Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory unveils a $27 million redo of its campus. “It is a good time for Peabody. The endowment has reached $70 million, and an association with Johns Hopkins University has proved beneficial for both institutions. Not bad for a place that came perilously close to bankruptcy a mere 27 years ago. Much of the credit for Peabody’s renaissance must be given to Robert Sirota, a composer and conductor who has been the institute’s director since 1995 and oversaw the renovation.”