Du Yun’s Composition in New Yorker
January 9, 2023
Faculty composer Du Yun’s In Our Daughters Eyes was included in Alex Ross’ “Ten Notable Performances of 2022” in the New Yorker.
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LOC Announces 2022 Music Commissions from Koussevitzky Foundation
January 5, 2023
The Peabody Post noted back in September, when faculty composer Oscar Bettison first received word of his commission, that he’d be receiving one of the
Amy Beth Kirsten Joining Faculty at The Juilliard School
December 21, 2022
Amy Beth Kirsten (DMA ’10, Composition) is joining the music composition faculty at The Juilliard School next fall.
David Gaines Has Two Compositions Premiered
December 18, 2022
David Gaines (DMA ’98, Composition) had two of his new compositions, Ho, Mia Kor’ for soprano and piano and La Ora Ŝipo for SSAT choir, premiered in Montreal at
Paola Prestini Awarded OPERA America Commissioning Grant
December 17, 2022
In August, OPERA America announced Commissioning Grants to seven opera companies through its Opera Grants for Women Composers program, including to Beth Morrison Projects and
Kevin Puts’ Contact Nominated for Grammy Award
December 12, 2022
Composition Professor Kevin Puts’ Contact, performed by the Trio Time for Three and The Philadelphia Orchestra, has been nominated for a Grammy Award in Best
Kirk-Evan Billet’s New Online Course
December 11, 2022
Kirk-Evan Billet (BM ’84, Composition), catalog librarian at the Arthur Friedheim Library, developed and taught a new online course through the American Library Association during
2023 Grammy Nominations for Faculty and Alumni
December 6, 2022
Peabody alumni and faculty are well represented in the 2023 Grammy nominations. The 65th Annual Grammy Awards take place February 5, 2023, at the Crytpo.Com
Du Yun Awarded 2023 Vilcek Prize in Music
November 11, 2022
Du Yun, Professor of Composition, has been awarded the 2023 Vilcek Prize in Music. The prizes are awarded annually to outstanding immigrants who have made
Oscar Bettison’s “La hija del neón” on 20 for 2020
November 1, 2022
Composition professor Oscar Bettison’s “La hija del neón” for cello, piano, and electric guitar appears on the EP 20 for 2020 Volume IV. It is the fourth
