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 Musical Arts jazz studies major takes 16 hours of jazz applied study (JAZZ 2100/4100), four hours chosen from Jazz and Commercial Arranging, Improvisation, Jazz Repertoire or Jazz Theory, and five semesters of jazz ensembles (Big Band, Jazz Choir and other MUSE 1310-1340 groups) with three more semesters of ensemble of choice
•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
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: The Bachelor of Musical Arts pairs 63 credit hours in music with at least 18 hours in a specific discipline outside music (a minor or major in another school, a pre-professional course of study, or a self-designed interdisciplinary area), declared no later than the 10th day of the first semester of the junior year
