Musical 8’s are back, offering three ways to experience the 2009-2010 season at the Peabody Institute for just $10 a ticket, a discount of 33 1/3 percent! Subscribers choose 8 concerts in the Sylvia Adalman Artist Recital Series, 8 concerts in the Peabody Jazz Series, or any 8 performances from the entire concert season (excluding opera), a new option called Open Season. The first concert of the season, and the Adalman Series, is a solo piano recital by faculty artist Benjamin Pasternack on Wednesday, September 23, at 8:00 pm in Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall. Pasternack will play Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata, Copland’s Piano Variations, and works by Haydn, Mozart, Bernstein, and Shapero. For the complete schedule, visit www.peabody.jhu.edu/events. Please note the new direct telephone number for the Peabody Box Office, effective later this month: 410-234-3800.
Peabody Events
Used Steinways and other pianos of distinction will be included in this year’s Peabody Piano Sale on Saturday, August 22, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. New pianos are loaned to the Peabody Institute through a special arrangement between Yamaha Piano Corporation and Menchey Music Service. At the end of the academic year, these pianos are available for purchase at the Mount Vernon campus at significantly reduced prices. For more information, visit www.pianosatpeabody.com. To make a private appointment for August 20 or 21, call 1-866-742-6673.
Peabody People
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The Fort Worth Symphony has released an album, The Composer's Voice, featuring two works by composition faculty member Kevin Puts (see at right). The first, a violin concerto, was commissioned in 2007 by the FWSO for concertmaster Michael Shih. The second work, Symphony No. 3, "Vespertine," was inspired by an album by the Icelandic pop singer Björk.
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Faculty artist John Walker of the Conservatory's organ department is leading two weeks of hymn festivals in Taiwan this month to celebrate and introduce the newly published hymnal of the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan.
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Eric Zuber (BM ’05, AD ’09 Piano) was one of the winners of the 2009 Gina Bachauer Piano Competition at Juilliard. The competition awards young artists free tuition scholarships to Juilliard, where Zuber will begin his master’s degree studies next month. He also won fourth prize in the AXA International Piano Competition.
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Preparatory student Tariq Al-Sabir was chosen to sing the national anthem with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as part of its Fourth of July concert at Oregon Ridge Park. Al-Sabir was one of two winners of the honor, which drew more than 60 other contestants to the BSO’s “Oh, Say Can You Sing” auditions.
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In Memoriam
Longtime Conservatory and Preparatory faculty member Shirley Hsiao-Ni Pan (DMA ’02, Piano) died of cancer on July 25. Pan started at Peabody as a graduate assistant in 1993 and, shortly thereafter, became a full-time member of the Preparatory’s piano faculty. She also taught keyboard studies in the Conservatory. She was a highly respected and much loved teacher, as well as a talented artist. 
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What's New @ Peabody is the Peabody Institute's new monthly newsletter. For more news and ways to stay connected, visit www.peabody.jhu.edu/news.
Fall at the Preparatory
Music instruction for children and adults is available in Baltimore, Towson, Annapolis, and Howard County, and dance instruction is available in Baltimore and Towson. The first day of lessons and classes is Wednesday, September 9. To register online, visit www.peabody.jhu.edu/register.
New CDs
 The Composer’s Voice
Kevin Puts’ Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 3, "Vespertine," are featured in this recording by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
 Virtuoso Guitar Duos
Faculty artist Manuel Barrueco (BM ’75, Guitar) performs repertoire from Spain and South America with his former student Franco Platino (GPD ’97, AD ’01, Guitar).
  Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
Markand Thakar of Peabody’s orchestral conducting faculty leads the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra in a recording of Sinfonies Concertantes by Ignaz Pleyel featuring Peabody faculty artist Victoria Chiang, viola, and a recording of works by alumnus Jonathan Leshnoff (BM ’95, MM ’97, Composition).
 Dmitri Shostakovich 24 Preludes & Fugues
David Hurwitz of Classics Today called this performance by Jenny Lin (AD ’98, Piano) "hands down the finest version of this massive work yet recorded."
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