At Peabody, you’ll receive world-class individual instruction and guidance from renowned artists and brilliant teachers. They are Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winners, MacArthur and Guggenheim fellows, performers, scholars, and leaders at the top of their fields. They are mentors and advisors devoted to evolving your talents, imparting knowledge, honoring tradition and pushing past boundaries, and empowering you to distinguish yourself in the arts.

Alexander Shtarkman

Professor & Chair

Piano

Robert van Sice

Professor

Percussion

Boris Slutsky

Distinguished Professor

Piano

Vid Smooke

Professor

Music Theory

Paul Allen Sommerfeld

Lecturer, Film Music

Musicology

Steven Spooner

Professor

Piano

Mary Duncan Steidl

Managing Artistic Director of Peabody Opera

Opera

Alan Stepansky

Professor and Chair

Strings

Jeff Stern

Lecturer

Percussion

Kristen S. Stevenson

Lecturer, Ballet

Dance