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Composer Judah Adashi Combines Passions for Arts and Activism in New Peabody Course
Judah Adashi says his interest in social justice was sparked when he was a student at Gilman, of all places.
He took a class on Black history, with a particular focus on civil rights, and the injustice of it all stuck with him. He went to Yale for undergrad, then Peabody for his doctoral degree in music. He was composing and studying, but also volunteering for Barack Obama’s campaign.
Judah adashi biography
The idea of being a “community organizer” called out to him, and he briefly flirted with quitting music altogether to become a full-time activist. Then he realized that he could do both—you could be an artist and an activist—and that the two were inextricably linked.
He’s gone on to found Rise BMore, an annual performance that commemorates the death of Freddie Gray, and serves as an ambassador for the Baltimore Peace Movement. Now, he’s bringing his passion full circle, with a new class at Peabody titled “Art and Act