Mary Burke, a student of Phyllis Bryn-Julson, won first prize in the Conservatory Concerto Competition: Voice Finals at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music of the National University of Singapore. Burke is in the joint degree program, which combines elements of each conservatory’s curriculum for specific majors. Peabody students begin in Baltimore and benefit from fixed terms of study in Singapore. Of eight total semesters of undergraduate study, Peabody students spend five semesters at Peabody and three semesters at Yong Siew Toh.