![]() ![]() The study of music is, ideally, a wellspring of personal learning and growth. “Studying music, even in its broad and diverse tributaries (from live performance to composition, studio playing to learning to teach) offers up so many life lessons, wisdoms and truths. I want to support Vanderbilt’s musicians and see them flourish as people, even through their work as musicians. Music offers us so much so many areas to learn in - socially, culturally, even spiritually. Most of all, I hope to pass on a great enjoyment in musical pursuit. “I am excited to teach at Blair because this opportunity presents a wonderful chance to pass on to young minds some of the beauty, enthusiasm, and lessons that I have been blessed to experience. This is quite a bit of a homecoming for me. “As a young teenager, I began studying compositions and music theory on my own, but some of my first formal musical study was in Blair’s classrooms. “Teaching at Blair has a special significance to me,” said Barber. “He is a consummate musician who is versatile and accomplished in many fields - exactly the kind of musician we seek to develop for the future.” “We are very fortunate to have Roland join the Blair community,” said Blair School Dean Mark Wait. One-half of longtime Nashville-based jazz duo The Barber Brothers, Barber has also performed with an impressive and diverse list of artists, including Chaka Khan, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center, Kirk Whalum, the Wooten Brothers, Robin Thicke, The Temptations, and the Saturday Night Live Band. Trombonist Roland Barber will join the faculty of the Blair School of Music in January 2017 as Adjunct Associate Professor of Trombone and Jazz Studies, teaching trombone, jazz brass and jazz improvisation. ![]()
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