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

Feb. 15 2023

Recital & Evensong for the Feast of Frederick Douglass

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      Honoring the life of Frederick Douglass, Music at St. David’s directed by Douglas Buchanan will offer a program featuring baritone and 2022-23 Composer-in-Residence Rahzé Cheatham on Sunday, February 19th starting at 4:30 pm.                 

Feb. 11 2023

Silver Anniversary at WBJC! 🍾🥂🎉🎶

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  Today, even though I haven’t been on the air with you—this being a Saturday—I am celebrating my quarter-century with WBJC! I like to tell the story of when I was in the process of immigrating from Africa to America and I had this seemingly outlandish fantasy of being a classical music DJ somewhere on […]

Feb. 04 2023

The Father of the Underground Railroad on BookNotes

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      At the start of Black History Month, we honor a towering figure in the abolitionist movement, William Still — not to be confused with the Dean of African American composers, William Grant Still. Historian at Towson University, Andrew K. Diemer, talks about his William Still biography, Vigilance.    

Jan. 26 2023

International Shakespeare Theatre Association honors CSC founder

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      Ian Gallanar, Founding Artistic Director of the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, has received the 2023 Sandra and Sidney Berger Award from the international Shakespeare Theatre Association. Ian has philanthropic plans about putting the award to good use, and he came in to talk to me about them.  

Jan. 21 2023

BookNotes Review January 2023

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  Seasonal Work Laura Lippman One: Simple One-pan Wonders Jamie Oliver MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom Ilyon Woo A Message From Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky  

Jan. 07 2023

BookNotes honors MLK Day

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  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on Tuesday, January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, GA, and in 2023, we mark MLK Day on Monday, January 16. To talk about the legacy of his words, the guest on BookNotes this month is Marilyn Nelson, award-winning poet and author or translator of more than 20 books […]

Dec. 17 2022

December BookNotes Review

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  The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe Kevin Gutzman The Tudors in Love: Passion and Politics in the Age of England’s Most Famous Dynasty Sarah Gristwood Stella Maris Cormac McCarthy A Book of Days Patti Smith  

Dec. 04 2022

Christmas with Choral Arts 2022

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The annual tradition of Christmas with Choral Arts returns—the same but different! I spoke with Music Director and Conductor, Anthony Blake Clark.    

Dec. 03 2022

BookNotes features a winning poetry collection

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        Anthony Moll is the winner of the 2022 Jean Feldman Poetry Prize from the Washington Writers’ Publishing House for You Cannot Save Here. I spoke to them about this collection of poems exploring how we live when each day feels as if the world is ending.            

Dec. 01 2022

Pianist, Daniil Trifanov for Shriver Hall

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“Without question the most astounding pianist of our age” —The Times, London   The Russian-born pianist, Daniil Trifonov, who now makes his home in New York City, returns to Shriver Hall for a massive program of Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Mozart, Ravel, and Scriabin. Catherine Cochran, Executive Director of Shriver Hall Concert Series, came in to talk […]

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