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Awadagin Pratt
Music
Grammy winners feature Peabody pianists
Published Feb 5, 2024
Awards for best classical producer, best contemporary classical composition include performances by alums Awadagin Pratt and John Wilson
An individual conducts a group of classical musicians seated in an orchestra arrangement
Undergraduate education
Peabody to meet full student financial need and eliminate loans
Published Feb 2, 2024
Peabody is the largest—and one of the few—conservatories in the U.S. to make the commitment to meeting full financial need
Cropped images of the album covers for "Rachmaninoff & Gershwin: Transcriptions By Earl Wild," "40@40," and "STILLPOINT."
Listen up
Grammy-nominated music from Peabody faculty and alumni
Published Jan 24, 2024
Check out our playlist of Hopkins-affiliated nominees and contributors ahead of the 2024 Grammy Awards
Cover art from "Fires in the Dark"
Performing arts
History of psychotherapy takes center stage
Published Jan 23, 2024
Psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison, composer Michael Hersch, and soprano Ah Young Hong team up for a powerful musical exploration of mental illness and healing
Jordan Prescott instructs a student as they play the pipe organ in Leith Symington Griswold Hall at Peabody Conservatory
Intersession
A pipe dream come true
Published Jan 23, 2024 Video
Peabody teaching associate Jordan Prescott shares his love for pipe organs with Johns Hopkins students during a winter-break course
Photo of Alysia Lee
A Voice for Artistic Youth Empowerment
Published Winter 2023
Baltimore native Alysia Lee, Peab '06 (MM), is recognized at the national level for her work to advance access, equity, and minority representation in the arts. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Photo of an amp with a volume nob that goes to 11
Q+A
Cutting through the distortion on musician hearing health
Published Oct 30, 2023
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Kris Chesky talks about the musician-specific earplug industry, and what might be done to improve how musicians and their teachers prevent noise-induced hearing loss
People stand in front of a display of record sleeves and CD covers at the BMA's exhibit "The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century"
Hip-hop's indelible influence
Published Summer 2023
A Baltimore Museum of Art's exhibit celebrates hip-hop's impact on culture / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Hopkins Symphony Orchestra music director Jed Gaylin
A maestro marks 30 years with Hopkins Symphony Orchestra
Published Summer 2023
Jed Gaylin, Peab '95 (DMA), discusses his musical milestones / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A rock band plays in the Peabody cafeteria March 10, 2023
Arts+Culture
From pandemic pivot improvisation to Peabody tradition
Published March 22, 2023 Video
Conservatory students return to the cafeteria to commemorate the third anniversary of a spontaneous final performance before the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020