Peabody Institute
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The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University is a conservatory and preparatory school located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland at the corner of Charles and Monument Streets at Mount Vernon Place.
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[edit] History
Founded in 1857 by philanthropist George Peabody, it was the first academy of music to be established in the United States. Completion of the Grecian-Italian building housing the Institute, designed by Edmund George Lind, was delayed until 1866 due to the Civil War.[1] Under the direction of well-known musicians, composers, conductors, and Peabody alumni, the Institute grew from a local academy to an internationally renowned cultural center throughout the late 19th and the 20th centuries.
Since 1977, the Institute has operated as a division of the Johns Hopkins University, which is popularly thought of as one of America's top universities. Because of this affiliation, Peabody students are exposed to a liberal arts curriculum that is more extensive than those of other leading conservatories; likewise, Hopkins students have access to a world-class musical education and experience that they normally would not have access to at another university of such stature.
Peabody is one of 156 schools in the U.S. that offer a Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree. It houses two important libraries: the historical George Peabody Library established when the institute opened in 1866, and the Arthur Friedheim Library, a music library includes more than 100,000 books, scores, and sound recordings.
[edit] Peabody Children's Chorus
The Peabody Children's chorus is for children ages 6-18. It is divided into 3 groups: Training Choir, Choristers, and Chamber Singers, grouped by age in ascending order. They practice weekly in Towson or Columbia, MD, and sing in concerts biannually, under the instruction of Doreen Falby, Bradley Permenter, and Roriko Osawa. The Chamber Singers, ages 12-18, frequently perform with other groups, such as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Baltimore Chamber Orchestera, The Mid-Atliantic Symphony Orchestra, and the Baltimore Choral Arts Society.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Tori Amos — An American pianist and singer-songwriter. At age five, she was the youngest person to attend the school. She was expelled at age eleven.
- Dominick Argento — A leading composer of lyric opera and choral music.[1]
- Alicia Berneche - operatic soprano
- Carter Brey - principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic
- Richard Cassilly — Leading interpreter of Wagnerian Tenor repertoire.
- Angelin Chang — Grammy-award winning classical pianist
- Martha Clarke — choreographer and director; studied dance in the preparatory department at Peabody.
- Virgil Fox — Organist.[2]
- Philip Glass — (Prep.) Composer of opera and contemporary music.
- Michael Hedges - Composition major and Grammy Award Winning (1998) Guitarist
- Kevin Kenner — American-born pianist who won the Top Prize in the International Chopin Competition and the Bronze Medal in the International Tchaikovsky Competition.
- Ellis Larkins — First African American to attend.[3]
- Lee Byung-woo — South Korean guitarist and film score composer.[4]
- Denoe Leedy — classical pianist, music educator and music journalist.
- Carolyn Long — Opera singer
- James Morris — Wagnerian Baritone, Grammy winner and Metropolitan Opera star.
- Tommy Newsom — Saxophonist for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson[5]
- Awadagin Pratt — Concert pianist and violinist who won the prestigious Walter W. Naumburg Foundation Competition.
- Lillian Smith — Author and social critic. (two stints, not a degree)[6]
- André Watts — Concert pianist, Grammy winner and professor at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.
[edit] Faculty
- Nasar Abadey, jazz
- Clinton Adams, piano
- Suhnne Ahn, musicology
- Diran Alexanian, 'cello
- Marin Alsop [7], conducting
- Manuel Barrueco [8], guitar
- Steven Barta, clarinet
- Carol Bartlett, dance
- Paul Bollenback, jazz
- McGregor Boyle, computer music/composition
- Risa Browder, violin/early music
- Garnett Bruce [9], opera
- Roger Brunyate, opera
- Phyllis Bryn-Julson, voice
- Marianna Busching, voice
- Wayne Cameron, trumpet
- Randall Campora, brass
- Jeanne Chalifoux, harp
- Ray Chester, guitar/pedagogy
- Victoria Chiang [10], viola
- Jay Clayton [11], jazz
- Eileen Cornett, ensemble arts/vocal accompanying/opera
- Stanley Cornett, voice
- Mark Cudek, early music
- Peter Sirotin, Violin
- Victor Danchenko, strings
- Vera Danchenko-Stern, voice/diction
- Doreen Falby, Peabody Children's Chorus
- Vern Falby, music theory
- David Fedderly [12], tuba
- David Fetter, brass
- Richard Field, strings
- Leon Fleisher [13], piano
- Michael Formanek, jazz/ensembles
- Sidney Forrest, clarinet
- Pamela Frank [14], violin
- Brian Ganz, piano
- Shirley Givens, strings
- Linda Goodwin, ensemble office
- Franca Gorraz, language/diction
- Patricia Sayre Graham, music theory
- Julian Gray; guitar
- Herbert Greenberg, strings
- Thomas Grubb, French language and diction/voice
- Michael Habermann, keyboard
- Marian Hahn, piano
- Asger Hamerik Director (1871-1898)
- Thompson Hanks, brass
- David Hardy, strings
- Michael Hersch [15], composition
- Edward Hoffman, brass
- Ah Hong, voice
- John Hood, strings
- Ruth Inglefield, harp/pedagogy
- Mark Janello, music theory
- Ingrid Jensen [16], jazz/trumpet
- Ken Johansen, music theory
- Paul Johnson, strings/preparatory strings
- Michael Kannen, chamber music/jazz
- Alan Kefauver, recording arts
- Steven Kellner, brass
- Seth Knopp, piano/chamber music
- Phillip Kolker, bassoon
- JoAnn Kulesza, opera
- Maria Lambros, chamber music
- Ron Levy, liberal arts/humanities/writing
- Sharon Levy, music theory
- Ernest Ligon voice/coach
- Gary Louie [17], saxophone
- A. T. Michael MacDonald, recording arts
- Ellen Mack, vocal accompanying/ensemble arts
- Jane Marvine, oboe/woodwinds
- Stacey Mastrian, voice/Italian language and diction
- Paul Mathews, music theory
- Nicholas Maw [18], composition
- Ursula McLean, library
- Gustav Meier, conducting
- Violaine Melancon, chamber music/strings
- Yong-Hi Moon, piano
- John Moran, viola da gamba & baroque cello
- Robert Muckenfuss, vocal accompanying
- Philip Munds, brass
- Hajime Teri Murai, conductor/orchestra/ensembles
- Timothy Murphy, jazz
- Katherine Needleman, oboe
- James Olin, trombone
- Paul Oorts, French
- Courtney Orlando, [19], ear training/sight singing, violin
- Edward Palanker, clarinet
- Harlan Parker, [20], conducting/ensembles/music education
- Laura Parker, music education/pedagogy
- Benjamin Pasternack, piano
- Amit Peled, [21], strings
- Marina Piccinini, [22], flute
- Edward Polochick, [23]director of choral activities/ensembles
- Kevin Puts, [24], composition
- Steven Rainbolt, voice
- Hollis Robbins, [25], humanities/liberal arts
- Gwyn Roberts, early music
- Nancy Roldan, piano special studies
- Neil Thompson Shade, recording arts
- William Sharp, [26], voice
- John Shirley-Quirk, [27], [28], voice
- Alexander Shtarkman, piano
- Emily Skala, woodwinds
- Boris Slutsky, piano
- David Smooke, music theory
- Tracey Smyser, language
- Sarah Snyder, humanities/language
- Laurie Sokoloff, woodwinds
- Eileen Soskin, associate dean for academic affairs
- Elam Sprenkle, music theory/musicology
- Colin St. Martin, early music
- Cherie Stellaccio, music education
- Alan Stepansky, cello/strings
- Stephen Stone,music theory
- Donald Sutherland, organ
- Andrew Talle, musicology
- Mark Thakar, [29], conducting
- Gary Thomas, jazz
- Charles Thompson, recording arts
- Elizabeth Tolbert, musicology
- Chai-Jung Tsay, music education/humanities
- Keng-Yuen Tseng, violin/strings
- Robert van Sice [30], percussion
- Sebastian Vogt, German
- John Walker, organ
- Dame Gillian Weir, organ
- Jeffrey Weisner, double bass/strings
- Barbara Weiss, early music
- Piero Weiss, musicology
- Weiss, Susan, musicology
- Alison Wells, strings
- Kip Wile, music theory
- Geoffrey Wright, computer music/composition
- Stephen Wyrczynski, viola/strings
- Shirley Yoo, music theory/keyboard studies
- Gene Young, conductor/preparatory
[edit] References
- ^ Wierzalis, Bill and Koontz, John P., Images of America: Mount Vernon Place (2006) p. 60-61. Arcadia Publishing ISBN 0-7385-4238-5
