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See Leonard Slatkin Conduct the PSO Live
Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin, music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre National de Lyon, will guest conduct the Peabody Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, April 15, at 8:00 pm. The concert will be live streamed. Faculty artist Marina Piccinini will perform Aaron Jay Kernis' Flute Concerto, which was composed for her. The orchestra will also perform Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36 and Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, Op. 36. On Monday, April 17, at 2:30 pm, the Dean's Symposium featuring opera director Peter Sellars will also be live streamed. For a full list of Peabody's live-streamed events, visit peabody.jhu.edu/live.
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FROM THE DEAN
I want to devote this space today to provide a brief update on new and recent diversity initiatives here at Peabody. Even as our task forces on the curriculum, ensembles, and faculty governance wind down after many months of very productive and fruitful work, the Peabody Diversity Pathway Task Force is ramping up its agenda.
Three sub-committees of the task force, including Pipeline to Student Recruitment, Curriculum & Programming, and Climate/Inclusion & Cultural Competency, all co-chaired by trios of administrative, faculty, and student leadership, are starting to meet and consider plans in these key areas. On a parallel track, we have begun the process to design and implement an updated climate survey in order to set benchmarks against which we can measure future progress. In addition, all faculty searches now being conducted are following the protocols laid out in our Faculty Diversity Plan implemented last year, while a scheduled, one-day faculty kick-off to the next academic year will have as its focus, diversity and inclusion. Finally, in order to keep everyone in the loop and up to speed on these initiatives, we have just gone live with a diversity page on the Peabody website which you can find here:
peabody.jhu.edu/diversity.
I cannot stress enough how important this is for Peabody. When we consider historic challenges of this field and the continued challenges that our society faces around inclusion, it is essential that Peabody as an institution promises an environment where each and every member of our Peabody community feels welcome and safe, and where Peabody is contributing to a diverse and inclusive group of artists. We are fully committed to this vision and should not accept anything less.
I thank the many faculty, staff, and students involved in this work, as we look forward to benchmarking progress in this critical area of life at Peabody.
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ON STAGE / OFF CAMPUS
Tuesday, April 4 - Saturday, April 8
Several Peabody student ensembles will perform in Light City Baltimore. Peabody's Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall will host Marianna Prjevalskaya, piano; the Peabody Community Chorus; and Peabody Imperial Brass on Wednesday, April 5, at 7:00 pm. The Peabody Preparatory Wind Orchestra, directed by Elijah Wirth, will perform at the Light Up the Night! Stage at the Inner Harbor Amphitheater on Saturday, April 8, at 5:15 pm. The Peabody Bass Trio and Brassanova will perform several performances at the Kaufman Pavilion at the Inner Harbor. Visit Light City for the full schedule of events or the Peabody website
for events featuring Peabody students.
Master's student Sam Hong, a piano student of Leon Fleisher, will perform with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gerard Schwarz, as one of five finalists for the 2017 American Pianists Awards. Mr. Hong will perform Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, on the first night of the gala finals which will be live-streamed. Use #TeamSam to show support for him. The competition winner will be named the following night.
Monday, April 24, 8:00 pm
The PostClassical Ensemble will present "A Lou Harrison Centenary Celebration" featuring Netanel Draiblate (MM '07, GPD '09, Violin) and Jacqueline Pollauf (BM '06, MM '07, Harp) at the Indonesian Embassy in Washington, D.C. This concert celebrates the release of PostClassical Ensemble's latest CD on the Naxos label that features the music of Lou Harrison and the sounds of the Indonesian Gamelan ensemble that inspired his work. The concert will feature Lou Harrison's Epikuros for gamelan, Suite for Cello and Harp, and Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Gamelan.
Sunday, April 30, 7:00 pm
JT Mitchell, a master's candidate studying Baroque flute with Gwyn Roberts and harpsichord with Adam Pearl, will present a recital in collaboration with harpsichordist Gabriel Benton at Baltimore's Grace and St. Peter's Church, 707 Park Avenue, Baltimore. The recital is free and open to the public.
Sunday, April 30, 7:30 pm
The Chamber Music Society of Maryland, with DMA conducting student Michael Repper as managing director, will present Preparatory student Connor Chaikowsky, a 16-year-old violinist, as a one of three recipients of the Reinecke Youth Chamber Music Fellowship. He will perform a solo work as well as Beethoven's "Archduke" Piano Trio with the other fellows at the Towson Unitarian Universalist Church. Mr. Chaikowsky is a member of the Peabody Youth Orchestra and the Pre-Conservatory Violin Program.
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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Bass alumni Rudy Albach (BM '13, Double Bass), Paul Aksman (BM '07, Double Bass), Nick Jones (BM '07, Double Bass), and Lee Philip (BM '08, Double Bass) have won positions in prominent symphonies this year. Mr. Albach (pictured) won the principal position in the Columbus Symphony in Ohio. Mr. Aksman won a position in the Helsinki Symphony in Finland. Mr. Jones won a position in the Buffalo Symphony in New York. Mr. Philip is working as a one year appointment as assistant principal of the San Francisco Symphony in California.
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Charles Halka (
BM '06, Piano; MM '08, Composition, Music Theory Pedagogy) won first place in Division 1 of the 2017 Tribeca New Music Young Composer Competition for his composition
Por la Fuerza las Tierras. Thomas Kotcheff (
BM '10, Piano) was awarded runner-up status in Division 1 for his composition
scratch cradle. Samuel Lam, Lila Quillin, and Kevin Su, P
reparatory composition students of Judah Adashi, received "Emerging Composer" recognition in Division 2 of the competition for their compositions.
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Timothy Jones, a sophomore piano student of Marian Hahn, received first prize in piano at the Music Teachers National Association's Competition for Young Artist Performance. He performed as part of the winner's concert on March 21, at 3:30 pm, at the MTNA National Conference at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel.
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Ben Kim (
BM '04, Piano), a former student of Leon Fleisher, was awarded the top prize of the Rheingau Music Festival on March 30 in Berlin. The award includes 15,000 euros and a concert on Tuesday, July 4 in the Fürst von Metternich Hall at Johannisberg Castle in Geisenheim, Germany.
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Humanities Chair Hollis Robbins (
KSAS BA '83, Writing Seminars) has been named as a 2017-18 National Humanities Center Fellow. As a fellow, Dr. Robbins will work on an individual research project and will have the opportunity to share ideas in seminars, lectures, and conferences at the National Humanities Center.
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RECENT RECORDINGS
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Mia Pomerantz Amaral (BM '06, MM '07, GPD '08, Guitar) and Jorge Amaral (GPD '04, MM '06, Guitar) of Duo Amaral have released their third collaborative album, Key West, featuring Latin American music for two guitars.
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Felix Hell (
AD '07, MM '08, DMA '16, Organ) has released
Heroic Proportions, his 10th published album. It features works by Bach, Barber, Franck, and Willan, as well as a world premiere recording of
Sonetto by Eric R. Stewart (
BM '07, MM '08, Composition).
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Daniel Schlosberg (
BM '00, Piano; KSAS BA '00, History; MM '01, Piano) is featured on Lei Liang's newest CD titled
Luminous under the New World Records label. Mr. Schlosberg was featured with Third Coast Percussion on
Inkscape, a piece for piano and percussion composed by Lei Liang.
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