Singer
Recent solo singing performances include:
A Yiddish theater song from the January 2014 concert at Moreshet Israel in Jerusalem, accompanied by Anat Rubenstein: A setting of the Yiddish folksong O, Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh, accompanied by Anat Rubenstein, at a Hannukah concert in Ashkelon, Israel, 2013:
Here's a song from the concert of Yiddish folk and art songs I gave at ATJC in Florida in February:
I have performed as a vocal soloist with:
I performed this Yiddish art song, accompanied by the illustrious Elizabeth Rodgers, at the JTS Cantorial School Vocal Boards, 2013: I have performed with the following choirs, choruses and vocal ensembles:
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Instrumentalist
Accordion is my new favorite instrument, because I can sing or talk while accompanying myself, and walk around! It's great for teaching. I also play assorted wind instruments at varying degrees of competence, and piano. Recent instrumental gigs include:
Here's a Columbia University Klezmer Band video from 2011. I'm playing piano, accompanying Keryn Kleiman:
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Conductor
I completed two years of conducting classes at the Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, and have conducted (mostly choral) ensembles since 2004.
Here is a recording of Gerald Cohen's Adonai Roi from Bonnie and Annelise's Senior Recital, 2012: I conducted the premiere of Owen Salome's Aeolian Harp at The Con for Dummies: Conservatorium of Music Student Revue 2009:
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Photographs from (clockwise from top left) Robert Smith, Kristjan Simmul, Wim Glenn, Ivan Cheng, Teresa Petzelka, self, Mark Jones (Doc Jones Photography), self. All photographs used here with permission.