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General information about the Peabody Institute and recent press releases are available in this section. Members of the media may contact the Communications Office to be placed on the press release and media calendar mailing list.
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Advance Event Listings
The following are bi-monthly media calendars sent out approximately eight weeks in advance. For the most up-to-date information, please refer to the Peabody Institute Master Calendar www.peabody.jhu.edu/events.
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January-February Media Calendar Updated 11/3/09
Chamber, Vocal, and Orchestral Music: Quartet for the End of Time, A Visit with Emily, Made in AmericaFor the first Peabody concert of 2010, faculty artist Anthony McGill, principal clarinet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and a performer at President Obama’s inauguration, will join the Peabody Trio, the Conservatory’s ensemble-in-residence, on Wednesday, Jan. 27, to play Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. Also on the program for this Sylvia Adalman Artist Recital Series concert will be Mendelssohn’s Trio in D minor. The next two concerts in the Adalman Series are on Tuesday, Feb. 2, when pianist Leon Fleisher – a faculty artist since 1959 – and his colleagues Pamela Frank, Michael Kannen, Maria Lambros, and Violaine Melançon will perform Brahms’s Piano Quintet in F minor, plus chamber works by Beethoven and Webern; and Tuesday, Feb. 23, when members of Peabody’s Voice Department will present Tom Cipullo’s song cycle A Visit with Emily and music of Purcell, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Saint-Saens, and Gubaidulina. Hajime Teri Murai will conduct three concerts by the Peabody Symphony and Concert Orchestras in January and February, each demonstrating the approach that has repeatedly won these ensembles ASCAP Adventurous Programming Awards. On Saturday, Feb. 6, the Peabody Symphony Orchestra will present Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 in G major, Pulitzer Prize-winner Joseph Schwantner’s Chasing Light... (part of Ford Made in America, made possible by Ford Motor Company Fund), and Homage by Joshua William Mills, the winning work in the Macht Orchestral Composition Competition at Peabody. On Friday, Feb. 12, the Peabody Concert Orchestra will present Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Berlioz’s Le corsaire, and Joan Tower’s Made in America (commissioned in the first round of the Ford program). The Peabody Symphony Orchestra returns on Saturday, Feb. 27, to play Mozart’s Symphony No. 33 in B-flat major and Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra. |
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November-December Media Calendar Updated 9/14/09
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September-October Media Calendar Updated 8/19/09
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Recent Press Releases from The Peabody Institute
October 28th, 2009
Concert to Mark 40 Years of Electronic Music, Nov. 3
A free multimedia concert by the Peabody Computer Music Consort on Tuesday, Nov. 3, will celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Electronic Music Studio at Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory.
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October 20th, 2009
Composer to Premiere Colonnades for Solo Piano
Douglas Buchanan, a doctoral candidate in composition at the Peabody Conservatory, will perform the world premiere of his 32-movement piece for piano, Colonnades, on Friday, Oct. 23, at 8:00 pm in Peabody’s Hilda and Douglas Goodwin Recital Hall, 17 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore.
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October 20th, 2009
Peabody's "Big Band" to Open Jazz Series, Oct. 23
The Peabody Jazz Orchestra, directed by Michael Formanek, will open this year’s Peabody Jazz Series with a concert on Friday, Oct. 23.
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October 14th, 2009
Peabody Woodwind Faculty to Play Poulenc, Oct. 20
Three Peabody Conservatory faculty artists, all members of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, will pay tribute to 20th-century French composer Francis Poulenc at a concert on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
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October 7th, 2009
Three Rare Operas in French at Peabody, Oct. 19
A performance at Baltimore’s Peabody Institute on Monday, Oct. 19, will showcase three French works: Adonis by Jean-Philippe Rameau; L’ivrogne corrigé (The Drunkard Reformed) by Christoph Willibald Gluck; and Rita by Gaetano Donizetti.
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September 30th, 2009
"Russian Evening" of Cello Sonatas at Peabody, Oct. 6
Cellist Amit Peled and pianist Eli Kalman will perform three sonatas by Russian composers at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 8:00 pm.
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September 29th, 2009
World Premiere of Zaimont Concerto at Peabody, Oct. 7
The world premiere of Concerto for Piano and Wind Orchestra, “Solar Traveller,” by Judith Lang Zaimont will be presented by the Peabody Wind Ensemble on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 pm in Peabody’s Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall.
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September 25th, 2009
Peabody Dance Presents Ninth Annual Day of Master Classes and Ballet Teachers' Seminar, Nov. 8
Peabody Dance’s highly anticipated Day of Master Classes and Ballet Teachers’ Seminar, an annual event, will take place Sunday, Nov. 8, from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm in the dance studios of the Peabody Preparatory’s downtown campus, 21 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore. The brochure can be downloaded from www.peabody.jhu.edu/dancemc.
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September 22nd, 2009
Sept. 23 Concert by Benjamin Pasternack has Been Postponed
Please note that the Peabody Institute concert scheduled for 8:00 pm tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 23, by faculty artist Benjamin Pasternack, piano, has been postponed. Ticket holders will be contacted directly by the Peabody Box Office. The first Peabody Institute concert of the 2009-2010 season will be the Peabody Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hajime Teri Murai, with Ronaldo Rolim, piano, on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 8:00 pm in Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall. Peabody regrets any inconvenience this necessary schedule change may cause. The telephone number for the Peabody Box Office is 410-234-4800. Complete program information may be found at www.peabody.jhu.edu/events.
September 21st, 2009
Competition Winners to Perform with Peabody Symphony
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Three Nights, Three Performances at Peabody: Opera, Orchestra, and Chamber Music, Oct. 20–22
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Peabody Dance Presents Eighth Annual Day of Master Classes and Ballet Teachers’ Seminar
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Peabody’s Towson Campus Marks 50 Years with Recital
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Peabody Institute 2008-2009 Concert Season Opens Sept. 24
Highlights of the fall schedule. Click on above link for full release. |
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Are You Ready for Musical 8s?
Peabody announces 2008-2009 season subscription series. Click on above link for full release. |
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Composer Christopher Rouse Joins the Peabody Institute as Distinguished Composer-in-Residence
Internationally acclaimed composer and Baltimore native Christopher Rouse has been appointed Distinguished Composer-in-Residence at the Peabody Conservatory. |
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Peabody Faculty Artist Larry Williams Endorsed as a Yamaha Performing Artist
The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University is pleased to announce that Peabody alumnus and faculty artist Larry Williams, horn, has been endorsed as a Yamaha Performing Artist by The Yamaha Corporation of America. |
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Mellasenah Morris Named Peabody’s Next Conservatory Dean /Deputy Director
Mellasenah Morris, a Peabody alumna and former assistant dean for academic affairs at Peabody, has been appointed dean of the Conservatory/deputy director of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. |
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Trumpeter Joe Burgstaller to Join Peabody Faculty as Distinguished Visiting Artist
The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University is pleased to announce the appointment of trumpeter Joe Burgstaller to the conservatory faculty as Distinguished Visiting Artist. |
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Renewal of Agreement Between the National University of Singapore and the Peabody Institute
The National University of Singapore (NUS) has signed an agreement with the Johns Hopkins University to renew the collaboration between the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YSTCM) and the Peabody Institute. |
