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The Peabody Conservatory student body submitted this 20-page document to the administration following the firing of a beloved faculty member, Madame Renée Longy. It includes many complaints and incidents that were contributing to a negative…

This is the opening speech for the first Summer Youth Project, a Peabody program geared towards underserved Baltimore music students.

This is a photo of Upton Mansion from 1936, eleven years before it housed the Baltimore Institute of Musical Arts. The Institute was a thriving music school open to all races at a time when Peabody remained closed to African-American students.

Upton Mansion, a historic building in the Upton neighborhood in Baltimore, housed the Baltimore Institute of Musical Arts from 1947-1954. Once a beautiful facility that was home to a vibrant music community, it has been abandoned since 2006.

Conductor, cellist, music critic, and music educator W. Llewellyn Wilson (center) conducted the Baltimore City Colored Orchestra and Chorus and was a leader in Baltimore’s classical music community in the early 20th century.

Students in the Summer Youth Project participate in a wind ensemble rehearsal.