Peabody’s Director of the Graduate Conducting Program Marin Alsop was featured in a Dallas Observer article by Jamie Laughlin, Creating Space: The Dallas Opera’s Institute for Women Conductors Passes the Baton, on December 9. The article focuses on a master class which was part of The Dallas Opera’s initiative, The Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors. One of only three freestanding programs worldwide designed to add gender balance to the podium, this two-week immersive environment is the only one on the globe with an exclusive focus on opera music.