The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University

Higher EducationMaryland, United States501-1000 Employees

The Peabody Institute functions as the music and dance arm of Johns Hopkins University, located in Baltimore, Maryland's Mount Vernon Cultural District. It traces its origins to 1857 when George Peabody founded it as America’s first academy of music, and it affiliated with Johns Hopkins in 1977, gaining access to university-level academic resources. The institution operates a degree-granting Conservatory and a community-based Preparatory school that educate musicians and dancers of all ages and levels.

The institute presents nearly 1,000 concerts and performances each year, many of them free to the public, spanning classical, contemporary, and jazz disciplines. Its alumni include notable artists such as pianist Andre Watts, vocalists James Morris and Richard Cassilly, jazz bassist Joe Byrd, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento, reflecting its long-standing influence in the performing arts.

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