Peabody Institute
The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University is a conservatory and preparatory school located in the Mount Vernon area of Baltimore, Maryland. The Peabody Conservatory of Music, one of the divisions of the Institute, is considered one of the leading music conservatories in the world, boasting a renowned faculty and students from across the globe.
History
Founded in 1857 by philanthropist George Peabody, it was the first academy of music to be established in the United States. Under the direction of well-known musicians, composers, conductors, and Peabody alumni, the Institute grew from a local academy to an internationally renowned cultural center throughout the late 19th and the 20th centuries.
Since 1977, the Institute has operated as a division of the Johns Hopkins University, which U.S. News & World Report cites as one of America’s top dozen universities. Because of this affiliation, Peabody students are exposed to a liberal arts curriculum that is more extensive than those of other leading conservatories; likewise, Hopkins students have access to a world-class musical education and experience that they normally would not have access to at another university of such stature.
Peabody is one of 156 schools in the U.S. that offer a Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree. It houses two important libraries: the historical George Peabody Library and the Arthur Friedheim Library, established when the institute opened in 1866, a music library includes more than 100,000 books, scores, and sound recordings.
It is perhaps best known in pop culture for the expulsion of pop pianist Tori Amos.
Peabody Children's Chorus
The Peabody Children's chorus is for children ages 6-19. It is divided into 3 groups:-Training Choir, Choristers, and Chamber Singers-grouped by age in ascending order. They practice every week, and sing in concerts biannually, under the instruction of Doreen Falby, Bradley Permenter, and Chris Chadderton. The Chamber Singers, ages 12-18, often perform with other music groups, such as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Choral Arts Society.
Notable alumni
- Tori Amos - An American pianist and singer-songwriter. At age five, she was the youngest person ever to attend the school.
- Dominick Argento - A leading composer of lyric opera and choral music.[1]
- Awadagin Pratt - Renowned concert pianist and violinist; Winner of the prestigious Walter W. Naumburg Foundation Competition.
- Virgil Fox - Organist.[2]
- Ellis Larkins - First African American to attend.[3]
- Tommy Newsom - Saxophonist for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson[4]
- Lillian Smith - Author and social critic. (two stints, not a degree)[5]
- James Morris - World famous Wagnerian Baritone, Grammy winner and Metropolitan Opera Star.
- Phillip Glass - (Prep.) World famous composer of opera and contemporary music.
- Andre Watts - World renowned Concert Pianist, Grammy winner and Professor of Music at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
- Richard Cassilly - His generations leading interpreter of Wagnerian Tenor repertoire.
- Martha Clarke - choreographer; studied dance in the preparatory department at Peabody.
Faculty
- Nasar Abadey, jazz
- Clinton Adams, piano
- Suhnne Ahn, musicology
- Marin Alsop [6], conducting
- Manuel Barrueco [7], guitar
- Steven Barta, clarinet
- Carol Bartlett, dance
- Paul Bollenback, jazz
- McGregor Boyle, computer music/composition
- Risa Browder, violin/early music
- Garnett Bruce [8], opera
- Roger Brunyate, opera
- Phyllis Bryn-Julson, voice
- Marianna Busching, voice
- Wayne Cameron, trumpet
- Randall Campora, brass
- Jeanne Chalifoux, harp
- Ray Chester, guitar/pedagogy
- Victoria Chiang [9], viola
- Jay Clayton [10], jazz
- Wayne Conner, voice
- Eileen Cornett, ensemble arts/vocal accompanying/opera
- Stanley Cornett, voice
- Mark Cudek, early music
- Victor Danchenko, strings
- Vera Danchenko-Stern, voice/diction
- Falby, music theory
- David Fedderly [11], tuba
- David Fetter, brass
- Richard Field, strings
- Leon Fleisher [12], piano
- Michael Formanek, jazz/ensembles
- Sidney Forrest, clarinet
- Pamela Frank [13], violin
- Brian Ganz, piano
- Shirley Givens, strings
- Linda Goodwin, ensemble office
- Franca Gorraz, language/diction
- Patricia Sayre Graham, music theory
- Julian Gray; guitar
- Herbert Greenberg, strings
- Thomas Grubb, French language and diction/voice
- Jonathan Haas, percussion
- Michael Habermann, keyboard
- Marian Hahn, piano
- Asger Hamerik Director (1871-1898)
- Thompson Hanks, brass
- David Hardy, strings
- Michael Hersch [14], composition
- Edward Hoffman, brass
- Ah Hong, voice
- John Hood, strings
- Ruth Inglefield, harp/pedagogy
- Mark Janello, music theory
- Ingrid Jensen [15], jazz/trumpet
- Ken Johansen, music theory
- Paul Johnson, strings/preparatory strings
- Michael Kannen, chamber music/jazz
- Alan Kefauver, recording arts
- Steven Kellner, brass
- Seth Knopp, piano/chamber music
- Phillip Kolker, bassoon
- JoAnn Kulesza, opera
- Maria Lambros, chamber music
- Ron Levy, liberal arts/humanities/writing
- Sharon Levy, music theory
- Ernest Ligon voice/coach
- Gary Louie [16], saxophone
- A. T. Michael MacDonald, recording arts
- Ellen Mack, vocal accompanying/ensemble arts
- Jane Marvine, oboe/woodwinds
- Stacey Mastrian, voice/Italian language and diction
- Paul Mathews, music theory
- Nicholas Maw [17], composition
- Ursula McLean, library
- Gustav Meier, conducting
- Violaine Melancon, chamber music/strings
- Yong-Hi Moon, piano
- John Moran, viola da gamba & baroque cello
- Robert Muckenfuss, vocal accompanying
- Philip Munds, brass
- Hajime Teri Murai, conductor/orchestra/ensembles
- Timothy Murphy, jazz
- Katherine Needleman, oboe
- James Olin, trombone
- Paul Oorts, French
- Courtney Orlando, [18], ear training/sight singing, violin
- Edward Palanker, clarinet
- Harlan Parker, [19], conducting/ensembles/music education
- Laura Parker, music education/pedagogy
- Benjamin Pasternack, piano
- Amit Peled, [20], strings
- Marina Piccinini, [21], flute
- Edward Polochick, [22]director of choral activities/ensembles
- Pamela Poulin, music theory
- Kevin Puts, [23], composition
- Steven Rainbolt, voice
- Hollis Robbins, [24], humanities/liberal arts
- Gwyn Roberts, early music
- Nancy Roldan, piano special studies
- Neil Thompson Shade, recording arts
- William Sharp, [25], voice
- John Shirley-Quirk, [26], [27], voice
- Alexander Shtarkman, piano
- Emily Skala, woodwinds
- Boris Slutsky, piano
- Tracey Smyser, language
- Sarah Snyder, humanities/language
- Laurie Sokoloff, woodwinds
- Eileen Soskin, associate dean for academic affairs
- Elam Sprenkle, music theory/musicology
- Colin St. Martin, early music
- Cherie Stellaccio, music education
- Alan Stepansky, cello/strings
- Stephen Stone,music theory
- Donald Sutherland, organ
- Andrew Talle, musicology
- Mark Thakar, [28], conducting
- Chris Theofanidis, [29], composition
- Gary Thomas, jazz
- Charles Thompson, recording arts
- Elizabeth Tolbert, musicology
- Chai-Jung Tsay, music education/humanities
- Keng-Yuen Tseng, violin/strings
- Robert van Sice [30], percussion
- Sebastian Vogt, German
- John Walker, organ
- Dame Gillian Weir, organ
- Jeffrey Weisner, double bass/strings
- Barbara Weiss, early music
- Piero Weiss, musicology
- Weiss, Susan, musicology
- Alison Wells, strings
- Kip Wile, music theory
- Geoffrey Wright, computer music/composition
- Stephen Wyrczynski, viola/strings
- Shirley Yoo, music theory/keyboard studies
- Gene Young, conductor/preparatory
- Zack Wylde, ear training
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