc.

BLAIR CHAMBER CHOIRDavid Childs, directorTuesday, November


BLAIR COMPOSERSFORUMMichael Kurek, directorWednesday, November


Blair student musicians perform workswritten by their peers.

VANDERBILT STEELDRUM ENSEMBLESMat Britain, directorThursday, November


GUEST ARTIST RECITAL

TONY ARNOLDsoprano

MOVSES POGOSSIANsolo violinFriday, November


Clarity, depth, imagination, and vocalbeauty mark the performances ofsoprano Tony Arnold, internationallyrecognized for her interpretation of thecontemporary repertoire. In 2001, shebecame the first vocalist to win theprestigious Gaudeamus InternationalInterpreters Competition and took tophonors at the McMahon InternationalMusic Competition. She has beenwidely sought as both a concert andrecording artist. For her Blair recital,she and violinist Movses Pogossianwill perform Gyorgy Kurtag’s 1987“Kafka Fragments,” a bracing distillation of ten “normal” songs, concentrated into an intense series ofemotional epigrams, written by a giantof contemporary music.

Mr. Pogossian is a professor of violinat the University of California, LosAngeles, and is artistic director of thenew Dilijan Chamber Music Series atZipper Hall in Los Angeles.

PERCUSSION VORTEXMichael Holland, directorMonday, November


The American premiere of Jeffery Briggs’s Ecliptic for marimbaquartet, and the whimsical music ofEric Stokes using springs, broom handles, and coffee cans! Eric Stokes’s1980 Spring Song, composed on acommission from New Music America, combines musical geniuswith childlike curiosity.

Extra!—Audience members will get one more chance to see Mary EllenChilds’s CLICK. The piece for threestick-wielding performers that broughtthe house down in the spring 2009Concert Series is back by populardemand for this fall’s program.

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VANDERBILT OPERATHEATRE and VANDERBILTORCHESTRA Gayle Shay, directorRobin Fountain, music director

presentTHE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO byWolfgang Amadeus MozartFully staged and costumed. Sung in English.

Friday, November

Ingram Hall

6:45 p.m., Opening night pre-show talk with musicologist Melanie Lowe

8:00 p.m., Performance

Sponsored by an anonymous friend of the Blair School

FACULTY RECITAL

JOHN KOCHANOWSKIviola

Rose Viola SonatasBlair String Quartet violist JohnKochanowski performs works writtenby composer Michael Alec Rose.

Saturday, November


VANDERBILT OPERATHEATRE and VANDERBILT ORCHESTRAGayle Shay, directorRobin Fountain, music director

presentTHE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO byWolfgang Amadeus MozartFully staged and costumed. Sung in English.

Sponsored by an anonymous friend of the Blair School

Sunday, November


SIGNATURE SERIES

THE BLAIR BRASSQUINTETAllan Cox, trumpetPat Kunkee, trumpetLeslie Norton, hornLawrence Borden, tromboneGilbert Long, tubaMonday, November


FACULTY RECTIALAn evening of jazz with membersof the Blair jazz facultyWednesday, November


Sponsored by Susan and Frank Genovese

VANDERBILT CHAMBERORCHESTRARobin Fountain, conductorThursday, November


VANDERBILT CONCERTCHOIRDavid Binns Williams, directorSunday, November


A potpourri of choral favorites performed just in time for Thanksgiving.


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Curb Youth Orchestra, Kwame Ahima

BLAIR HARP ENSEMBLEMarian Shaffer, directorTuesday, December


BLAIR SUZUKI VIOLINPERFORMING GROUPCarol Smith, director

BLAIR CHILDREN’SCELLO CHOIR Kirsten Cassel Greer and Anne Hall Williams, co-directorsHOLIDAY PROGRAMS

Saturday, December


SANKOFAVanderbilt’s African Drum and Dance EnsembleKwame Ahima, directorWednesday, December


BLAIR PRE-COLLEGEPROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP RECITALWednesday, December and

Thursday, December


Blair’s finest pre-college students featured in avariety of solo works for piano, strings,woodwinds, brass, and voice

BLAIR CHILDREN’SCHORUS HOLIDAY CONCERTHazel Somerville, artist director and conductorConi Ely Guerin, Young Singers d irectorFriday, December


Featuring the Blair Children’s ConcertChoir, Young Men’s Chorus, Choristers,Nashville Boychoir at Blair, and YoungSingers of Blair

BLAIR PRE-COLLEGEPROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP RECITALSaturday, December


Blair’s finest pre-college students featured in a variety of solo works forpiano, strings, woodwinds, brass, and voice

TICKETED EVENT

BLAIR BIG BANDORCHESTRA Billy Adair, directorwith the

NASHVILLE JAZZORCHESTRA Jim Williamson, directorHOLIDAY JAZZ

Saturday, December


Tickets sold at the door: $20 adults/$15 VU faculty and staff;seniors/$5 students with IDFree to Vanderbilt students

Sponsored by Susan and Frank Genovese

CURB YOUTH SYMPHONY Carol Nies, directorWINTER CONCERT

Monday, December


NASHVILLE YOUTHREPERTORY ORCHESTRASally McFadden, director

SUZUKI READINGORCHESTRA, YOUTHSTRINGS ORCHESTRA, BEGINNING READINGORCHESTRACeleste Tuten, directorTuesday, December


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concert series information

Vanderbilt University is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. Vanderbilt University Creative Services and Vanderbilt Printing Services, 2009.

SEATING All seating, unless otherwise indicated,is general admission. Seats in bothIngram and Turner Halls are availableon a first-come, first-served basis.Hall doors generally open 30 minutesbefore concert time or at the discre-tion of the stage manager.

Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the ushers.

The facilities are wheelchair accessible, and hearing devices areavailable upon request. For specialneeds accommodations, contact the concert manager or technical director at 322-7651.

USHERS AND HOUSEMANAGEMENT Blair is assisted with any seatingneeds by a professional house man-agement team, and ushering servicesare provided by the women of SigmaAlpha Iota music fraternity.

COMPLIMENTARY ANDVALET PARKING Blair is proud to offer complimentaryvalet parking for all Concert Seriesevents, provided by Phi Mu Alpha fraternity, at the main entrance of theconcert halls, for guests arriving atleast 15 minutes before concert time.

Complimentary self-parking is alsoavailable right across the street onChildren’s Way in the South Garage(formerly Capers Garage), adjacent tothe new Children’s Hospital atVanderbilt. Simply drive in, or, if thegate is down, remove the ticket in themachine, and drop it in the ticket boxon your way out of the garage afterthe concert.

INFORMATION All concert information is SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Look for updated information on all Blair events atwww.vanderbilt.edu/blair/calevents

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