The Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University will meet 100% of demonstrated financial need for all domestic undergraduate students and eliminate loans from financial aid packages beginning in the fall 2024 semester.

Excellence in professional training is at the center of a Peabody education. Your studio experience will form the core of your Peabody education, and the supportive academic program which has long been a hallmark of Peabody’s curriculum will equip you with a strong, holistic foundation in music and the humanities.

Many Peabody students have interests outside of music or dance, and the Directed Studies Minor provides students the opportunity to devise a plan to pursue 21 credits of coursework to be taken at another division at Johns Hopkins. This is a great option for students who wish to combine their studies in music or dance with another field of study without pursuing a double degree.

Peabody LAUNCHPad helps students and recent alumni forge satisfying, successful careers. They provide comprehensive services that support student and alumni in designing a life inspired by personal ambitions and interests. LAUNCHPad can help pinpoint artistic and professional objectives, build career skills, recognize opportunities, prepare job applications, launch entrepreneurial ventures, develop websites, raise funds, organize concert tours, and more!

The competitive Double Degree program offers a unique opportunity for students who are advanced both in music and academics to pursue a BM at Peabody and either a BA or BS at the Homewood School of JHU.

The new Bachelor of Music in Hip Hop combines the resources and strengths of Peabody’s industry leading Music Engineering and Technology programs with the Conservatory’s long history of excellence in performance training. The department is headed by award-winning composer, producer, beatmaker, pianist, and professor Wendel Patrick.

The two-year Master of Music degrees in Music for New Media: Film and Game Scoring is designed to prepare you for a future at the intersection of music and storytelling, whether in film scoring and movie music, composing soundtracks for video games, writing music for TV, or composing for virtual and augmented reality experiences.

The Choral Conducting Program at Peabody Conservatory, under the direction of Dr. Beth Willer, offers forward-thinking instruction and hands-on training in conducting technique and leadership of varied vocal and vocal-instrumental ensembles.

The program leading to the degree of Master of Music provides for intensive development of performance skills, extensive knowledge of the literature in the major field of study, and achievement of a broadened knowledge of the art. Beginning with Fall 2023 enrollment, Peabody’s new Graduate Jazz fellowships will cover full tuition plus a stipend for up to three students per year in the Jazz MM or GPD programs.

Each year beginning with Fall 2023 enrollment, Peabody will provide grant funding for two students to begin in the MM with a defined and supported pathway for matriculation to the DMA. As part of the larger Johns Hopkins Pathways to PhD initiative, the Pathways to DMA aims to expand opportunities for applicants from backgrounds historically underrepresented in the DMA. All applicants for the Master of Music are encouraged to consider indicating their interest in the application for the Pathways program.

Having graduated the first BFA Dance cohort in Spring of 2022, this program prepares students to be at the forefront of dance innovation through performance, choreographic and critical historical and theoretical explorations.

Peabody understands that standardized testing does not tell the full story of a student’s potential for success in an undergraduate program. Peabody continues to be test-optional (SAT/ACT only) for all of our undergraduate applicant populations for Fall 2024. For more information on whether you qualify, see the undergraduate application instructions.

Peabody is thrilled to announce that applications for Spring 2025 are now available for BFA Dance, Master of Music, and the Graduate Performance Diploma (instrumental areas only). All Spring Admission applications will be evaluated as they are received using rolling admission. The final date to apply for Spring Admission is December 1. Before beginning an application for Spring Admission, students are encouraged to contact the admissions office at [email protected] to inquire about program openings and departmental auditions.

Violinist and DMA student Negar Afazel hasn’t been home to Iran in six years, but the homecoming she created with her compositional debut, “Women, Life, Freedom,” on March 2, 2024, stretched across oceans and time. Titled after the slogan of recent women-led Iranian protests, Afazel’s 45-minute, multi-movement work includes her solo violin and spoken word performances with vocals by the all-female Peabody Camerata.

Violin was just a hobby when Pei Wu “Derek” Chen, a senior in the Conservatory, started playing at age 8 in Changhua, Taiwan. By 11, pastime became passion with his first solo performance with the Changhua Philharmonic and concertmaster stints for the Changhua Children String Orchestra and Changhua Philharmonic.

Nikolai Klotchkov, a Russian-born saxophonist, scientist, and DMA student, loves how music touches the heart. He’s just as passionate about how music affects the brain. For his dissertation, Klotchkov is researching the cognitive processes for music performance and perception with Jenine Brown, Peabody associate professor in the Department of Music Theory.