Experience world-class music training alongside a top-20 academic education at one of the few exclusively undergraduate music schools in the country.

Blair School of Music students are bright and versatile, with wide-ranging interests and ideas:


We believe Blair students’ artistry is enriched by the intersection between the arts and other academic disciplines; students will graduate with Vanderbilt University’s strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences supporting Blair’s intense training in music.

• Located in Nashville, TN (known to the world as Music City)

• Approximately 230 students

• An exclusively undergraduate program

• Approximately 350 performances | 50 masterclasses per academic year

• 4-to-1 student faculty ratio

• The Bachelor of Music degree program is available in composition, jazz studies, and integrated studies (which combines a primary performance area or composition with a concentration in a second musical area)

• The Bachelor of Musical Arts degree combines in-depth music study with a second minor or major in a field outside of music. This is available to majors in any classical music area, including composition, or jazz studies.

• Blair students may pursue one of Vanderbilt’s Pre-Professional programs alongside their music major (Pre-medicine, Pre-law, Pre-business, Pre-architecture).

• Study abroad opportunities include Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Sydney, and more.

• Vanderbilt University offers a wide variety of undergraduate research opportunities.

• 87% of Blair Students received scholarship assistance (need-based and merit-based scholarships 2023-24).

Blair graduates can be found throughout fields of performance, research, teaching and composition. They have been accepted for graduate study at top institutions around the world.

Blair alumni also have pursued graduate work in disciplines as varied as entertainment law, music business, music therapy and cognition, medicine, and arts management.