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  • Showcase Series: Peabody Institute – Tuned-In

    This event will highlight the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University’s Tuned-In and Baltimore-Washington Musical Pathways (BWMP) programs. Founded in 1857, the Peabody Institute provides world-class music and dance training through the degree-granting Peabody Conservatory as well as pr...

  • Session 3: The Chamber Music of Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer at Work

    Is classical music your cup of tea? Has the art of Ludwig van Beethoven inspired you in your musical interests or pursuits? How much do you know about how Beethoven's art was created and his influence on the evolution of classical music? Celebrate the legendary artist's upcoming 200th birthday by...

  • Session 4: The Chamber Music of Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer at Work

    Is classical music your cup of tea? Has the art of Ludwig van Beethoven inspired you in your musical interests or pursuits? How much do you know about how Beethoven's art was created and his influence on the evolution of classical music? Celebrate the legendary artist's upcoming 200th birthday by...

  • Session 2: The Chamber Music of Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer at Work

    Is classical music your cup of tea? Has the art of Ludwig van Beethoven inspired you in your musical interests or pursuits? How much do you know about how Beethoven's art was created and his influence on the evolution of classical music? Celebrate the legendary artist's upcoming 200th birthday by...

  • Session 1: The Chamber Music of Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer at Work

    Is classical music your cup of tea? Has the art of Ludwig van Beethoven inspired you in your musical interests or pursuits? How much do you know about how Beethoven's art was created and his influence on the evolution of classical music? Celebrate the legendary artist's upcoming 200th birthday by...

  • Scalia/Ginsburg/Wang: Forging Friendship Across Ideological Divides

    Join SNF Agora Institute and Peabody Institute in a discussion with composer-librettist of the American Opera Scalia/Ginsburg and Peabody lecturer, Derrick Wang. This comedy about friendship in a divided world was inspired by the words of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antoni...

  • Harlem Renaissance - Rebirth

    After the race riots of 1919 and the Northern migration of African Americans, the Harlem neighborhood of New York City experienced a population boom and was the birthplace of what became known as the Golden Age of African American culture. Writers, musicians and artists worked across disciplines ...

  • Grace Notes in American History: Virtual Exhibit Opening

    Join Sam Bessen, Eleanor and Lester Levy Family Curator of Sheet Music and Popular Culture at the Sheridan Libraries, for a livestream introduction of Grace Notes in American History: 200 Years of Songs from the Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection, a special exhibition on view at the George Peabod...

  • Baltimore's Billie Holiday: A Musical Tribute to Lady Day

    Join us for a live concert honoring the life and musical legacy of jazz legend Billie Holiday. The 60-minute performance will feature renowned vocalist Maimouna Youssef a.k.a “Mumu Fresh”, accompanied by a world-class acoustic quartet from the Peabody Institute Jazz Studies department. Band membe...

  • Baltimore Lives: A Discussion with Photographer John Mayden

    Award winning photographer John Clark Mayden has been documenting life in Baltimore’s African American neighborhoods since the 1970s. His photographs capture the ordinary joys and sorrows, quiet moments, and daily realities of life: kids on their bikes and roller skates, old timers catching a bre...

  • At the BMA - Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800

    Hopkins alumna Asma Naeem, A&S '91, Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director at the Baltimore Museum of Art, leads viewers through highlights of the landmark exhibition "Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800". This exhibition of more than 200 works of diverse media and scale aims...

  • Arts and Health at Johns Hopkins

    What might healing look like if the arts were thoroughly integrated into the healthcare environment? What would Johns Hopkins University and Health Systems look like if precision medicine and state-of-the-art care included (1) the arts in training, professional development, and support for the we...

  • Art Glass at Evergreen Museum and Library: Livestreamed Tour

    The Johns Hopkins University’s Evergreen Museum & Library possesses a remarkable collection late 19th- and early 20th-century art glass objects. The museum’s current exhibition Art Glass at Evergreen (on view through April 17, 2022) highlights a selection of these objects, showcasing a range of s...

  • Session 3: An Evening of Jazz with Sean Jones

    Join internationally acclaimed trumpeter and the Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair of the Jazz Department at the Peabody Institute, Sean Jones, as he takes you on a journey through jazz – then and now. Using his personal collection of vinyl, Sean will share his favorite recordings representative ...

  • Session 2: An Evening of Jazz with Sean Jones

    Join internationally acclaimed trumpeter and the Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair of the Jazz Department at the Peabody Institute, Sean Jones, as he takes you on a journey through jazz – then and now. Using his personal collection of vinyl, Sean will share his favorite recordings representative o...

  • Session 1: An Evening of Jazz with Sean Jones

    Join internationally acclaimed trumpeter and the Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair of the Jazz Department at the Peabody Institute, Sean Jones, as he takes you on a journey through jazz – then and now. Using his personal collection of vinyl, Sean will share his favorite recordings representative o...

  • An Evening of Jazz with Sean Jones

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    Join internationally acclaimed trumpeter and the Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair of the Jazz department at the Peabody Institute, Sean Jones, as he takes you on a journey through jazz - then and now. Using his personal collection of vinyl, Sean will share his favorite recordings representative ...

  • 99 Clay Vessels: The Muslim Women Storytelling Project

    In this Hopkins at Home virtual event, Dr. Homayra Ziad, Director of the Program in Islamic Studies at Johns Hopkins University and Alison Kysia, multimedia artist and grassroots educator, share stories of their collaboration on 99 Clay Vessels: The Muslim Women Storytelling Project. This multime...

  • Jazz Lives!

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    Join Nasar Abadey as he takes you on an exploration of key fundamental elements which create Jazz music, as well as the when, why and how this music developed and the many that advanced it to achieving its status of America's gift to world culture will also be a part of the discussion. Music exam...

  • The Firebird and the Fox: Russian Culture Under Tsars and Bolsheviks

    Join Jeffrey Brooks, Professor of History in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, as he introduces you to "The Firebird and the Fox: Russian Culture under Tsars and Bolsheviks." Dr. Brooks emphasizes three insights readers might take away from the book, related to the cultural ramifications o...

  • Rough Magic: Shakespeare on Power

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    Join Eliot Cohen, PhD, Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies, on a 6-week exploration of the ways in which Shakespeare’s works display power. This 6 part course consists of self-paced lectures followed by live discussions.

    Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Cohen has been a re...

  • Session 4: Rough Magic: Shakespeare on Power

    In Session 4, the first of two sessions on "Exercising Power," Eliot Cohen, Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies, continues to explore the ways in which Shakespeare’s works display power. This session includes three sections entitled, "Inspiration" (9.5 minutes), "Manipulation" (8...

  • Session 3: Rough Magic: Shakespeare on Power

    In Session 3, the second of two sessions on "Acquiring Power," Eliot Cohen, Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies, continues to explore the ways in which Shakespeare’s works display power. This session includes three sections entitled, "Coup" (10 minutes), "Demagoguery" (10 minutes...

  • Session 5: Rough Magic: Shakespeare on Power

    In Session 5, the second of two sessions on "Exercising Power," Eliot Cohen, Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies, continues to explore the ways in which Shakespeare’s works display power. This session includes three sections entitled, "The stagecraft of power" (8.5 minutes), "Uni...