SEASON 2, EPISODE 5:
JUDAH ADASHI
YOUR HOST:
JOURNALIST AND MUSICIAN
LAWRENCE LANAHAN
season 2, episode 5
JUDAH ADASHI
We visit the composer's Peabody class on "Listening to Baltimore" and discuss his "intimate and epic" music.
Baltimore-based Judah Adashi brings the community into his compositions and into his classroom at the Peabody institute. We talk about his music, his city, and why marimbas sound like rain.
Judah Adashi. Photo: Britt Olsen-Ecker
REARRANGED considers the meaning we take from songs by examining an underappreciated aspect of their creation: the arrangement.
Produced and distributed by Osiris Media.
In this episode, we discussed Judah Adashi's compositions "my heart comes undone," "Art and the Rain," and a forthcoming recording of his "Broken Hallelujah" by the Atlantic Guitar Quartet.
Judah teaches composition at the Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute, including the courses "Art and Activism" and "Listening to Baltimore."
Below are some pictures from my visit to Adashi's "Listening to Baltimore" class. Thanks to Erricka Bridgeford and Tawanda Jones for welcoming me into their discussion.
Thanks to Osiris Media for marketing and distribution.
Rearranged theme music composed and recorded by Lawrence Lanahan.
Tawanda Jones (right) and several students in Judah Adashi's "Listening to Baltimore" class at the Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute.
Judah Adashi (center) speaks to the class.
Fourth floor, Leakin Hall, Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute.
Tawanda Jones (right) and several students in Judah Adashi's "Listening to Baltimore" class at the Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute.