
The MASS that Unites
George Alderson remembers being deeply moved by the world premiere performance of Leonard Bernstein’s MASS, A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers.

Concert Halls as Classrooms
What better place to learn about acoustics than in the physical spaces where music is performed?

Preparatory Revives Chamber Music for Adults
Pianist Michael Auerbach, a professor of medicine at Georgetown and a hematologist and oncologist, has studied music his entire life, except for a brief time during medical school.

Set to LAUNCH
The driving force behind the Peabody Conservatory’s innovative Breakthrough Curriculum is the need to provide today’s young artists with the training and skills required to be successful in their careers — skills that extend beyond simply being an excellent musician or dancer.

Making the BSO’s Rich History Accessible
Having performed more than a century’s worth of concerts, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has a rich history of public performance.

Honoring a Loved One’s Request
Physician Calvin Jones first crossed paths with his future wife, Dorothy Breneman, an interior designer, when he was completing his surgical training in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Gift Funds a Piano and Supports Breakthrough Curriculum
Born in Shanghai, China, Ci-Ying Sun (BM ’92, MM ’94, Piano) came to the United States in the late 1980s to study at Peabody.

Sonia Matheus
Junior oboist Sonia Matheus, a Latina-Jewish woman, sees herself as a natural activist in the current American political climate where it feels like minority identities are viewed as unacceptable, she says.