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Judith is WBJC's afternoon host. Her full bio can be read here.

Jan. 05 2026

Shriver Concerts’ 60th anniversary—mid 80s to mid 90s

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    Against the backdrop of the end of the Vietnam War; the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel; the election of Ronald Reagan and the Iran-Contra affair; and the emergence of personal computing, the Shriver Hall Concert Series continued to go from strength to strength. I looked back on another decade with Executive […]

Jan. 02 2026

A Guide for Violinists on BookNotes

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  Dr. Marjory Serrano-Coyer is a violinist, educator, performer, and passionate communicator. She has brought all these gifts together in her informative book, Concertmaster Leadership: A Guide for Violinists.  

Dec. 05 2025

BookNotes checks in again with Apprentice House Press

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        Apprentice House Press, the student-run, campus-based book publisher housed in the Communications Department at Loyola University, is open for submissions  through February 1, 2026. It was a pleasure to speak with the press’s Director, Kevin Atticks.                 

Nov. 12 2025

The “all-star trio” at Shriver Concerts

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  The “all-star trio,” consisting of Tessa Lark, violin; Joshua Roman, cello; and renowned double bass player and composer Edgar Meyer, will perform a program at Shriver Hall on November 16 that blends bluegrass roots with classical virtuosity, along with a newly commissioned trio by Edgar Meyer. I gathered the players together on their phones. […]

Nov. 07 2025

BookNotes explores a memoirist’s silent treatment

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Jeannie Vanasco, who teaches creative writing at Towson University, has been on the receiving end of a silent treatment from her mother. It’s the subject of her third memoir.  

Nov. 03 2025

Shriver Concerts’ 60th anniversary: the 1970s

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    To celebrate their 60th Anniversary Season, Executive Director Catherine Cochran and I are getting together once a month to talk about each decade. Here’s the  episode about the 1970s.        

Oct. 28 2025

Creating a soundscape for Ibsen’s Wild Duck

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  Henrik Ibsen’s rarely produced play The Wild Duck is on at the Klein Theatre of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C. through mid-November. The soundscape—or incidental music—has been created by actor-musician Alexander Sovronsky, and I spoke with him by phone.    

Oct. 14 2025

Shriver Hall presents Sphinx Virtuosi’s Baltimore debut

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  Sphinx Virtuosi is the flagship performing ensemble of the Sphinx Organization. I spoke with violist and Director of Ensemble Advancement, Bill Neri about their Shriver Hall program featuring composers from the Americas.  

Oct. 03 2025

BookNotes considers Best Small Fictions

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      Best Small Fictions is the first-ever contemporary anthology solely dedicated to anthologizing the best internationally published short hybrid fiction in a given calendar year. The Series Editor is Nathan Leslie, who is my guest on BookNotes this month.    

Oct. 03 2025

Guest Post: The Bayreuth Experience by Douglas Blackstone

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This past June an old friend of mine had got to the point in his bucket list where he wanted to see Wagner’s Ring at Bayreuth in Northern Bavaria, home of Wagner’s famous Festspielhaus. He was taking his son and his nephew to accompany him. I had actually been to Bayreuth many years ago as […]

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