Young Artist Development Series Continues
The Young Artist Development Series, a partnership between Peabody and El Paso Pro-Musica, will take place this month in El Paso, Texas, and Mesa, Arizona. Nathan Cornelius, a doctoral candidate in guitar and master's candidate in theory pedagogy, will be in residence in
El Paso from November 28 through December 2 to perform and work with students throughout the community. Trio Jinx (pictured) - Ledah Finck, violin, viola, composer; Louna Dekker-Vargas, piccolo, flute, alto flute; Yoshiaki Horiguchi, double bass - who were Young Artist Development Series participants last spring, will return to the area to perform at the Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, Ariz., with Zuill Bailey (
BM '94, Cello), music director of both El Paso Pro-Musica and the Mesa Arts Center's
classical series.
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FROM THE DEAN
Diversity and inclusion is a topic that we are squarely and energetically focused on at Peabody and an important part today of the four pillars of Excellence, Interdisciplinary Experiences, Innovation, and Community Connectivity identified in Peabody's
Breakthrough Plan. To address this important topic, some 18 months ago we formed the Peabody Diversity Pathway Task Force comprised of faculty, staff, students, and alumni in order to examine Peabody's current state of diversity with a focus on under-represented communities; to establish a long-term plan that addresses the diversity pipeline for students, faculty, and staff; and, in doing so, to foster an ongoing conversation about the culture of diversity at Peabody and in the world of classical music.
In a recent update to the Peabody community, I shared a number of significant objectives and progress to date, as well as remaining challenges, around the areas of student recruitment; faculty, staff, and programming diversity; and climate. I invite you to review that
update. While we are grateful for the progress, we are cognizant of the fact that there is much work to do and that this is a long-term effort that requires sustained commitment and focus.
As always, thank you for your continued interest in Peabody.
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ON STAGE / OFF CAMPUS
Wednesday, November 8 - Sunday, November 12
Faculty artist William Burden, tenor, will perform the role of Dr. Robert Knox in the
Boston Lyric Opera's premiere of the Julian Grant/Mark Campbell opera
The Nefarious, Immoral but Highly Profitable Enterprise of Mr. Burke and Mr. Hare. Set in Edinburgh in 1828, the chamber opera is based on real events when the city's world-renowned anatomy schools suffered from a cadaver shortage. It tells the tale of two industrious men-William Burke and William Hare-who find lucrative work by murdering disenfranchised citizens and selling their corpses to Dr. Knox's academy.
Sunday, November 12, 11:00 am
Jenny Lin (
KSAS BA '94, German; AD '98, Piano) will make her debut in
Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series and White Light Festival. Lin will celebrate Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov's 80th birthday with Silvestrov's lyrical meditations on Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, and other composers alongside the masterworks that inspired him.
Friday, November 17 - Sunday, November 19
André Watts (
AD '72, Piano) will perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 on a program that is conducted by Robert Spano with the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. This concert also includes the BSO premiere of
Dreamtime Ancestors by Christopher Theofanidis. Friday and Sunday's shows are at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, while the Saturday show will be at Strathmore in North Bethesda.
Sunday, November 19, 2:00 pm
Newly appointed music director Michael Repper, DMA candidate, will make his Carnegie Hall debut leading the
New York Youth Symphony Orchestra in its season opening concert. Repper will conduct a program of Schumann's Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129, Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27, and the world premiere of Hilary Purrington's
Daylights.
Sunday, November 19, 7:00 pm
Organist and composer Trent Johnson (
BM '89, GPD '91, Organ) was commissioned by Trilogy: An Opera Company to write the opera
Kenyatta, based upon the life of Jomo Kenyatta, freedom fighter and the first president of Kenya. The world premiere of the complete work will take place at the
New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.
Peabody Events highlights select off-campus or live-streamed performances featuring Peabody performers. For other events, please visit our Peabody Institute Concerts Facebook page. For the complete weekly list of concerts at Peabody, subscribe to Events at Peabody at peabody.jhu.edu/news.
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ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
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Katarzyna Bryla-Weiss (GPD '05, AD '11, Violin; GPD '08, Chamber Ensemble) won a viola position with the New York City Ballet in January 2017.
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Doctoral candidate Nell Flanders has been appointed conductor of The Chelsea Symphony (TCS). She was chosen from a field of four finalists after a yearlong selection process. TCS, featured in Amazon's
Mozart in the Jungle, is an ensemble that strives to keeps things fresh, inspiring, and vibrant. Flanders currently studies with Marin Alsop and is a proponent of new music.
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James Morris (
'68, Voice) sang his 1,000th performance at the Metropolitan Opera on October 17, performing Timur in Puccini's
Turandot. He made his house debut in 1971 as the King in
Aida. Morris' other roles have included most notably Wotan in the Ring Cycle under James Levine. He will also be honored at the Martina Arroyo Foundation's 13th annual gala on November 13, with Ailyn Pérez, Chita Rivera, and Tommy Tune.
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Alexandra Razskazoff (
BM '14, Voice) tied for first place at the Academy of Vocal Arts 2017 Giargiari Bel Canto Competition in October in Philadelphia's Kimmel Center. Razskazoff, who studied with Stanley Cornett, recently sang Musetta in
La Boheme at Minnesota Opera and participated in the young artist program at the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco.
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Preparatory student Kevin Su was a finalist in the full orchestra division of the 2017 National Young Composers Challenge; a finalist in the ASCAP Young Composers Awards; won the orchestra category of the 2016-17 Azusa Pacific University/J.W. Pepper High School Composition Contest; won the Music Teachers National Association Composition Competition for Maryland in the senior division; and was named an Emerging Composer in the Tribeca New Music Young Composer Competition Division 2. Su studies with Judah Adashi.
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RECENT RECORDINGS
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Symphony Number One released its fourth album centered around
Approaching Eternity by Nicholas Bentz (
BM '17, Composition, Violin), a large-scale new work for chamber orchestra which premiered in April. It also features Martha Horst's
Straussian Landscapes and Hangrui Zhang's
Baltimore Prelude.
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John "Adidam" Littlejohn (
MM '02, GPD '04, Violin) released a new album titled
Caterpillar Chronicles. The hip hop album was created using only sounds from Littlejohn's vocals and violin. He strives to create a unique blend of many different kinds of music, including hip hop, classical, Middle-Eastern, jazz, gospel, and latin.
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Faculty artist Amit Peled, cello, released a new album,
The Amit Peled Peabody Cello Gang, with his students. The CD features pieces by Handel, David Popper, and the debut of an arrangement of the Schubert Arpeggione Sonata by Tom Zebovitz. Peled and the group tour around the country and perform cello concerti.
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Peabody faculty artist Michael Rickelton (
MM '10, DMA '17, Composition) has released a CD on Albany Records,
Time and Memory, featuring works for solo voice and piano. Four of the five performers on the CD are Peabody alums: Hsiao-Ying Lin (
MM '08, GPD '10, DMA '16, Piano), Matt Sullivan (
BM '13, Early Music), Ta-Wei Tsai (
BM '11, MM '13, Piano), and Molly Young (
MM '13, Voice, Early Music).
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