Performing Experience

orchestral & Ensemble Experience

2017–Present
KAFY Piano Trio
2017–Present
Asia Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra
2014–2016
Or Hadash "New Klezmaniacs"
Musical Director
2013–2015
Bucks County Symphony Orchestra
2011–2013
Ashland Symphony Orchestra
2009
Oberlin College Community Strings, Oberlin, Ohio
Concertmaster
2007–2009
PSU Chamber Orchestra and Philharmonic Orchestras, State College, PA
Associate Concermaster and Principal 2nd Violin
2007-2009
PSU Gradute String Quartet, State College, Pennsylvania
2nd Violin
  • Participation in master classes with the American, Parker, Johannes, Ying and Brentano String Quartets
  • Orchestrated and performed first ever "Pajama concert" for children and families at Schlow Centre Region Library
2007–2009
Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra, State College, PA
1st Violin
2006
Musica Nova Orchestra, Phoenix, Arizona
1st and 2nd Violin
  • Professional symphony committed to performing new and neglected music of the highest caliber
2006
Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix, Arizona
Substitute, 1st and 2nd Violin
  • Performances include People’s Pops concerts and the Arizona Ballet Company
2001–2005
Oberlin Conservatory Orchestra, Oberlin, Ohio
Associate Principal 2nd Violin, 2005
  • Worked under conductors Paul Polivnick, Steven Smith, James Gaffigan
2001–2005
The Panama Quartet, Oberlin, Ohio
2nd Violin
  • Performed and taught sectionals, chamber music and lessons with Asociación Nacional de Conciertos (Panama City, Panama)
2003-2009
KlezKamp! and KlezKanada
Participant, performer and scholarhsip recipient at Yiddish Music Festival
2002–2005
Oberlin Klezmorim: Spontaneous OY!, Oberlin, Ohio
Founding Member and Violinist in Jewish band

Education

2007–2009
The Pennsylvnia State University, State College, Pennsylvania
Master of Music in Violin Performance
  • Violin studies with James Lyon
  • Graduate Assistant
2001–2005
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio
Bachelor of Music in Music Education, Concentration in Violin
  • Violin studies with Andrew Jennings
  • Ohio P-12 Music Teaching Certification

Work Experience

Pit Orchestras
  • “The Music Man”, “Singing in the Rain”, “Guys and Dolls” (Elyria, Ohio)
  • “Annie Get Your Gun”, “Wizard of Oz” (Fort Washington, Pennsylvania)
Freelance Musician
  • Performer and coordinator at weddings, receptions, religious ceremonies and parties, school performances, educational series
  • Classical and alternative styles (Klezmer, rock, folk)
  • Toured with Toronto-based Klezmer fusion band "KlezFactor"
  • Recording experience includes promotional material and instrumental parts for rock bands
Other performance venues have included Carnegie Hall (under Meastro Lukas Foss), Philadelphia’s Academy of Music, Cleveland’s Severance Hall, Panama City’s Teatro Anita Villaz, “Good Morning Arizona” and NBC’s “12 News Today.”