Bergamot Quartet Releases In the Brink
Bergamot Quartet, comprised of Ledah Finck (BM ’16, MM ‘18, Violin); Sarah Thomas (BM ’17, MM ’19 Violin); Amy Huimei Tan (GPD ’20, Viola); and Irène Han (MM ’18, Cello), released its first full length recording title In the Brink on May 6, 2022.
Kasia Bryla Appointed 4th Chair Viola in San Francisco Symphony
Kasia Bryla (AD ’11, Viola) has been appointed 4th chair viola with the San Francisco Symphony. Bryla has previously played with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the New York City Ballet Orchestra. She will join Leor Maltinksi (GPD ’03, Violin) and Florin Parvulescu (AD ’96, Violin) in the symphony.
The Strad Highlights Amit Peled and the Handel Choir of Baltimore
Amit Peled’s performance of Joshua Bornfield’s new Houses of Peace was featured in The Strad magazine. Peled is the cello soloist of the Handel Choir of Baltimore, conducted by Brian Bartoldus.
Benefit Concert for Ukraine
Symphony orchestras have started adding the late Ukrainian composer Myroslav Skoryk’s Melody in A Minor to their concert programs to acknowledge the current humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. The short piece, which appeared as theme music in a 1980s Soviet film, became popularly known as the “spiritual hymn” of Ukraine over the ensuing decades. It’s the […]
Amit Peled Founds Every Child Deserves a Voice
Cello Professor Amit Peled began the Every Child Deserves a Voice program through Mount Vernon Virtuosi with the goal to raise funds to purchase 1,000 string instruments to be distributed to schools in the Baltimore and Montgomery County school systems. The program recently received a donation of an 1850 German-made cello from Czechoslovakia from Holocaust […]
Victoria Chiang Featured on Violinist.com
Victoria Chiang, Professor of Viola, was featured on violinist.com in an article entitled “Wisdom on Efficient Practice from Four Top Violists and Teachers.” In the article, Chiang discussed the importance of learning to have intonation within a key, embracing the process of practicing, and having patience when confronted with difficulties.
Amit Peled Profiled in The Baltimore Sun for Founding the Mount Vernon Virtuosi
Cello Professor Amit Peled was featured in the Baltimore Sun for his founding of the Mount Vernon Virtuosi. Regarded for his “idea of music as a public right,” the Sun profiled Peled about his life before the Virtuosi and how his experiences have shaped his philosophy around performing accessible concerts. Following the article, the Virtuosi […]
Steph Zimmerman and Nonoka Mizukami Represent Peabody at the American Musicology Society
Doctorate of Music Arts students Steph Zimmerman and Nonoka Mizukami presented Inspiring A New Generation of Luthiers: A New Organology within the Curriculum of an American Conservatory in a live session on Early Musics in the 21st Century at the American Musicological Society Annual Meeting. Alongside Associate Professor of Musicology Susan Weiss, Zimmerman and Mizukami […]
Amit Peled Featured in The Strad Magazine for “Psycho Suite for Strings”
Cello Professor Amit Peled and his Mount Vernon Virtuosi orchestra were featured in The Strad, a UK-based music magazine. Following their performance of Bernard Herrmann’s “Psycho Suite for Strings,” composed for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1960’s thriller, Psycho.
Anastasia Pike Opens SAEE 2021 Virtual Conference
Dr. Anastasia Pike (MM ’07, Harp), a former student of the late harpist Jeanne Chalifoux, opened the 2021 Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education’s virtual conference with “For Good: How a Wicked Pandemic Has Forever Changed Arts Entrepreneurship,” a presentation featuring compelling interviews with Clive Gillinson, artistic and executive director of Carnegie Hall, and Jeffrey Sharkey, […]
