Composition Faculty members Mary Kouyoumdjian and Felipe Lara were finalists for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for music. Kouyoumdjian’s “Paper Pianos” and Lara’s “Double Concerto for esperanza spalding, Claire Chase, and large orchestra” were the pieces nominated.
Tyshawn Sorey, who visited Peabody for master classes with jazz & composition students earlier this year, won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for music with his composition “Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith).”