布莱尔音乐学院是范德比尔特大学的焦点，致力于研究音乐是人类的努力，也是表演艺术。表演音乐学士学位提供均衡的音乐教育，作为表达人类精神的重要媒介。它为专业学生提供了发展高水平的音乐才能，艺术敏感性和对艺术的坚定承诺的机会，并灌输了终生渴望作为艺术家创造性地参与不断发展的音乐文化的渴望。布莱尔音乐学院招收来自超过35个州和外国的学生。表演专业的学生也可以选择在另一个领域修读辅修课程来提高学业，布莱尔校友则继续在美国和欧洲的主要音乐学校攻读研究生。
The Blair School of Music serves as a focal point at Vanderbilt for the study of music as a human endeavor and as a performing art. The Bachelor of Music in Performance provides a balanced education in music as a vital medium for the expression of the human spirit. It affords the professional student the opportunity to develop high-level musicianship, artistic sensibilities, and a strong commitment to the art, and will instill a lifelong desire to participate creatively as an artist in an ever-evolving musical culture.<br><br>The Blair School of Music enrolls students from over thirty-five states and foreign countries. Performance majors may also choose to enhance their studies by taking a minor or second major in another field, Blair alumni have gone on to pursue graduate study at major schools of music in the United States and Europe.<br><br>Through individual performance instruction, weekly performance classes, solo recitals, master class participation, and performance in chamber music and larger ensembles, students gain valuable experience to prepare for a career in music.