Judith Krummeck — broadcaster | writer | immigrant

Judith Krummeck has been WBJC’s evening drive-time host since 1998. Before immigrating to the United States, she was the arts editor for SAfm at the South African Broadcasting Corporation, where she also presented live symphony concerts for SABC-TV. Judith was given the Praise Singer Award for her arts programming from South Africa’s Foundation for the Creative Arts, and she has twice been named Baltimore’s Best by Baltimore Magazine.

Judith was a drama and history of art major at the University of Cape Town and a professional actor in Cape Town before turning to broadcasting. She also holds a history of music qualification from the University of South Africa and an  MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore.

She is the author of three books. Her debut novel, The Deceived Ones, was published in spring 2024. Her biographical memoir, Old New Worlds, was a finalist in the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the 2020 National Indie Excellence Awards. Her first book, Beyond the Baobab, is a memoir in essays about her immigrant experience. Her screenplay, Philida, based on the novel of the same name by André Brink, is in development in South Africa.

As a teacher, Judith has lectured at the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch, and for the Odyssey and Osher programs at Johns Hopkins University. Judith lives in Baltimore City with her husband, Douglas Blackstone, a musician and attorney.

Judith can be reached at jkrummeck@bccc.edu

You can link to Judith’s website here: http://judithkrummeck.com

Judith’s Articles:

Music is Life
The Food of Love
Different Eyes and Ears
“In sweet music is such art…”

recent posts:

• #AWP2026 in Baltimore with writer Natasha Williams

        The Association of Writers & Writing Programs—AWP—is holding its 2026 Annual Conference & Bookfair at the Baltimore Convention Center through this Saturday. One of the thousands of attendees is Natasha Williams, whose memoir The Parts of Him I Kept: The Gifts of My Father’s Madness has been published by Baltimore’s Apprentice House Press.    […]

• Isidore String Quartet with pianist Jeremy Denk for Shriver Concerts

    The New York City-based Isidore String Quartet, which, was formed in 2019 at Juilliard, will be joined by pianist Jeremy Denk for a program of works by Haydn, Billy Childs, and Schumann for the Shriver Hall Concert Series. I spoke to the group’s violist Devin Moore by phone from New York.   

• Bach maestra Angela Hewitt returns to Shriver Concerts

      Angela Hewitt‘s performances of Bach have established her as one of the composer’s foremost interpreters, and she returns to the Shriver Hall Concert Series with two of his works, along with pieces by Rameau and Scarlatti on Sunday, February 22.