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Projects

                                                           Photography by Felix Garcia

 

Ongoing Projects

 

 

DBR & THE MISSION

 

Genre-jumping contemporary music, including collaborations with:

Phillip Glass

Buglisi-Foreman Dance Company

Akim Funk Buddha

VJ Culture

Bill Morrison, filmmaker

 

Congregation B’nai Jeshuran

Religious Services

  

Crossover/Fusion/New Music                                        

East Village Opera Company                                                                     

Trans-Siberian Orchestra                                                                          

Divahn                                                                                                      

Richard Grimes Collective                                                                          

Numinous                                                                                             

Frantic Turtle                                                                                      

Pop

Mika

Jewel

Enya

Kanye West

Il Divo

Roberta Flack

Cole Gentles Symphonic Rock Revival

Hustla Symphony Orchestra-

featuring Jay-Z, Beyonce, Sauce Money, Memphis Bleek, Foxy Brown, Pain in da Ass, ?uestlove and the Illadelphonics

 

Dance                                                                                   

"It's All True" & "Noise + Speed" by Hilary Easton, choreographer, Score by Thomas Cabaniss
Savion Glover, “Classical Savion”                                                               

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company                                            

School of American Ballet Orchestra                                                       

 

Theater/Broadway

Legally Blonde

Light in the Piazza

American Girl Review

Little Women

Orlando in Love

Misterioso by Koffu Kwahule

 

Classical                                                                             

Lincoln Center Benefit Orchestra                                                               

Garden State Philharmonic                                                                         

Edison Symphony                                                                                        

One World Symphony

Trio Yashir

Key West Symphony

 

Baroque

New York Continuo Collective

The New Bach Players

Mannes Bach Festival

 

Summer Festivals                                                        

Pacific Music Festival (Japan)                                                       

Conservatoire Américain (France)                                                        

Meadowmount School of Music                                                          

Bowdoin International Music Festival                                                         

International Baroque Institute at Longy                                                 

San Francisco Early Music Society Workshop

Michigan Womyn's Music Festival

 

Teaching Positions
United Nations International School (2003 - present)
BIMA at Brandeis University (Summer 2007)
Education Through Music, Inc. Teaching Artist at P.S. 68 in Bronx, NY (2001-2005)

 

Outreach

Directions Program - TOC

Education Through Music, Inc. at P.S. 102 - Manhattan

Heschel School

Ramaz Upper School

JCC Thurnauer School of Music, NJ

 

Competitions/Awards

J.J. Omsky Fellowship, Beverly Hills International Chamber Music Festival

Mannes College of Music Concerto Competition Winner

Rembrant Chamber Players High School Chamber Music Competition

Julius Stulburg International Competition

Illinois American String Teachers Association Competition

 

Television/Radio Appearances

ABC - The View featuring Il Divo
FOX - New Year's Special with Il Divo
NBC - Saturday Night Live with Kanye West and Adam Levine

NBC - Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center with Enya

NBC - Today Show and The Martha Stuart Show with Il Divo

MTV, VH1, ABC - Live 8 Philadelphia with Kanye West
Discovery Channel - "Discovering the Arts" with DBR & THE MISSION

MTV - New Year's Eve TRL Special with Kanye West and Adam Levine
NY 1 - PS 68 students play with Joshua Bell, River to River Festival Press Conference
News 12 Bronx - Teaching students and "Joshua Bell Day" at P.S. 68
NPR - All Things Considered featuring DBR & THE MISSION
WDNA Miami FL - Pre-concert Interview with Daniel Bernard Roumain and Rob Moose

 

Recordings

Albert Hammond, Jr (The Strokes) - 2nd solo album (Release date: June 2008)
Naxos American Classics - To the Wars Trio by Sean Hickey

Ryuichi Sakamoto - In honor of the Victims of Hiroshima

Roc-a-fella Records - Jay-Z "Kingdom Come" Bonus Disc
Bridge Records - Clara Rockmore's Lost Theremin Album
 

 

Education

Mannes College of Music- 150 West 85th Street, New York City                      

Professional Studies Diploma, 2003

Bachelor of Music, 2001

 

Principal Teachers:

Timothy Eddy, Orion String Quartet       

Carter Brey, Principal Cellist, NY Philharmonic

Hans Jorgen Jensen, Northwestern University

Gilda Barston, Music Institute of Chicago

 

Principal Teachers (Historical Performance Practice):

Phoebe Carrai, Baroque Cello 

Myron Lutzke, Baroque Cello

Arthur Haas, Harpsichord  

Nancy Wilson, Baroque Violin