Fanfare

Yesse Kim (BM ’15, Piano), 22, knows how fortunate she is to be able to concentrate on her musical studies while at Peabody and not have to hold down a job. Currently a graduate student, she is a recipient of the Lillian Freundlich Endowed Scholarship. Ms. Kim’s tuition was covered

Barely a year after Dean Fred Bronstein launched his ambitious Breakthrough Plan, Peabody has not only met the plan’s $2.5 million fund- raising goal — it has exceeded it. The plan calls for Peabody leadership to focus on academic excellence, innovation, collaboration, and community connectivity to help Peabody remain among

Laifun Chung and Ted Kotcheff, parents of alumnus Thomas Kotcheff (BM ’10, Piano) have established a $3 million bequest for undergraduate scholarships at Peabody. Ms. Chung says her son’s experience at Peabody, where he studied piano with Benjamin Pasternack and took composition lessons with Tom Benjamin, was “really transformational, both

Thanks to an innovative program called Faculty Studio Funds, donors now have a way to directly support the work of Peabody faculty and their students. These discretionary funds allow faculty members to attract promising students by helping them with the many expenses that are part of their education. In some

Seamlessly connected to historic Leakin Hall, the “New Building” was built on faith and out of necessity. Several large gifts made it possible to begin construction on the much-needed space designed to house the Arthur Friedheim Music Library, the Peabody Archives, dance studios, practice rooms, classrooms, and offices, but the

Throughout its proud 100-year history, Peabody Dance has been a pioneer, frequently offering groundbreaking programs and performances that have shaped American dance. Its Estelle Dennis/Peabody Dance Training Program for Boys, established in 2009, is an example of just such a program. The program offers rigorous training in classical ballet for