Program Recognition
•Bullet: Blair's music education program leads to a bachelor's and master's degree from Vanderbilt in five years, through Peabody College; graduates are immediately certified to teach in Tennessee and have reciprocity agreements in 40 additional states
Training
•Bullet: The Instrumental/General degree sheet includes four instrument classes (MUED 1010-1040), Introduction to Music Education, Intermediate Instrumental Methods and Materials, three practica in music teaching, three semesters of Experiential Instruction in Music, a music education seminar of choice, pedagogy in the major instrument and a senior recital
•Bullet: Daniel Taylor (Assistant Professor of Instrumental Music Education) directs the program
•Bullet: A mid-program junior review is required in the fall of the third year, and the ensemble plan combines six semesters of large ensemble with two semesters of corequisite chamber music in the first year for instrumentalists
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Students gain leadership opportunities with the Spirit of Gold Marching Band and University Concert Band, and teaching experience through the Blair Academy, whose four youth orchestras offer assistantships
