A new initiative by the Naxos record label will support scholarships for Peabody Conservatory brass students. Naxos will contribute one dollar for every Peabody Wind Ensemble CD purchased through Naxos Direct. Two recordings by the Peabody Wind Ensemble, led by Harlan D. Parker, are currently on the Wind Band Classics series and a third comes out this month. The new release, titled Trendsetters, includes Hindemith’s Symphony in B-flat, Holst’s First Suite in E-flat; Joseph Schwantner’s ... and the mountains rising nowhere, and Percy Aldridge Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy. Pre-production for all three recordings was done at Peabody.
Peabody Events
The Peabody Consort, directed by faculty artist Mark Cudek, will present a program called “If Music be the Food of Love” on Tuesday, July 14, at 7:30 pm at the Bolton Street Synagogue, 212 W. Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore. Songs and dances from Shakespeare’s plays and a set of Sephardic romances will be performed at the free concert.
On Thursday, July 23, Peabody Elderhostel will host a Day of Discovery that traces the careers of jazz greats Duke Ellington and Count Basie. The program includes lectures, audio and video presentations, and a live performance by The Seth Kibel Trio. To register, visit www.elderhostel.org.
Peabody People
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Alumnus Michael Britt (BM ’84, Organ) recently performed a program of American music, including newly commissioned works, on the grand organ of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
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Lura Johnson of the Keyboard Studies faculty has been named artistic director of Music in the Great Hall, a chamber music series at Towson Unitarian Universalist Church. In 2009-2010, the series will include a concert by early music ensemble Harmonious Blacksmith, featuring several Peabody alumni, and a recital by Yale Gordon Competition winner Hans Kristian Goldstein, cello.
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Countertenor Peter Lee (BM ’06, MM ’08, Voice) won the Best Taiwanese Singer award at the 20th Golden Melody Awards held in Taipei, Taiwan. Lee’s CD Stabat Mater, recorded in 2008 with Peabody voice faculty member Ah Young Hong and the Baltimore Baroque Band, which features Peabody faculty and students, was nominated for Best Religion Record.
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Hajime Teri Murai, director of orchestral activities, and the Peabody Symphony and Concert Orchestras received second place in the collegiate category of the 2008-2009 ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming. The awards were presented in June at the annual conference of the League of American Orchestras in Chicago.
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Fall at the Preparatory
Fall registration for the Peabody Preparatory opens Monday, July 6. The first day of lessons and classes is Wednesday, September 9. Visit www.peabody.jhu.edu/register for details, and to register online.
New Faculty CDs
 Trendsetters
The Peabody Wind Ensemble, conducted by Harlan D. Parker, explore the work of four musical trendsetters.
 intuitivo
Jazz crossover composer Fernando Benadon's band features Michael Formanek, bass; Courtney Orlando, violin; and Nasar Abadey, drums.
New Blogs
The Peabody Children’s Chorus, led by Doreen Falby, will be in England from July 9 to 14 on its 20th Anniversary Festival Tour. The group will participate in the Somerset International Youth Choral Festival, performing in Sherborne Abbey, Wells Cathedral, and other locations. Read Chorus Manager Sharon Spicher’s blog about the tour.
Dan Trahey, coordinator of the Peabody Preparatory’s Tuned-In outreach program, and Eli Wirth, director of the Tuned-In Ensemble, were in Venezuela last month to learn more about El Sistema, a program that teaches music to 300,000 of Venezuela’s poorest children. Read Trahey’s blog about the visit.
Give to Peabody
Your generosity enables Peabody to provide the one-to-one, artist-to-student teaching that is critical to musical development. Help secure our tradition of inspiration for another 150 years!
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