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In a Nutshell

Music of murder (for toy piano)

Published April 23, 2014

Peabody's David Smooke debuts concerto inspired by quirky, macabre Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Puppet show

One-of-a-kind opera

Published July 12, 2013

Peabody's David Smooke debuts opera about financial scandal, staged by puppets, in an invented language

Put another dime in the jukebox, class

Published Spring 2012

Peabody professor David Smooke on why students should take pop music seriously. / Johns Hopkins Magazine