Program Recognition
•Bullet: Ryan Middagh, Director of Jazz Studies, has led the Blair jazz program to sixteen DownBeat Student Music Awards and four invitations to the Jazz Education Network Conference
Training
•Bullet: The BMus Jazz Studies degree sheet includes Global Jazz Forum, Jazz Theory, Improvisation I-III, Jazz and Commercial Arranging, Jazz Repertoire for small and large ensemble, jazz ensembles every semester in residence, and a Senior Recital
•Bullet: Rob Linton, Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Bass, teaches jazz bass and jazz combos at Blair and has toured with Eric Reed and Greg Tardy
•Bullet: Before Vanderbilt, Linton taught at UNC Charlotte, Gardner-Webb University and the University of Tennessee
