A new biography of former Peabody faculty member Fiora Corradetti Contino has been written by Joan Whittemore. The book, Maestra–The Legacy of Fiora Corradetti Contino, chronicles the contribution of an American maestra of opera, who was on the Peabody faculty for the 1978-1979 academic year and served as director of choral activities. She also conducted the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Festival Boulanger.