Master Class: German Lieder “The most musically astute collaborator today.” NY Times “Katz creates the Gold Standard of accompanying.” Washington Post Martin Katz must surely be considered the Dean of collaborative pianists today. His five-decade career has taken him to five continents, consistently in demand by the world’s most celebrated singers to share the recital […]
Piano alumni Michael Sheppard (BM ’98, MM ’00, GPD ’03, Piano) and Choo Choo Hu (BM ’10, GPD ’12, Piano) perform new solo and two piano works by Composition Department students Arianelle Arroyo, Quinlan Barrie, Zac Fick-Cambria, Yenhsing Chen, Zachary Detrich, Olina Kilbury, Yoonjung Lee, Dylan (Xuanming) Liu, and Jun Xue.
Career and Music Chat “The most musically astute collaborator today.” NY Times “Katz creates the Gold Standard of accompanying.” Washington Post Martin Katz must surely be considered the Dean of collaborative pianists today. His five-decade career has taken him to five continents, consistently in demand by the world’s most celebrated singers to share the recital […]
Cello Professor Amit Peled performs with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra for their April Masterworks Concert. The program will feature Finlandia by Jean Sibelius, Ethiopia’s Shadow in America by Florence Price, and Anton Dvorak’s Cello Concerto.
The Peabody Symphony Orchestra offers this week a concert of music for chamber orchestra specifically selected for the unique performance qualities and acoustics of the George Peabody Library and featuring guest conductor Simeone Tartaglione (GPD ’09, Conducting). Tartaglione, Music Director of the Newark Symphony Orchestra, leads the PSO through three works that showcase the colorful […]
Master Class: French Mélodies “The most musically astute collaborator today.” NY Times “Katz creates the Gold Standard of accompanying.” Washington Post Martin Katz must surely be considered the Dean of collaborative pianists today. His five-decade career has taken him to five continents, consistently in demand by the world’s most celebrated singers to share the recital […]
Master Class: Recitative Style “The most musically astute collaborator today.” NY Times “Katz creates the Gold Standard of accompanying.” Washington Post Martin Katz must surely be considered the Dean of collaborative pianists today. His five-decade career has taken him to five continents, consistently in demand by the world’s most celebrated singers to share the recital […]
Master Class: English Art Song “The most musically astute collaborator today.” NY Times “Katz creates the Gold Standard of accompanying.” Washington Post Martin Katz must surely be considered the Dean of collaborative pianists today. His five-decade career has taken him to five continents, consistently in demand by the world’s most celebrated singers to share the […]
Cello Professor Amit Peled performs with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra for their April Masterworks Concert. The program will feature Finlandia by Jean Sibelius, Ethiopia’s Shadow in America by Florence Price, and Anton Dvorak’s Cello Concerto.
No one led a life, led a band, or made music like Duke Ellington. He was one of a kind—beyond category. Based on his acclaimed biography, John Hasse introduces the moving and inspiring story of Duke Ellington, who overcame racial, social, and musical obstacles to become one of the 20th century’s greatest musicians. You’ll learn about […]
Cello Professor Amit Peled performs with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra for their April Masterworks Concert. The program will feature Finlandia by Jean Sibelius, Ethiopia’s Shadow in America by Florence Price, and Anton Dvorak’s Cello Concerto.
Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair of Jazz Studies Sean Jones will lead an intergenerational discussion about the past, present, and future of Baltimore's jazz scene in combination with the Sheridan Libraries' exhibition, Ethel’s Place: Celebrating Ethel Ennis, Baltimore's First Lady of Jazz. The featured panel speakers are Left Bank Jazz Society founding member John Fowler, world-renowned jazz pianist […]
Students from the studios of faculty artists Marina Piccinini and Jeff Stern (MM ’14, Percussion) team up for the Flute and Percussion collaboration featuring Andre Jolivet’s Suite en Concert, Elliott Carter’s Esprit rude/Esprit doux II, Amy Beth Kirsten’s (DMA '10, Composition) l’ange pale, Peter Klatzow’s Night Illuminations, Allison Loggins-Hull’s Hammers, and arrangements of Jennifer Higdon’s Running […]
Joseph Haydn: Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52 Allegro Adagio Finale. Presto Ashley Kim Ludwig van Beethoven: 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 Jarett Takaki
An exclusive première at the Pratt Library! In a special “live to picture” concert, students from Peabody’s Music for New Media program will breathe life into two rare silent film versions of Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story. More info
Joseph Young, conductor Holly Nelson, violin Astor Piazzolla: Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 31, K. 300a, D Major, "Paris"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in C Major, K. 309 Allegro con spirito Andante on poco Adagio Rondo. Allegretto grazioso Myroslav Mykhailenko Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in G Major, Op. 31, No. 1 Allegro vivace Adagio grazioso Rondo. Allegretto Erin Lee
Harlan Parker, conductor Gordon Jacob: Old Wine in New Bottles Clark McAlister: Woodscapes Vincent Persichetti: Serenade No. 1, Op. 1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K. 384a
Afar music has been helping musicians succeed in various styles of music for over 20 years, from jazz to hip-hop. The Afar Music Conference is a two-day symposium of clinics held by some of the best Jazz and Pan-American educators in the Western Hemisphere. The Conference will culminate with a performance by the Dizzy Gillespie […]
Peabody faculty artist Marina Piccinini and JHU Alumni Award recipient Svet Stoyanov (BM ’03, GPD ’05, Percussion) perform as part of the Spire Series. Alejandro Viñao: Khan Variations Peter Klatzow: Dances of Earth and Fire Bulgarian Tapan Improvisation Christopher Theofanidis: Aria Johann Sebastian Bach: "Chaconne" from Violin Partita in D moll Astor Piazzola: Histoire du Tango
The music of Sky Macklay, Assistant Professor of Composition, will be featured in a portrait concert performed by Ghost Ensemble and Peabody collaborators at the Mansion at Strathmore in Rockville, Maryland on Saturday 4/13 at 4:30. The program includes: Plucky (2023/24) for harpsichord and ensemble, featuring Paula Maust Doppelgänger III (2012) for two oboes and electric […]
Peabody’s Jazz and Choral programs’ first collaboration presents one of the most personal works of a defining American composer of the 20th century. Bandleader Duke Ellington was more than 50 years and nearly 2,000 compositions into his indelible career when he was commissioned to write a concert of sacred music for the 1965 opening of […]
Alessandra Ciucci Columbia University Talk title: "Longing, Intimacy, and Belonging: The Voice of the Rural and Migrant Moroccan Men in Italy"
In early April, Peabody Dance students traveled to the 2024 Palm Springs International Dance Festival for a series of workshops, master classes, and performances. The festival is organized by Nickerson-Rossi Dance, whose namesake artistic director Michael Nickerson-Rossi, now an adjunct faculty member, first came to campus as one of the guest artists that chair danah bella invites to mentor students […]
Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Artistic Director of Ensembles Joseph Young leads the Peabody Symphony Orchestra in one of W.A. Mozart’s best-known works, the “Paris” Symphony, as well as Astor Piazzolla's Cuatro Estaciones Portenas featuring violinist, current DMA candidate, and Presser Award winner Holly Nelson.
Few musicians have achieved the broad-based success that David Rosenthal has earned as a Musical Director, Keyboardist, Synthesizer Programmer, Producer, Composer, Orchestrator and touring professional. With a musical career spanning four decades, David's talents have been continually in demand for his skilled musical precision, technical expertise, and vast experience. David's multi-faceted career has taken him […]
Peabody Jazz faculty artists Nasar Abadey and Richard D. Johnson play an improvisational jam session showcasing the evolution of Black musical history as part of “Rent Party”: African American Urban Dance Music from Ragtime to House, the Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts’ 2024 Donald Bentley Annual Memorial lecture. Columbia University professor Shana Redmond—author of […]
Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano, alongside Laura Ward, piano, perform on the Community Concerts at Second recital series. Free tickets are required, visit their website or call 443-759-3309 to make a reservation over the phone--please leave a message with your name and how many guests will be attending.
Dylan Vessel and Luiz Ozoria, Trumpet Ben Patterson and Spencer Merk, Trombone Richard D. Johnson, Piano Alex Estela, Keyboards Tito Pineda, Bass Jey Cadenas, Lead Vocals Max Rosado, Support Vocals Patrick Noel, Timbales Fran Vielma, Percussion Renzo Shapiro, Vocals/Percussion Richard D. Johnson: Frío, Frío, Frío Richard D. Johnson: No Voy a Parar Richard D. Johnson: […]
Shayna Silverstein Northwestern Talk title: "Fraught Balance: The Embodied Politics of Dabke Dance Music in Syria"
Join Megan Ihnen (MM ’09, Voice), in conversation with SNF Agora Visiting Fellow Emily White, founder of #iVoted, an organization that produces record-breaking events and activates entertainment venues to admit fans who show a selfie either from outside their polling place or at home with a blank and unmarked ballot. #iVoted events have featured Billie […]
Franz Schubert wrote more than 1,500 works in the brief 31 years the Austrian composer blazed through the early 19th century, leaving behind an expansive body of work, including seminal song cycles that remain stirring concert hall experiences. Celebrated pianist Gilbert Kalish and faculty artist Randall Scarlata have collaboratively explored Schubert’s melancholic Winterreise and the […]
View the Full Program Dylan Vessel and Luiz Ozoria, Trumpet Ben Patterson and Spencer Merk, Trombone Richard D. Johnson, Piano Alex Estela, Keyboards Tito Pineda, Bass Jey Cadenas, Lead Vocals Max Rosado, Support Vocals Patrick Noel, Timbales Fran Vielma, Percussion Renzo Chaparro, Vocals/Percussion Richard D. Johnson: Frío, Frío, Frío Richard D. Johnson: No Voy a […]
A return performance by this ensemble of top Jazz Studies students. View the Program
