A pair of Johns Hopkins and government scientists have discovered that when jazz musicians improvise, their brains turn off areas linked to self-censoring and inhibition, and turn on those that let self-expression flow.

By Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun Feb. 1--A century and a half ago, George Peabody wrote a letter to friends in Baltimore outlining an institute that would include a music conservatory.

By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun Jul. 6--Anne M. Kefauver, a former Peabody Conservatory of Music administrator who wrote in a humorous vein about the cancer she fought for 12 years, died of the disease Monday at Mercy Medical Center. The Towson resident was 50.