Du Yun Named a Guggenheim Fellow
Faculty artist Du Yun, composition, was named a Guggenheim Fellow for 2018 in the Music Composition category. She will create a new multidisciplinary work for orchestra, film, and vocalists co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, London Southbank Centre, Kennedy Center, and Cal Performances. The composition,
Where We Lost Our Shadows, is in response to a film captured by Ramallah-based Palestinian visual artist Khaled Jarrar, which documents the refugee crisis in Europe. It will be premiered on April 11, 2019, by the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall.
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FROM THE DEAN
Peabody's
Breakthrough Plan has among its five pillars,
Interdisciplinary Experiences - to "own" the infusion of music across other disciplines in higher education. As we mark Peabody's 40th year as part of Johns Hopkins University, it is especially meaningful to take on initiatives that provide a unique competitive advantage for Peabody and JHU - doing things together that only we can do. One of the most exciting of these initiatives is establishing the
Center for Music and Medicine, the most recent manifestation of which is the ribbon-cutting inaugurating
The Johns Hopkins Rehabilitation Network Clinic for Performing Artists at the Peabody Institute, the first clinic of its kind on a music school campus. Nearly three-quarters of professional musicians will encounter one or more experiences with performing-related injury in
 their careers. Such injuries can be career threatening, and devastating to a musician. Our goal at Peabody as part of a new wellness initiative is, first and foremost, to help our students avoid injury in the first place. But if they do get injured, we want to be sure that they receive appropriate and effective treatment. With the opening of this new clinic, we envision a center for expertise around performing arts-related injury that will serve not just Peabody students but professional and amateur musicians grappling with injury. Coming back to the concept of competitive advantage, what better place to do this work then a preeminent music conservatory that is affiliated with one of the world's leading medical institutions, Johns Hopkins University and Medicine? We look forward to seeing this partnership flourish for the benefit of Peabody students and the wider community.
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ON STAGE / OFF CAMPUS
Julie Bosworth (
MM '14, Early Music Voice) and master's candidates Katelyn Aungst, soprano, and William Meinert, bass, will make their debuts with the
American Bach Soloists, performing Monteverdi's
Vespro della Beata Vergine, commonly known as The Vespers of 1610, and Gabrieli's
In ecclesiis & Magnificat à 14. Four performances will take place in and near San Francisco, Calif. Faculty artist
William Sharp will present a special benefit performance with the American Bach Soloists on Friday, May 4, at 7:00 pm.
Saturday, April 7, 7:30 pm
Faculty artist Manuel Barrueco (
BM '75, Guitar) will perform in the opening concert for the
Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society's annual festival. This year's two-day festival will also feature a performance by
Oscar Somersalo (
GPD '14, MM '16, Guitar), the 2017 Philadelphia Classical Guitar Competition first prize and Peter Segal Prize winner.
Preparatory alum Warren Wolf, vibes, will perform with the Dave Stryker Quintet at a concert at the Baltimore Museum of Art, presented through the
Baltimore Chamber Jazz Society. Wolf will join the Peabody Conservatory Jazz Studies faculty next year.
Saturday, April 28, 7:30 pm
Marie Curie Learns to Swim, an opera with libretto by Kendra Leonard (
BM '95, Cello), will be premiered at the Hartford Opera Theater in "Speaking Her Truth: Three Vocal Works by Jessica Rudman." Leonard also recently released the book,
The Art Songs of Louise Talma, and is the 2017-18 Rudolph Ganz Fellow at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
Friday and Saturday, May 4 and 5, 7:30 pm
Opera stage director Garnett Bruce will direct Opera Grand Rapids' production of
The Marriage of Figaro, conducted by James Meena, at the DeVos Performance Hall, in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Peabody Events highlights select off-campus or live-streamed performances featuring Peabody performers. For other events, please visit our Peabody Institute Concerts Facebook page. For the complete weekly list of concerts at Peabody, subscribe to Events at Peabody at peabody.jhu.edu/news.
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ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
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George Peabody, the founder of the Peabody Institute and considered "the father of modern philanthropy," was featured as Google's Doodle for March 16, seen around the world on Google's search page. According to Google, "It's believed that Peabody gifted over $8,000,000 in the course of his lifetime, about half of his $16,000,000 fortune," primarily in Baltimore, London, and Massachusetts.
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Alysia Lee (
MM '06, Voice) has been appointed the coordinator of fine arts for the Maryland State Department of Education. As such, she will support and oversee K-12 fine arts instruction throughout the state of Maryland.
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Countertenor Daniel Moody (
BM '14, Voice) was a recipient of the George London Award for young American and Canadian opera singers from the George London Foundation. This summer, he will make his debut with
Cincinnati Opera in
L'incoronazione di Poppea singing the role of Valetto for four performances and Nerone, the lead role, for one. Moody was also named a regional finalist from the Rocky Mountain Region in the Metropolitan National Council Auditions.
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Anastasia Pike (
MM '07, Harp), a former student of Jeanne Chalifoux, has joined the Crested Butte Music Festival in Colorado as associate director and coach of the Chamber Music Intensive, where small ensembles of serious, amateur musicians are coached by world-class artists.
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Peabody master's candidate Sarah Thomas (
BM '17, Violin) has been awarded a Hugh Hawkins Research Fellowship for the Study of Hopkins History. She plans to conduct research this summer at the Peabody Archives on the history of racial barriers and desegregation at the Peabody Institute in the 20th century. She will be supported by faculty mentor Judah Adashi and archivist mentor Matt Testa.
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RECENT RECORDINGS
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The newest CD by Zuill Bailey (
BM '94, Cello),
Haydn Cello Concertos, has debuted at number one on the Billboard Traditional Classical Music Charts. The CD was recorded with the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Wimbledon International Music Festival.
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Drummer, composer, and educator Devin Gray (
BM '06, Jazz Percussion) has released a new single, "Meta Cache."
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