In the fall of 2001, Blair's new 640-seat concert hall and rehearsal hall wing will open, adjoining the east side of the building and further enhancing the school's ability to host and produce orchestra, opera, and other major concert events. The Anne Potter Wilson Music Library is a division of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library system. The collection, begun in 1947, was moved from Peabody College to its new and permanent home at Blair in the summer of 1985. It was named to honor Anne Potter Wilson by the Vanderbilt Board of Trust in 1987, and will expand dramatically when the east wing opens in the fall semester, 2001. It is equipped with exceptional listening facilities.
Most courses designed primarily for music majors are also open to other students.
Performance instruction is available in both group and individual settings. Private instruction is offered in all orchestral instruments and in piano, organ, guitar, dulcimer, saxophone, euphonium, recorder, viola da gamba, fiddle, mandolin, and voice. Fiddle is also offered in a class setting. Ensembles sponsored by the school are open by audition to all members of the University community. A handbook for minors is available from the Blair receptionist.