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.

Wesley Catherine Hamilton

Affiliate Faculty

Music Education

Terry Sweeney

Faculty

Percussion

Matthew Schreibeis

Faculty

Music Theory

Richard Drehoff Jr.

Assistant Professor

Music Theory

Rachel Brashier

Chair

Music Education

Václav Zheng

Faculty

Liberal Arts

Darin Atwater

Distinguished Visiting Faculty

Jazz

Barry Banks

Adjunct Faculty

Voice

Doug O’Connor

Assistant Professor

Woodwinds

Javier Nero

Faculty

Jazz

Nina DeCesare

Faculty

Strings

Alex Brown

Visiting Artist

Jazz

Robert Rearden

Instructor

Horn

Margaret Baroody

Instructor

Voice

Jeff Stern

Lecturer

Percussion

Oliver Thorndike

Associate Professor

Liberal Arts

Felipe Lara

Associate Professor & Chair of Composition

Composition

Ken Johansen

Associate Professor, Keyboard Studies

Music Theory

Jenine Brown

Associate Professor / Coordinator of Ear Training

Music Theory