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Opera

Michael Hersch turns to poetry as inspiration for latest work

Published Oct 8, 2024

New opera from the acclaimed Peabody composer, 'and we, each,' draws from the verse of poet Shane McCrae and his haunting explorations of the 'vast territories of human expression and experience'

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

Oil painting depicts four men in robes and stoles

President's message

Published Spring 2017

/ Johns Hopkins Magazine

A crowd of people applaud a man standing in the center of the photo holding flowers

President's Frontier Award

'A unique voice in American music'

Published Jan 31, 2017

Peabody composer Michael Hersch receives $250,000 President's Frontier Award

Opera premiere

'Winter' is coming

Published Oct 1, 2015

Michael Hersch's emotionally heavy opera, 'On the Threshold of Winter,' makes local debut

Deeply personal debut opera

Published June 30, 2014

First opera by Peabody's Michael Hersch confronts the often-horrifying realities of terminal illness