Welcome to the Performing & Fine Arts section of the Web site. Inside you can find descriptions of all the music and theatre, as well as a performance schedule for each. You will also find information on art exhibits and offerings at Blair.

Blair’s performing arts series presents groups from the Blair community and the outside arts world. Most performances are open to the public, with general seating available. No reservations or advance ticket sales are necessary unless otherwise indicated.

Orchestra and Singers Present Free Holiday Concert

The Blair Academy Singers and Orchestra performed a holiday concert at the ArtsQuest Center at Steel Stacks in Bethlehem, PA for an audience of more than 225 alumni, past parents, current parents, prospective students and friends of Blair. The student performers opened with a favorite piece from their fall concert and then moved into a repertoire that included many holiday favorites, combined vocal and instrumental selections such as O Holy Night and Glory to God, and a finale of Deck the Halls and O Come All Ye Faithful. Following the concert, Headmaster Chan Hardwick welcomed guests to a Blair reception, in which Lehigh Valley parents and alumni from the last 60 years were able to reunite and reconnect with Blair.

The Steel Stacks complex opened on May 1, 2011 and is a major part of the effort to revitalize the historic site of the Bethlehem Steel Company. Since opening, Steel Stacks has hosted many musical groups including The Steve Miller Band, Maroon 5, Steely Dan and more. Performing arts Chair and Director of Instrumental Music, Jennifer Pagotto, commented, “It was an honor for our student musicians to perform in such a spectacular venue, and they’re grateful for the support of so many parents and alumni from the region.”

New Music CD Now Available

Members of the music department are pleased to announce the release of their newest CD, “Live.” This double disc CD features Blair’s vocal and instrumental students and includes 27 tracks taken from concert seasons 2006-2009. Highlights include Jazz Ensemble’s Seven Steps to Heaven, String Orchestra’s “Spring” from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, The Blair Academy Singers performing Fair Phyllis and Zion’s Walls, the Blair String Trio, and the Blair Orchestra performing Pirates of the Caribbean and The William Tell Overture. CDs are on sale for $15 and will be available for purchase at all music department performances, through the Blair bookstore and through the Blair Web site. All proceeds will go towards Blair’s orchestra trip this coming June.

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