H.K. Cotton Memorial Lecture Speaker Series -- Judah Adashi '94
Said to be "embarked on a
promising career" (Washington
Post), composer Judah E. Adashi
has been honored with awards
from the American Academy of
Arts and Letters, the ASCAP and
BMI Foundations, and the Aspen
Music Festival. Mr. Adashi directs
the composition program at the
Peabody Preparatory, and is an adjunct faculty member in
the composition, music theory, and humanities departments at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. He is
also the founder and director of Baltimore's Evolution
Contemporary Music Series, noted for having "added
a welcome dose of newness to the local concert scene"
(Baltimore Sun). His principal composition teachers have
been Nicholas Maw and John Harbison; he holds degrees
from Yale University and the Peabody Conservatory of
Music of the Johns Hopkins University. More information is available at www.judahadashi.com.
