remaining townhouses on East Mount Vernon Place to the east intersection with St. Paul were acquired and rebuilt leaving their front original facades facing the historic Monument squares /pocket parks but rebuilt interiors and extended to the rears. Along with other townhouses acquired to the south with distinctive iron scrollwork balconies facing North Charles Street /south Washington Place, for a senior citizens hostel. This enabled The Peabody to round out its tight campus of attached buildings on the entire city block bounded by Charles, Mount Vernon Place, St. Paul and Centre Streets. Some or all of the Peabody campus is included in the Mount Vernon Place Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and also designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1971. The Peabody Institute's historic building at 1-21 E. Mount Vernon Place, built during 1857-1878, was designated a Baltimore City Landmark on October 14, 1975. Preparatory Peabody Preparatory offers instruction and enrichment programs for school-age children across various sites in Baltimore and its surrounding counties: "Downtown" (Baltimore, main campus), Towson, Annapolis (Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts) and Howard County (in cooperation with three schools). Peabody Children's Chorus The Peabody Children's Chorus is for children ages 6 to 18. It is divided into three groups: Training Choir, Choristers, and Cantate, grouped by age in ascending order. They practice weekly in Towson or Columbia, Maryland, and sing in concerts biannually under the instruction of Doreen Falby. Cantate, ages 12 to 18, frequently perform with other groups, such as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, The Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, and the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, and have toured both regionally and internationally. Notable students Tori Amos, singer, songwriter, pianist; the youngest student ever admitted to the institute. Dominick Argento, composer James Atherton, tenor Zuill Bailey, cellist Manuel Barrueco, guitarist Carter Brey, cellist Petrit Çeku, Guitarist Angelin Chang, pianist George Colligan, pianist/trumpeter/drummer/composer Charles Covington, pianist Viet Cuong, composer Gemze de Lappe, dancer Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, operatic soprano Ruth Wales du Pont, socialite, philanthropist, and classical composer Joshua Fineberg, composer Virgil Fox, organist James Allen Gähres, conductor (music) Philip Glass, composer Hilary Hahn, violinist Michael Hedges, guitarist Michael Hersch, composer Margarita Höhenrieder, pianist Kim Kashkashian, violist Fred Karpoff, pianist and artist-teacher Kevin Kenner, pianist Custer LaRue, soprano O'Donel Levy, guitarist Richard Leibert, organist David Meece, pianist, singer, songwriter Su Meng, Guitarist Sylvia Meyer, harpist; the