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Doodle of Peabody with children
History
George Peabody gets his own Google doodle
Published March 16, 2018 Video
Peabody Institute founder, known as the father of modern philanthropy, remembered for lifetime of generosity
Sam Mungo
OPERA
The fat lady's dead
Published Spring 2018
Samuel Mungo, Peabody Opera's new director, wants to introduce more acting, movement, and dance options to undergrad and graduate students' training / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Byeong Woo Lee
Music
Scoring at the Olympics
Published Feb 9, 2018
Peabody alum Byeong Woo Lee composes music for PyeongChang Winter Olympics opening ceremony
A pile of timber and splintered construction
Music
Disaster relief that strikes a chord
Published Jan 18, 2018
Peabody alum enlists musicians from BSO, Lyric Brass Quintet for free concert to benefit island of Vieques
Molly Grace Young poses for the camera. She has a bald head, red lips, and bright blue eyes
Alumni
Chemo chameleon
Published Jan 10, 2018 Video
Some people bring a book or a magazine to chemotherapy. Molly Grace Young brings costumes and a camera.
The low end of the brass band
Get hype
Published Winter 2017 Video
OrchKids believes that music education can change a person's life; with the Booker T. Brass Band, the program proves that it doesn't have to be classical music that does that / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Charity Tillemann-Dick
Music
Indomitable diva
Published Winter 2017 Video
After two double-lung transplants, Peabody alum Charity Tillemann-Dick is again singing onstage around the world / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Blair Skinner
Q+A
The art of 'making something really beautiful'
Published Sept 22, 2017 Video
Peabody doctoral student Blair Skinner talks about conducting and what it's like to lead the Hopkins Concert Orchestra
Du Yun
The protean Du Yun
Published Fall 2017 Video
Du Yun's eclectic output is powered by curiosity about different music, sounds, subject matter, and collaborators / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Style that strikes a chord
Published Fall 2017
Peabody faculty member Kimberly Kong has played Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, yet she still finds time to share her favorite fashion, food, and beauty finds with her more than half a million blog followers / Johns Hopkins Magazine