Features
Opening dialogue, provoking outrage, giving a voice, projecting hope … music, it seems, has an unmatched ability to reflect the human condition.
Written By Rafael Alvarez
Fall 2015
Artistic excellence is no longer enough to sustain a professional career in classical music. How must musicians adapt—and what role should conservatories play?
by Linell Smith
Spring 2015
The Peabody Ensembles Office has a collection of hundreds of instruments available for use by Peabody Conservatory students and faculty, many of which have been donated to the school. Some are quite valuable. Here are stories of a few of those instruments.
by Margaret Bell
Photography by Richard Anderson, Marshall Clarke, Will Kirk
Spring 2015
Peabody Dance celebrates a century of being at the leading edge of an American art form.
by Rachel Wallach
Spring 2015
If this were a movie, it would open with a montage blending Peabody's Grand Arcade with Homewood's Gilman Hall with the Maryland Institute College of Arts' Brown Center. As the upbeat, slightly edgy music swells, a new image materializes: an enormous white 1930s-era building on Baltimore's North Avenue, just east of Charles Street in the burgeoning Station North Arts and Entertainment District.
by Rachel Wallach
Fall 2014
As the concertmaster of the St. Louis Symphony, David Halen frequently arrived at work early in preparation for an upcoming performance. But no matter when he arrived each evening–7:30, 7:15, 7:00–one guy was always there before him: Fred Bronstein.
by Michael Blumfield
Fall 2014