« Return to Blog Listings

Judith Krummeck

Avatar photo

About Judith

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

Feb. 24 2025

Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with Heyward

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with Heyward

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Jonathon Heyward conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 featuring soprano Julia Bullock in the finale. Heyward and Bullock also collaborate on Jessie Montgomery’s Five Freedom Songs. It was a pleasure to speak with Jonathon by phone about the program.  

Feb. 07 2025

Wrangling the Doubt Monster on BookNotes

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Booknotes, Host Blogs | Comments Off on Wrangling the Doubt Monster on BookNotes

        Amy L. Bernstein—novelist, journalist, speechwriter, playwright, poet, and writing coach—has written a book about that insidious feeling that plagues all creatives: Doubt. I talked to her about wrangling the monster.    

Jan. 08 2025

Part II of the current Shriver Hall concert season

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Part II of the current Shriver Hall concert season

    The good news about the Shriver Hall Concert Series is that we still have much to look forward to in the current season! Executive Director Catherine Cochran came in to talk to me about what is still to come.  

Jan. 03 2025

Faraway Tables on BookNotes

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Booknotes, Host Blogs | Comments Off on Faraway Tables on BookNotes

            Fiction and travel writer Eric D. Goodman is out with his first poetry collection: Faraway Tables. He’s my first guest on BookNotes for 2025.                  

Dec. 18 2024

How Shakespeare Invented the Villain

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on How Shakespeare Invented the Villain

  All The Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain is an award-winning one-man show written and performed by Patrick Page. It’s at the Shakespeare Theatre Company until December 29th, and I spoke to Patrick Page by phone from D.C.        

Dec. 10 2024

Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt at Shakespeare Theatre

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt at Shakespeare Theatre

  Tom Stoppard’s deeply personal play Leopoldstadt is on at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C. until December 29th. I spoke with the director Carey Perloff from her home in San Francisco.        

Dec. 06 2024

Emotion as Industry on BookNotes

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Booknotes, Host Blogs | Comments Off on Emotion as Industry on BookNotes

        Tracy Dimond is following up the publication of four chapbooks of poetry with her first full-length poetry collection, Emotion Industry. She’s my guest on BookNotes this month.                

Dec. 06 2024

A world premier by Michael Hersch at St. David’s

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on A world premier by Michael Hersch at St. David’s

Music at St. David’s, in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center Psychiatry and the Art Program, is presenting a concert at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, December 10th called Night Falls Fast. I invited Music Director Douglas Buchanan and composer Michael Hersch into the studio.  

Nov. 29 2024

Baltimore debut for early music group ACRONYM

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on Baltimore debut for early music group ACRONYM

  The early music group ACRONYM is dedicated to giving modern premieres of the wild instrumental music of the 17th century. They are making their Baltimore debut with the Shriver Hall Concert Series on Sunday, December 8th, at 5:30 PM, and I spoke to two members of the group: Viola da gamba and lirone player Kivie […]

Nov. 25 2024

The Equipoise of Abstract Painting

By Judith Krummeck | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on The Equipoise of Abstract Painting

    The artist Timothy App practices a meticulously disciplined yet nuanced exploration of hard-edge abstract painting that is, at the same time, metaphorical and personal. His latest exhibition, Equipoise, is on view at Goya Contemporary in Hampden.      

WBJC