New York, New York, United States
Arts leader, curator, and composer with 10+ years of experience designing and producing high-impact cultural programming. As Director of Public Programs at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, I lead the strategy and execution of 60+ annual programs spanning concerts, lectures, theatrical works, and digital content. My work focuses on connecting historical scholarship with the contemporary cultural and intellectual word, building engaged audiences, and supporting living artists through commissioning and presentation. My background bridges artistic vision and institutional leadership. I’ve led fundraising and development efforts, overseen communications and marketing strategy, managed cross-functional teams, and worked closely with boards and major donors. Previously, as Director of Operations and Development at MATA Festival, I produced a major international festival and worked on all fundraising activities, including grants, individual giving, and gala events. Alongside my administrative work, I maintain an active career as a composer, with projects including operas, orchestral works, and interdisciplinary collaborations. My debut album was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Music. This dual perspective informs my approach to artistic direction: rigorous, creative programming grounded in institutional sustainability and audience development.
I run the public programs: curating and producing concerts, film screenings, conferences, lectures, and other events. YIVO is a wonderful community boasting the world's largest archive and library of Eastern European Jewish books, musical scores, correspondences, photos, films, sound recordings, posters, ephemera, and other documents. YIVO's mission is not only preserving this unparalleled cultural treasure trove, but also exploring questions of this Jewish history, identity, and its continuity here in America and throughout the world. When YIVO was founded its headquarters was in Vilna — then a part of Poland and now a part of Lithuania — and shifted its headquarters to New York in 1940.
Recordings released on Cantaloupe Music, Bright Shiny Things, New Focus Records, and more. Commissions and performances have come from organizations and ensembles including American Lyric Theater, American Opera Projects, the POLIN Museum in Warsaw, The Polish Radio Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Roulette, ASCAP, Ashley Bathgate, Julian Schwarz, Marika Bournaki, HOCKET piano duo, and others.
Score and Part preparation for professional composers of orchestral works, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber works, and solo works.
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