<p>There isn't much information in the Music Forum on Peabody so I'm posting here. The Peabody conservatory is separate from the JHU campus but are there any interactions? Are the JHU students even aware that there is a conservatory? We are specifically interested in jazz studies at Peabody but it seems very small, very specialized and virtually unknown. Any comments are appreciated.</p>
<p>Peabody is part of Hopkins but it has its own separate campus a couple of miles due south of the Homewood campus. There is a shuttle which goes back and forth frequently. My understanding is that Peabody students may fully engage in activities and courses at Homewood–including sports teams, etc. I suspect that relatively few actually do a lot at Homewood because they are fully engaged a time challenging endeavor at Peabody and because pianists are naturally reluctant to play football ( but I wish more Peabody students would join the Hopkins Band–they could use the talent :)).</p>
<p>When my daughter was a freshman at Homewood, she had a friend living in the same dorm who was a Peabody student --one who preferred to live at Homewood and commute on the shuttle rather than live in the Peabody dorms. I suspect that this is, however, rather rare. As an upperclassman, my daughter also had a good friend who was a double major–french horn at Peabody and Italian Studies at Homewood. She completed both degrees in 5 years, and I know that she was also active in activities at Homewood. I don’t know how common this is but I suspect it is not. </p>
<p>I also suspect that there are more Homewood students taking course at Peabody than visa versa. Non-performance courses (music theory, history, etc) are available to any Hopkins undergraduate and perfomance courses are available also but by audition. Also, you will find some Homewood students (I did this myself when i was an undergraduate) going frequently to Peabody for concerts and to use the George Peabody Library–which is not the music library but is a research library and part of Hopkins’ Sheridan Libraries. It is absolutely drop dead gorgeous and a great place to study.</p>
<p>So the bottom is that interaction is available, but requires some effort.</p>
<p>We had a couple Peabody students on our Model UN Conference staff, and two who took our EMS training course, so Peabody students are definitely free to get involved in Homewood campus activities, as well as take classes at Homewood. The opposite is also true, and like bonanza said, probably more common as many Homewood students take voice/music classes or lessons at Peabody and a decent number double major or minor in music. A couple students from Homewood actually audition for the Peabody Orchestras each year, and the concerts generally have a small showing of Homewood students.</p>