At a Glance
Highlights
Champion of works by women— Conducted works by female composers Mabel Daniels, Elaine Hagenberg, Jennifer Higdon, Katie Jenkins, and NYC premieres of works by Ruth Gipps, Stephanie Berg, and Emmy Lindström.
Conducted fully staged production of Stravinsky's L'Histoire du soldat at Queens College Arts Festival
Music directed productions of Damn Yankees, Guys and Dolls, South Pacific, I Love You Because, and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music directed premiere of Thomas Whitman's chamber opera, The Royal Singer
Music directed Figaro scenes with original orchestrations for cello, clarinet, and piano with Sandbox Opera in NYC
Conducted virtual orchestra performance of "Firebird" with FilmMelodic Socially Distant Orchestra, featured on WNBC Sunday Today
Founding member of the New Conductors Orchestra, a NYC civic orchestra promoting emerging conductors
Biographical Info
Born in Queens, NY, on May 10 – is a Taurus!
Graduated from Swarthmore College with a BA in Music
Earned MM in Conducting from the Aaron Copland School of Music
Trained as pianist, vocalist, bassoonist, and conductor
Lives in Aberdeen, NJ with her husband Chaim and son Roni
Anecdotes
Was introduced to classical music through ballet as a small child by her mother; first ballet was Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker
Began piano studies at 4 and bassoon studies at 12
Played bassoon in the Children’s Orchestra Society and the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York as a teen
Sang at the Vatican and in Italian cathedrals with her high school chamber choir
Began conducting choir, wind ensemble, and marching band as a high schooler at Manhasset High School in a suburb of New York City – school had 2 orchestras, 2 bands, and 4 choirs
Has worked as a tap instructor, stage manager, social media manager, web designer, and as a camp counselor in the Rocky Mountains
Fluent in Hebrew Cantillation
Enjoys accompanying on piano her friend’s renditions of Broadway tunes, jazz standards, billboard top 40, and of course, 90’s Disney hits