Andrés Hidalgo (BM ’94, MM ’98, Guitar) won a tenure-track academic position for Classical Guitar at the Universidad de los Andes in Mérida, Venezuela, in
Spacious Skies: A Choral Symphony, a work themed around America’s national parks and composed by Scott Gendel with a libretto by Caitlin Vincent (MM ’09,
Tuned-In founder Dan Trahey (BM ’00, Tuba, Music Education) will lead the Collective Composition Workshop at the Aspen Music Festival in April and July. The
Peabody faculty artist Dr. Harlan D. Parker, conductor of the Peabody Chamber Winds, served as guest clinician for the KPASS Honor Band in Tokyo from
The Rockville Brass Band announced the appointment of Jermaine B. Fryer (MM ’20, Euphonium & Music Education) as Music Director. Band President Matthew Wlezien stated,
Chair of the Preparatory Guitar Department, Zoë Johnstone Stewart (MM ’05, Guitar), has been appointed Executive Director of the Guitar Foundation of America.
Toni Marie Palmertree (BM ’06, Vocal Studies) made her Metropolitan Opera Stage Debut singing the title role in Madama Butterfly on March 28th, 2026. She
Amy Carol Branum (BM ’76, Music Education) was the 2026 recipient of the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE) Lifetime Achievement Award. OAKE describes this
Kendra Preston Leonard (BM ’96, Cello) has been awarded a residency at Yaddo to work on the libretto for Common Room, an opera with music
The Setas Piano Trio, which comprises DMA student Amir Kadamani González (MM ’24, Violin), undergraduate student Adrian Bostian (Cello), and David Lécuyer (GPD ’25, Piano),