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John Littlejohn (born 1978), also known as John "Adidam" Littlejohn, is an African-American violinist, hip-hop artist, and music educator.
Early Life
[edit]Littlejohn was born in Lansing, Michigan, where he began playing the violin at the age of 10 in an orchestra class at a local middle school. Within the same year, his family moved to Midland, Michigan where he graduated from Midland High School. In Midland, John's family lived in a home built by Habitat for Humanity.[1]
As a young musician, he toured Europe as a soloist and concertmaster of Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp's International Youth Symphony. He was also the youngest member of the Midland Symphony Orchestra. Ann Schoelles, was John's first musical mentor.[2] He later earned degrees from the University of Michigan School of Music and the Peabody Institute, where he studied violin with Herbert Greenberg.[3]
Career
[edit]As the then concertmaster of the predominately African-American Soulful Symphony, Littlejohn was featured in The Baltimore Sun for his "boundary-free" approach to music, which embraces classical, hip-hop, jazz, and gospel music. He sometimes uses the moniker "Adidam," which is an acronym for "all day I dream about music."[3]
In 2009, John was featured on NPR's All Things Considered for founding a summer music camp called "Thrive City String Academy" for low-income music students in Baltimore, Maryland.[4]
John Littlejohn is currently the violinist of Infinitus, a beatboxing string trio based in Vancouver, Canada;[5] and a pastor at Kingdom Life Community Church in Surrey, British Columbia.[6]
Further Reading
[edit]- John Littlejohn on NPR's "All Things Considered"
- John Littlejohn in The Baltimore Sun
- Official website
References
[edit]- ^ MLive.com, Sue White | For (2011-01-07). "Midlander who overcame obstacles now helping other kids do the same". mlive. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ Winterton, Kris (2007-11-15). "Littlejohn returns home". Midland Daily News. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ a b By (2005-10-02). "A Soulful Connection". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ Blair, Elizabeth (August 5, 2009). "A Free Music Haven For Inner-City Talents". npr.org. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Channel, The Violin (2016-12-09). "VC WEB BLOG | Infinitus Trio - "Mission to Make Instruments & Music Accessible" [BLOG]". World's Leading Classical Music Platform. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ "niusic.de – Making the Rules". www.niusic.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-12-09.