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December 13th, 2011
I wish Vandy would promote Blair more within Vanderbilt, however. It is indeed a unique music conservatory and VERY challenging academically, but Vanderbilt does little to promote it in the community.
Unless they take an elective in Country Music, Jazz, History of Rock, or Popular Music, or play or sing themselves, most Vanderbilt students go all 4 years without ever setting foot in Blair.
“Inside Vandy” and the Hustler (the student news outlets) hardly ever publicize student concerts; and they NEVER publish a review of them, either. Blair could offer a one or two credit course in reviewing music (a legitimate skill), and teach students to review concerts – and have a column in the student newspaper and online newsfeed for this.
The online and paper-based calendars at VU only gives the most basic information (time and location of concerts) — but no program details; and student recitals do not appear on calendars (unlike Indiana’s Jacobs’ School of Music which lists all of its student recitals on printed and online calendars). There is nothing in the calendars to entice an audience to attend a Blair concert.
VUcept groups (freshman orientation) are not regularly scheduled to go and attend Blair concerts, which they easily could be, as a way of introducing Blair to the larger community.
And, at graduation, I was shocked that Vanderbilt hires outside musicians to play at the ceremonies ! It not only disrespects its own students (it doesn’t trust them to play well ?) , but removes yet another opportunity for Blair to be showcased at Vandy.
Vandy also misses opportunities to publicize its unique music school off campus, I believe. The student orchestra and band do not tour at all. While St. Olaf and Lawrence send their music groups around the country, Vanderbilt does not. I think that they last went somewhere – China – in January, 2007, but, since then, I do not think they have even played in Memphis, Atlanta, or other cities where there might be large Vanderbilt alumni who could bring other people to listen and enjoy them.
December 13th, 2011
I wish Vandy would promote Blair more within Vanderbilt, however. It is indeed a unique music conservatory and VERY challenging academically, but Vanderbilt does little to promote it in the community.
Unless they take an elective in Country Music, Jazz, History of Rock, or Popular Music, or play or sing themselves, most Vanderbilt students go all 4 years without ever setting foot in Blair.
“Inside Vandy” and the Hustler (the student news outlets) hardly ever publicize student concerts; and they NEVER publish a review of them, either. Blair could offer a one or two credit course in reviewing music (a legitimate skill), and teach students to review concerts – and have a column in the student newspaper and online newsfeed for this.
The online and paper-based calendars at VU only gives the most basic information (time and location of concerts) — but no program details; and student recitals do not appear on calendars (unlike Indiana’s Jacobs’ School of Music which lists all of its student recitals on printed and online calendars). There is nothing in the calendars to entice an audience to attend a Blair concert.
VUcept groups (freshman orientation) are not regularly scheduled to go and attend Blair concerts, which they easily could be, as a way of introducing Blair to the larger community.
And, at graduation, I was shocked that Vanderbilt hires outside musicians to play at the ceremonies ! It not only disrespects its own students (it doesn’t trust them to play well ?) , but removes yet another opportunity for Blair to be showcased at Vandy.
Vandy also misses opportunities to publicize its unique music school off campus, I believe. The student orchestra and band do not tour at all. While St. Olaf and Lawrence send their music groups around the country, Vanderbilt does not. I think that they last went somewhere – China – in January, 2007, but, since then, I do not think they have even played in Memphis, Atlanta, or other cities where there might be large Vanderbilt alumni who could bring other people to listen and enjoy them.