Blair Bodine
Folk/Pop/Country
Philadelphia, PA
OFFERS A LYRIC-WRITING AND PERFORMANCE MASTERCLASS WORKSHOP WITH EVERY PERFORMANCE.
Winner of American Songwriter Magazine’s Grand Prize.
Music featured on CBS This Morning, TIME, and Playbill.
Multiple songs recorded and released by Tony-winner and Disney princess Lea Salonga (voice of Mulan and Jasmine).
Graduate of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. Blair’s musical Superhots! is licensed by Music Theatre International and produced nationally.
Music education specialist, Blair has served as the Director of Education for the Nashville Symphony and the Director of Development for World Cafe Live in Philadelphia and TeachRock, Steven Van Zandt’s music foundation.
Teaches Lyric-Writing Workshops and Performance Masterclasses.
Blair Bodine is a second-generation songwriter, musician and teaching artist. Winner of American Songwriter Magazine grand prize for lyric writing, Blair Bodine has been hailed as a “songbird with heart.” Her songs are rich in storytelling traditions, blending Folk, Pop and Country. Blair has released two albums co-produced by Grammy award-winner Glenn Barrett.
Blair loves performing live and connecting with audiences. She is the winner of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, and a finalist in the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and NewSong Music competitions. Blair’s musical theater work has been developed at BMI and Theatre NOW New York and is produced nationally. Her original song "Dream Again," penned with composer Daniel Edmonds, was recorded and released by Tony-award winner Lea Salonga. “Dream Again” was spotlighted by TIME for their 2021 AAPI Lifting Voices event.
Blair is passionate about the intersection between music and community. She has worked as the Director of Education and Community Engagement for the Nashville Symphony, and as a fundraiser for World Cafe Live and TeachRock, Steven Van Zandt’s music foundation, providing free programs for the next generation of songwriters and music-makers. Blair enjoys teaching lyric-writing workshops and performance masterclasses.
““Bodine has a never-ending passion for songwriting that shows up in all areas of her life. In addition to writing and performing her original soul-stirring melodies, Bodine is passionate about music education. A Columbia University graduate, she wrote her thesis on Chinese Ethnomusicology. In other words, Bodine isn’t your cookie cutter singer-songwriter — a fact that has earned her some much-deserved recognition in competitions and festivals across the country.””
““Blair Bodine, a Philadelphia native, won the lyric contest for her song Lonely Pretty Things.” For her “dream co-write” Bodine worked with GRAMMY-nominated Ashley Monroe. “A rough cut of their song had a classic Harvest-era Neil Young feel to it.””
““Blair Bodine, the country/folk music anti-stereotype.””