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Michael Formanek (center) with Ensemble Kolossus--18 people
Jazz
Peabody's Michael Formanek finally brings his big band to Baltimore
Published Sept 9, 2016
Peabody bassist and Ensemble Kolossus band leader Michael Formanek performs new album at the Creative Alliance
Daniel Naiman
Math and music
Tunes for summer
Published April 25, 2016
JHU mathematician Daniel Naiman unveils 'Mathematics of Music' summer course
Jarrett Gilgore
Jazz
'Requiem' by request
Published April 12, 2016
Peabody alum Jarrett Gilgore composes musical response to city's April 2015 unrest
All that jazz
Something classic
Published Dec 8, 2015
The perfect holiday party playlist, courtesy of Peabody jazz trumpeter Alex Norris
Jazz
Big band theory
Published Nov-Dec 2014
Michael Formanek, leader of Peabody Jazz Orchestra, talks about value of playing in big band / Gazette
Joe Byrd
Peabody to honor Joe Byrd
Published Feb 26, 2014
Institute's East Hall will be renamed for 1962 graduate, legendary jazz bassist
Language arts
Your brain on jazz
Published Feb 19, 2014
Researchers explore what's going on in minds of jazz musicians as they improvise / Hopkins Medicine
Now hear this
Your brain on music
Published Dec 2, 2013
Peabody conference will explore musical meaning by examining issues of creativity, culture, and memory from the perspectives of musicology, neuroscience
Dontae WInslow
Tour de funk
Legendary homecoming
Published Aug 6, 2013 Video
Trumpeter, JHU alum Dontae Winslow backs Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z on summer tour
Sort of science
An experiment in emotion
Published July 19, 2013
JHU postdoctoral fellow's film with improvised score debuts Sunday at Artscape