"We are what we  repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit."    - Aristotle
    
        
        
        
	
    
        CROSSOVER/FUSION/NEW MUSIC
    
        
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            East Village Opera Company 
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            Trans-Siberian            Orchestra     
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            Divahn | 
        
        
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            Richard Grimes            Collective | 
        
        
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            Numinous | 
        
    
 
DBR & THE MISSON
Genre-jumping contemporary music, including collaborations with: 
    
        
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            Philip Glass 
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            Buglisi-Foreman Dance              Company | 
        
        
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            Akim Funk Buddha | 
        
        
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            VJ Culture | 
        
        
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            Bill Morrison, filmmaker | 
        
    
 
CONGREGRATION B'NAI JESHURAN
POP COLLABORATIONS
    
        
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            Billy Joel | 
            Adele | 
            Enya | 
        
        
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            Mika | 
            Kanye West | 
            Jay-Z | 
        
        
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            Jewel | 
            Il Divo | 
            Sarah Brightman | 
        
        
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            Roberta Flack | 
            Cole Gentles Symphonic Rock Orchestra | 
            Hustla Symphony Orchestra | 
        
        
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            Beyonce | 
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DANCE COLLABORATIONS 
    
        
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            "It's All True" & "Noise + Speed" by Choreographer Hillary Easton, Score by Thomas Cabaniss | 
        
        
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            Savion Glover, "Classical Savion" | 
        
        
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            Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company | 
        
        
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            School of American Ballet Orchestra | 
        
    
BROADWAY/THEATER
    
        
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            Legally Blonde | 
            American Girl Review | 
        
        
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            The Light in the Piazza | 
            Little Women | 
        
        
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            Orlando in Love | 
            Misterioso by Koffu Kwahule | 
        
    
    
        
            |     Adams Family | 
               Jasper in Deadland by Ryan Scott Oliver 
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CLASSICAL
    
        
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            Lincoln Center Benefit Orchestra | 
            Garden State Philharmonic | 
        
        
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            Edison Symphony | 
            One World Symphony | 
        
        
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            Trio Yashir | 
            Key West Symphony | 
        
    
BAROQUE
    
        
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            New York Continuo Collective | 
        
        
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            The New Bach Players | 
        
        
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            Mannes Bach Festival | 
        
    
SUMMER FESTIVALS
    
        
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            Pacific Music Festival (Japan) | 
            International Baroque Institute at Longy | 
        
        
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            Conservatiore Americain (France) | 
            San Francisco Early Music Society | 
        
        
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            Meadowmount School of Music | 
            Michigan Womyn's Music Festival | 
        
        
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            Bowdoin International Music Festival | 
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TEACHING POSITIONS
    
        
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            United Nations International School | 
            2003 - present | 
        
        
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            BIMA at Brandeis University | 
            Summers 2007- present | 
        
        
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            Education Through Music, Inc | 
            2001 - 2005 | 
        
    
OUTREACH PROGRAMS
    
        
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            Directions Program, Ten O'Clock Classics | 
            Ramaz Upper School | 
        
        
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            Education Though Music, Inc at P.S. 102 | 
            JCC Thurnaur School of Music, NJ | 
        
        
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            Heschel School | 
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COMPETITIONS/AWARDS
    
        
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            J. J. Omsky Fellowship, Beverly Hills International Chamber Music Festival | 
        
        
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            Mannes College of Music Concerto Competition Winner | 
        
        
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            Rembrant Chamber Players High School Chamber Music Competition | 
        
        
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            Julius Stulburg International Competition | 
        
        
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            Illinois American String Teachers Association Competition | 
        
    
TELEVISION/RADIO APPEARANCES
    
        
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            ABC | 
            The View featuring Il Divo | 
        
        
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            FOX | 
            New Year's Special with Il Divo | 
        
        
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            NBC | 
            Saturday Night Live with Kanye West & Adam Levine | 
        
        
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            MTV, VH1, ABC | 
            Live 8 Philadelphia with Kanye West | 
        
        
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            NBC | 
            Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center with Enya | 
        
        
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            NBC | 
            Today Show & The Martha Stuart Show with Il Divo | 
        
        
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            Discovery Channel | 
            "Discovering the Arts" with DBR & The Mission | 
        
        
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            MTV | 
            New Year's Eve TRL Special with Kanye West & Adam Levine | 
        
        
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            NY 1 | 
            P.S. 68 Students play with Joshua Bell, River to River Festival Press Conference | 
        
        
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            News 12 Bronx | 
            Teaching Students & "Joshua Bell Day" at P. S. 68 | 
        
        
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            NPR | 
            All Things Considered featuring DBR & The Mission | 
        
        
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            WDNA Miami | 
            Pre-concert interview with Daniel Bernard Roumain and Rob Moose | 
        
    
RECORDINGS
    
        
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            Red Ink Label | 
            ¿Cómo Te Llama? | 
            Albert Hammond, Jr. (The Strokes) | 
        
        
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            NAXOS American Classics | 
            Left at the Fork in the Road | 
            Sean Hickey | 
        
        
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            Roc-a-fella Records Label | 
            "Kingdom Come" Bonus Disc | 
            Jay-Z | 
        
        
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            In honor of the victims of Hiroshima | 
            Ryuichi Sakamoto | 
        
    
EDUCATION
    
        
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            Mannes College of Music, NY | 
        
        
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            Professional Studies Diploma 2003 | 
        
        
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            Bachelor of Music 2001 | 
        
    
PRINCIPAL TEACHERS
    
        
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            Timothy Eddy, Orion String Quartet | 
        
        
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            Carter Brey, Principal Cellist, New York Philharmonic | 
        
        
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            Hans Jorgen Jensen, Northwestern Symphony | 
        
        
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            Gilda Barston, Music Institute of Chicago | 
        
    
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICE
    
        
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            Phoebe Carrai, Baroque Cello | 
        
        
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            Myron Lutzke, Baroque Cello | 
        
        
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            Arthur Haas, Harpsichord | 
        
        
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            Nancy Wilson, Baroque Violin |