{"id":1655,"date":"2017-07-06T17:50:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T21:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/?page_id=1655"},"modified":"2025-06-09T16:28:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T20:28:52","slug":"george-peabody-medal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peabody.jhu.edu\/explore-peabody\/our-history\/george-peabody-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"George Peabody Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music and Dance in America is the highest honor bestowed by the Peabody Institute. It has been presented annually since 1980, originally as the George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music in America. The name of the medal was updated in 2023 to be inclusive of more of the performing arts and to reflect the addition of a Dance degree in Conservatory.<\/p>\n

The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University has awarded the Peabody Medal to the following distinguished composers, performers, philanthropists, scholars, and business and civic leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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2025<\/h3>\n

Rakim<\/td>\n

\"Rakim\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2024<\/h3>\n

Misty Copeland<\/p>\n

Stevie Wonder<\/td>\n

\"Headshot\"Headshot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2023<\/h3>\n

Terence Blanchard<\/td>\n

\"Headshot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2022<\/h3>\n

Herbie Hancock<\/td>\n

\"Headshot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2021<\/h3>\n

Ren\u00e9e Fleming<\/td>\n

\"Renee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2020<\/h3>\n

Alex Ross<\/td>\n

\"Alex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2019<\/h3>\n

Tori Amos<\/td>\n

\"Tori<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2018<\/h3>\n

Leon Fleisher<\/td>\n

\"Leon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2016<\/h3>\n

Yo-Yo Ma<\/td>\n

\"Yo-Yo<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2015<\/h3>\n

Jessye Norman<\/td>\n

\"Jessye<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2014<\/h3>\n

Kim Kashkashian<\/td>\n

\"Kim<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2013<\/h3>\n

Pete Seeger<\/td>\n

\"Pete<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2012<\/h3>\n

Roy Haynes<\/p>\n

Benjamin H. Griswold, IV<\/td>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"Roy<\/a>\"Benjamin<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2011<\/h3>\n

Marni Nixon<\/td>\n

\"Marni<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2010<\/h3>\n

Libby Larsen<\/p>\n

James Levine<\/td>\n

\"Libby<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2009<\/h3>\n

Michael M. Kaiser<\/td>\n

\"Michael<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2008<\/h3>\n

Sir Ken Robinson<\/td>\n

\"Sir<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2007<\/h3>\n

Quincy Jones<\/td>\n

\"Quincy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2006<\/h3>\n

Gilbert Kalish<\/td>\n

\"Gilbert<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2005<\/h3>\n

George Crumb<\/td>\n

\"George<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2004<\/h3>\n

John Corigliano<\/td>\n

\"John<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2003<\/h3>\n

Andre Previn<\/td>\n

\"Andre<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2002<\/h3>\n

Richard Goode<\/p>\n

Bobby McFerrin<\/td>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\"Richard<\/a>\u00a0\"Bobby<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2001<\/h3>\n

Isaac Stern<\/td>\n

\"Isaac<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

2000<\/h3>\n

Philip Glass<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1999<\/h3>\n

Eileen Farrell<\/p>\n

Leonard Slatkin<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1998<\/h3>\n

Anne Wiggins Brown<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1997<\/h3>\n

Jacques T. Schlenger<\/p>\n

Barry Tuckwell<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1996<\/h3>\n

David Zinman<\/p>\n

Wynton Marsalis<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1995<\/h3>\n

Robert O. Pierce<\/p>\n

Melvin A. Steinberg<\/p>\n

Hugo Weisgall<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1994<\/h3>\n

Jerome Hines<\/p>\n

Mstislav Rostropovich<\/p>\n

Billy Taylor<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1993<\/h3>\n

Dominick Argento<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1992<\/h3>\n

Josef Gingold<\/p>\n

Charles Rosen<\/p>\n

Randolph S. Rothschild<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1991<\/h3>\n

Robert Mann<\/p>\n

Ruth B. Rosenberg<\/p>\n

Eileen Southern<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1990<\/h3>\n

Steven Muller<\/p>\n

Robert Shaw<\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 Watts<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1989<\/h3>\n

Marilyn Horne<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1988<\/h3>\n

Wilfred Bain<\/p>\n

David Lloyd Kreeger<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1987<\/h3>\n

Gian Carlo Menotti<\/p>\n

Oscar Peterson<\/p>\n

Nicolas Slonimsky<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1986<\/h3>\n

Boris Goldovsky<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1985<\/h3>\n

Sidney M. Friedberg<\/p>\n

Joseph Meyerhoff<\/p>\n

Julius Rudel<\/p>\n

William Schuman<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1984<\/h3>\n

Elliott Carter<\/p>\n

Todd Duncan<\/p>\n

William Schwann<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1983<\/h3>\n

Milton Babbitt<\/p>\n

Ella Fitzgerald<\/p>\n

Paul Fromm<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1982<\/h3>\n

Elliott W. Galkin<\/p>\n

Benny Goodman<\/p>\n

Gunther Schuller<\/p>\n

Roger Stevens<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1981<\/h3>\n

Peter Herman Adler<\/p>\n

Marian Anderson<\/p>\n

Carleton Sprague Smith<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

1980<\/h3>\n

Leonard Bernstein<\/p>\n

Eubie Blake<\/p>\n

John Brademas<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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