The Evolution Contemporary Music Series, founded in 2005 and directed by composer and Peabody Institute faculty member Judah Adashi, is a Baltimore-based concert series dedicated to the music of living composers.
Praised by Tim Smith of the Baltimore Sun for having "elevated and enriched Baltimore' new music scene enormously," and by the Baltimore City Paper as "not the same-old, same-old," the Evolution Series has presented or premiered works by over 50 living composers, performed by acclaimed musicians from Baltimore and beyond.
Events regularly include pre-concert conversations with performers, composers, critics and scholars; featured guests have included Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; composers Michael Hersch, Kevin Puts and Christopher Rouse; and music critics Tim Page (Washington Post) and Alex Ross (New Yorker).
