An adjunct instructor at Peabody from 1994 through 2025, David Hildebrand now serves as advisor to Masters and Doctoral students in Musicology. He is a specialist in Early American Music, performing professionally since 1980, mostly in duet with his wife Ginger (MM ’88, Guitar). The Hildebrands present concerts and educational programs throughout the country for museums, historical societies, schools, colleges, and universities. Hildebrand also writes and consults, lecturing widely, and he teaches piano privately as well.

For the 2025-26 season Hildebrand is a featured lecturer for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Classical Series, speaking before 18 concerts at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

Hildebrand received his BS from Dickinson College, an MA in musicology from George Washington University, and his Ph.D. in Musicology from The Catholic University of America. In 2017, Johns Hopkins University Press published Musical Maryland: A History of Song and Performance from the Colonial Period to the Age of Radio (which Hildebrand co-authored with Elizabeth Schaaf, founding Archivist at Peabody). This book served as the basis for a seminar taught eight times since the spring of 2018.

The Hildebrands’ music enlivens the soundtracks of public television documentaries like Rediscovering George Washington, Liberty! — the American Revolution, and Anthem – The Story of “The Star-Spangled Banner. Among seven full-length CD recordings are George Washington: Music for the First President, and Music of the War of 1812. Hildebrand was a twice a residential Fellow at Mount Vernon’s National Library for the study of George Washington. His full CV, concert schedule, and listing of publications are all accessible at www.colonialmusic.org.