Teaching

University and Festival Workshops (selection)

University of Chicago : Guest artist lecturer (2021) 

Virginia University: Artist in Residence (2018): Lectures and

workshops-German studies, Jewish Studies. (Charlottesville, Virginia. 2018)

Ashkanaz Festival

Klezmer (Toronto, Canada, 2016)

KlezKanada

Improvisation. (Quebec, Canada. 2016)

Yiddish Summer Weimar

Improvisation through a klezmer vocabulary (Weimar,Germany. 2012-2014)

Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory

Trumpet, Jazz, Klezmer. (Berlin, Germany. 1998-2006)

Cracow Jewish Culture Festival

Brass band. (Cracow, Poland. 2005)

England Conservatory of Music

Jazz and improvisation as teaching assistant (Boston, USA. 1985-1986)

 

Youth & Community Projects (selection)

Youth Museum Berlin, Voices of Help Exhibit Workshops:

Workshops with youth exploring concepts of help in everyday life. (Berlin Germany. 2016-2017)

Schoeneberg Neighborhood Arts Fund (Kiezfond): Red Island Stories

Photography & story collecting project with youth and jazz musicians. (Berlin, Germany. 2016)

Schoeneberg Neighborhood Arts Fund (Kiezfond): Searching for Treasure in Your Family History. Students at the Blume School in Berlin learn to ask questions about they’re family history and develop what they learn into a theatrical context. Empowerment through learning where you come from and where your friends are from. (Berlin, Germany. 2015)

Jewish Museum Berlin, Cobra for Kids: Pictures and improvisation performance with kids. (Berlin, Germany. 2012)

Potsdam Jazz Festival & Jazz Workshop Label: The Misfits of Jazz: Jazz history stories for young people. (Berlin, Potsdam, Germany. 2011-2013)

ARD Christmas TV Special mit Volker Ludwig (Grips Theater)

Composer and musical director of children’s choir for ARD. (Berlin, 2010)

WDR Lilipuz Make Your Own Music (Musik Selber Machen)

Portrays of young musicians produced with young moderators (Berlin, Cologne, 2007-2009)

The Borderland Foundation: Music of the Place. Music and texts workshops with young rappers and musicians from Northern Poland. (Sejny, Poland. 2007)

Oetinger Publishing: English songs and rhymes. 2 CD Productions with children singers between the ages of 4 and 17. (Berlin, 2006-2009)

Kashubia Cultural Center: Improvisation and klezmer workshops. (Kashubia, Poland. 2004)

The Power of Words Poetry project: Empowerment through learning the craft of language. (Boston, USA. 1983)