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)