Refine your artistry, create opportunities, and prepare to lead in a changing world at the nation’s first conservatory, where tradition and innovation go hand in hand.

The Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University fosters a rigorous, collaborative, and supportive environment where each student is recognized as a distinct artist. Your education is shaped by world-class faculty who provide the tools needed to hone your skills and by a culture that celebrates curiosity, artistic excellence, and creative growth. You’ll develop the necessary skills to take risks, explore beyond traditional boundaries, and shape what it means to be a 21st-century artist.

As of fall 2024, Peabody meets 100% of demonstrated financial need for domestic undergraduate students, with no loans. Learn more at peabody.jhu.edu/noloans.

Academics:

Peabody’s curriculum combines focused artistic training with academic study and professional development. Degrees are offered at the undergraduate and graduate levels: 

• Bachelor of Music (BM)
• Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
• Master of Music (MM)
• Master of Arts (MA)
• Graduate Performance Diploma (GPD)
• Doctor of Musical Arts Degree (DMA)
• Performer’s Certificate (PC)
• Artist Diploma (AD)

Courses of study span performance (classical, jazz, voice, dance, and hip-hop), composition and conducting, musicology and music education, and programs in computer music, recording arts and sciences, and music for new media. 

Highlights:

– All students take part in Peabody’s Breakthrough Curriculum, a professional development sequence designed to equip artists with skills essential for a sustainable career.  

– As a division of Johns Hopkins University, Peabody pairs a specialized conservatory education with access to one of the world’s leading research institutions. Students access interdisciplinary opportunities like the Double Degree Program and industry-leading Arts in Health initiatives.

– With Baltimore as your creative home, Peabody students gain real-world experience performing and collaborating across the city at historic venues like The Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.