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Skill Sets

June 4, 2014 by admin

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Music • Stage • Film • Direction • Producing & Arranging • Design Consulting • Writing & Editing • Speaking, Teaching & Diplomacy


THEATER:

  • writing of plays, screenplays, scripted events
  • directing for stage: plays, concerts, scripted events
  • directing for film/tv/video
  • editing for film/tv/video
  • acting
  • set design
  • costume design
  • music composition for stage
  • music performance for stage (piano, guitar, bass)
  • touring coordination (domestics & internationa)
  • technical booth direction for stadium and large theaters

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

  • Reads & speaks fluent to conversant: English, French, German, Sign Language Of the Deaf (Ameslan), Hebrew.
  • Reads & speaks additional lesser levels of Russian, Japanese, Arabic, Aramaic, Greek, Chinese, Italian, and Latin.
  • Expert in reading, writing, and analyzing texts from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds: additional years of distinguished recognized teaching and publishing on such topics.
  • experienced classroom and conference-podium teacher of above and related subjects

             Scholarly Editing and Writing:

  • essays: (i.e. – Voices of Messianic Judaism essay anthology & The Voice Of The Lord anthology)
  • dictionary definitions (i.e. – American Heritage Dictionary 2nd College Edition)
  • journal articles and panels (i.e. – Kesher, Mishkan, etc.)
  • magazine & newspaper articles, interviews, columns, and opinion pieices (i.e. New York Times, Concordiensis, Messianic Jewish Life Magazine, The Messianic Times, First Fruits of Zion Magazine, Lifestyles Magazine)
  • newsletter authorship, editing, and desktop publishing (i.e. – for MJA of America & Congregation Beth El of Manhattan)

EDUCATION

Certified by State of Pennsylvania: (Secondary &  Elementary)

  • classroom teaching
  • creation, implementation, & supervision of curriculum
  • supervision of faculty
  • onsite chief administration of physical plant
  • negotiation for, and creation of cooperative programs with other institutions
  • student/faculty travel organization and execution
  • teen event scripting and teaching/leadership
  • counseling of children daily and in crisis
  • fund-raising & new-student recruitment
  • representation of the school in deputation events
  • logistics for meetings and school operations
  • parent/teacher conferencing logistics & meetings
  • PTA Meeting logistics and conduct

MUSIC

  • composition for theater, contemporary & classical arenas, television theme songs, film scores
  • conducting (from podium and as participating instrumentalist)
  • piano, guitar, bass performance
  • choral and instrumental arranging
  • choral and band rehearsal, direction/conducting, and performance
  • dance accompaniment and direction
  • engraving (Finale™ & Logic™)
  • studio production (as directing producer, and with Logic™ “at the board”)

 

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

  • Non-Profit Operations & Fund-Raising: multiple organizations, institutions, schools
  • Certified to conduct weddings in the City of New York
  • Rabbinic Ordination (IAMCS, CBY, CBEOM, &  Semikhah P’ratit (multiple)
  • Yeshiva Instructor • IAMCS Yeshiva • Talmudic Literature
  • Keynote Speaker: South Africa MJA “Millennium” Conference • University of Cape Town (invited)
  • Senior Rabbi in Manhattan synagogue 20+ years
  • Worship Music Director in Manhattan synagogue 20+ years
  • Speaker & Teacher (requested/invited) at International, National, and Regional Conferences USA, Russia, Israel, Caribbean, Canada by invitation from multiple organizations
  • Musical Worship Team Instructor (requested/invited: USA, Israel, Russia
  • Dispute Mediation/Adjudication (requested/invited: USA, Israel, Russia)

 

TECH PROFICIENCIES

Macintosh platform programs:

  • Apple OSX and IOS
  • Mellel Multi-Lingual Word Processor (bi-directional Hebrew/English)
  • Touch-type in English and Hebrew
  • Microsoft™ Office Suite
  • Apple iWork™ Office Suite
  • Logic™ Digital Studio
  • Garageband™ Digital Studio
  • Finale™ Music Engraving Program
  • Final Draft™ Script Write
  • Adobe Photoshop™ & Acrobat Professional™
  • Online Bible™
  • Soncino™ Talmud Library
  • Ages™ Library of Western Faith Literature

PC-literate op sys and comparable programs: also literate.

 

 

Education & Certifications

December 4, 2013 by admin

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CITY OF NEW YORK • Registered Officiant

INT’L ASSOC. OF MESSIANIC CONGREGATIONS & SYNAGOGUES • Rabbinic Ordinations: local & international

  • Appointed Yeshiva Instructor (teacher of clergy)
  • Ordained Shaliach (official emissary) of parent association to Israel, South Africa, Russia, Caribbean, Canada and regions of USA.
  • Transferred all ordinations 2001 to New York 501(c)3

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA • STATE BOARD OF PRIVATE ACADEMIC SCHOOLS • State Certification as Private School Educator: Secondary English & Elementary Education

UNION COLLEGE • Bachelor of Arts cum laude • double-major: theater & comparative literature

NATIONAL THEATER INSTITUTE • EUGENE O’NEILL THEATER CENTER • Directing/Acting/Design

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY • Intermediate French Language & Literature

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY • Limnology – semester in HS senior year as “Honors” science course

THE HUN SCHOOL OF PRINCETON • High School Diploma

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