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Resume:
John Adidam Littlejohn s Resume
(updated Oct. ***8)
Education:
Graduate Performance Diploma, Peabody Conservatory of Music, 5/2004
MM, Peabody Conservatory of Music, 5/2002
BM, University of Michigan School of Music, 5/2000
Solo Experience:
Midland Community Orchestra, Sarasate Carmen Fantasy for violin and
orchestra, 11/2007
Austin Chamber Music Center Chamber Orchestra, Saint-Georges Duo
Concertante for two violins and orchestra, 2/2006
The Young Eight Chamber Orchestra, Saint-Georges Duo Concertante for
two violins, Vivaldi Concerto in a minor for two violins, 5/2006
COSMIC (Chamber Orchestra Of Southern Maryland In Concert),
Mendelssohn Concerto in e minor, 5/2004
International Youth Symphony Orchestra, Mendelssohn Concerto in d
minor (violin and strings): Soloist in 10 concerts throughout the Midwest
and Europe, 2003
Solo recitals given at the Peabody Conservatory, the University of
Michigan, and in Michigan, Newark, Delaware, Texas, Colorado and in
Thann, France.
Recordings:
Tower To Tower, ReRoute Productions 2007: Background strings for
solo emcee, SaulPaul
Violinistik, Thrive City Productions (Indie) 2007: Solo recording
All Day I Dream About Music, Thrive City Productions (Indie) 2005:
Solo recording featuring a mixture of classical, hip-hop, bossa-nova, and
dance music.
The Demi Project vol. 1, Thrive City Productions (Indie) 2004:
Production and features on a solo album by flutist/vocalist Delandria.
Orchestral Experience:
Newark Symphony Orchestra, concertmaster, 9/2004 9/2005
The Baltimore Sinfonietta, concertmaster, 2004/2005 season
Baltimore Lyric Opera Orchestra, section violin, 11/2003 9/2005
Aspen Festival Orchestra, violin I, 2001-2002, 2004 (summers)
The Alexandria Symphony, assistant-principal violin II, 10/2003-7/2005
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Chamber Music Experience:
Infinitus, violin, 10/2006-present
The Young Eight String Octet, violin, 9/2004-6/2006
The Greenberg Quartet, violin 1, 9/2002-5/2003
The Sujo-Meda Quartet, violin 1 & 2, 9/1998-5/2000
Former coaches include: Earl Carlyss (The Julliard Quartet), Andrew
Jennings (The Concord Quartet), Herbert Greenberg, Daniel Ching (The
Mir Quartet), and The American String Quartet.
Teaching Experience:
University of British Columbia s Young Artist Experience, Vancouver, BC:
chamber music coach, guest lecturer, 8/2007, 2008
Austin Chamber Music Academy, Austin, TX: chamber music coach and
violin instructor, 10/2005 7/2007
The Orpheus Academy, Austin, TX: violin faculty, teaching private
lessons, 10/2005 7/2007
The University of Texas, Austin, TX: violin faculty, The Longhorn String
Camp, 6/2005
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Twin Lake, MI: violin faculty, teaching
technique classes, summer 2005
The Young Eight String Seminar, Austin, TX: violin faculty, teaching
private lessons, coaching chamber groups, conducting masterclasses
6/2005, 6/2006
The Enterprise Foundation Music Program, Baltimore, MD: teaching
private violin lessons at an inner-city school in Baltimore, 9/2001
11/2005.
The Peabody Preparatory, Baltimore, MD: teaching helper-lessons
through the violin/viola pedagogy class, 9/2003 5/2004
Non-Classical Music Experience:
Psalm Fresh, band leader, 2/2007 - present
The Soulful Symphony, Concertmaster/section violin, 9/2001 - present
New Light Christian Community Church Praise & Worship Team, violin,
6/2006 - 8/2008
Restoring Life International Church Band, violin, 3/2005 10/2005
Peabody Latin Jazz Ensemble, violin/percussion, 9/2003-5/2004
The Johns Hopkins Gospel Choir, baritone, 9/2001-10/2002
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Compositions and Arrangements:
The Infinitus Anthem for String Quartet. Debuted by the Infinitus String
Quartet in Kelowna, BC, 9/2007
Blazing Grace for String Orchestra. Debuted by the YAE Chamber
Orchestra in Vancouver, BC, 8/2007
Selections from Porgy and Bess for two violins. Debuted by violinists
Mariana Green-Hill and Nicholas DiEugenio at the Encore School for
Strings, 7/28/06
Kum Ba Yah, arranged by John H. Littlejohn for violin, clarinet, flute and
string orchestra. Debuted by the Soulful Symphony and the students of
the Enterprise Foundation Music Program at the Meyerhoff Symphony
Hall in Baltimore, MD, 10/28/05
My Funny Valentine, written by L. Hart and R. Rodgers, arranged by
John H. Littlejohn for string octet and jazz sextet, debuted by The Young
Eight String Octet and the Francek Sextet at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in
Twin Lake, MI, 8/02/2005
The Young Eight Anthem, written by John H. Littlejohn, debuted 6/10/05
by The Young Eight String Octet at Bloomingdale School of Music in New
York, NY, 6/10/2005
Summer Festivals:
Aspen Music School, 2001 02, 2004
National Orchestra Institute, 1998 - 99
Meadowmount School of Music, 1998
Honors and Awards:
Lindred Scott Bendann Endowed Scholarship in Violin, Peabody
Conservatory, 9/02 5/04
J.C. van Hulsteyn Award, Peabody Conservatory, 5/2003
Virtu Foundation Instrument Competition winner, 5/2002
Martin Luther King Leadership Award, University of Michigan, 4/2000
Teachers:
Herbert Greenberg, Peabody Conservatory, 9/2000 5/2004
Stephen Shipps, University of Michigan, 9/1996 5/2000
Andrew Jennings, University of Michigan, 9/1998 5/2000
Yizhak Shotten (viola), University of Michigan, 9/1998 5/2000
Ann Schoelles, Midland High School, 9/1994 6/1996
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