LECTURES • COURSES • SEMINARS
WITH OLD, RARE, & CONTEMPORARY RECORDINGS
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LECTURER & TEACHER (Individual Lecture/Presentations with Recordings ⋅ Lecture Series ⋅ Mini- & Semester-Long Courses ⋅ Shabbatonim ⋅ Retreats)
ON:
- THE BALLAD OF AMERICA: AMERICAN HISTORY IN FOLK & POPULAR SONG: American National Anthems (plural!) / "The American Dream" in Song / Songs of the Civil Rights Movement / Labor History & the Labor Movement in Song / The World War I Era in Song / The World War II Era in Song / Presidential Campaign Songs in American History
- OUR AMERICAN SONGBAG: The Long Rhythm Road: From Ragtime to Rock ('n Roll) / "They All Sang on the Corner": The Roots Of ‘Doo-Wop’ Rock 'n Roll / In the Presence of the Lord: Biblical Themes in American Folk & Popular Music / Lectures on Pete Seeger / Bob Dylan / Singer-Songwriters
- ESPECIALLY FOR SCHOOLS: Where Do Our Songs Come From? / Where Do They Go?
- JEWISH MUSIC LECTURES: Jewish Music into the Mainstream: Jewish Themes in American Popular, Classical, & Folk Music / Bridges of Song: African-American & American-Jewish Music / Women in American-Jewish Music / Ecology in Song: Jewish Music for the Earth / Klezmer Music: From Old World to New World & Our World / The Music of Intimacy: Hasidic Melodies & Our Spiritual Journeys / Old & New Music For Jewish Holidays
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AT:
- New York Public Library (Jewish Division Lectures) ⋅ New England Conservatory of Music ⋅ Boston College: Center for Christian- Jewish Learning + School of Theology & Ministry ⋅ Cantors Assembly ⋅ Jewish Theological Seminary ⋅ Hebrew College (Boston) ⋅ New School University ⋅ Afro-American Historical & Cultural Museum (Philadelphia) ⋅ National Museum of Dance (Saratoga Springs, NY) ⋅ 92nd St. Y (NYC)
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- New School University: Mini-courses w/ guests including Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Richie Havens, Liz Swados, Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul & Mary), Fred Hellerman (of the Weavers)
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- Stuyvesant High School ⋅ LaGuardia High School of Music & Art ⋅ Bronx High School of Science ⋅ North Shore Hebrew Academy High School ⋅ Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy ⋅ Central Park East 1 Elementary School
FOR:
- New York Council for the Humanities: Speakers in the Humanities (2000–2015) [libraries, museums, community & seniors centers] / Speakers in the Schools (2009-2015) [high schools & middle schools]
- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (sponsor)
- Lincoln Center Scholars (sponsor)
- Oswego BOCES (sponsor)
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CD: Open the Gates! New American-Jewish Music for Prayer: a compilation CD of American-Jewish “heart music” — for prayer, healing, dance, and meditation
Jewish bluegrass & Jewish country
Jewish “world music”
English & Hebrew spiritual melodies
a cappella harmony singing |
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- Writer & Associate Producer, “One People, Many Voices: American-Jewish Music Comes of Age” (NPR) (narrated by Theodore Bikel) — now in the permanent collection of the Paley Center for Media in New York City
- Producer & Host, Yedid Nefesh (WEVD, NYC, + syndication) — a weekly program on Jewish culture, spirituality, & identity
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MUSIC WRITING & EDITING: |
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- NPR Radio Documentary: “One People, Many Voices: American-Jewish Music Comes of Age”
- CD Liner Notes: Open the Gates! New American-Jewish Music for Prayer
- Edited hundreds of articles on Jewish music & dance for YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
- Edited Maynard Solomon's Beethoven (winner, ASCAP Deems Taylor Award)
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VOICE-OVER/NARRATION: |
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- National Yiddish Book Center, Holiday Tales
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See my Notes from a Musical Autobiography.
Check out The Music Café. |
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