professional partnerships

Guild of Temple Musicians: Guild Cares Coordinator and Facilitator

Lead weekly national meeting, “Guild Cares for Israel,” for members to share burdens and hopes since Oct. 7th
Facilitate quarterly meetings for synagogue musicians around the world to share experiences and ask questions about relevant topics
Mentor new cantorial soloists across North America
Create musical partnerships to release new music
Member since 1997

Guest Artist/Cantorial Soloist:

High Holy Days (Selichot, Rosh HaShanna, Yom Kippur), Temple Adath Israel, Lexington Kentucky, 2024
Shabbat Services, University of Colorado, Boulder Hillel, mentor prayer leaders, partner to craft and lead services that support and engage CU students (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
Shabbat services, Kol Ami Enamu-El, Plantation, Florida
Shabbat services, Temple Adath Israel, Lexington, Kentucky
Shabbat services, Rodef Shalom, Falls Church, Virginia

Congregation Har HaShem: Cantorial Soloist Emerita

Cantorial Soloist/Clergy Team (1997-2022), Cantorial Soloist Emerita (2022 to the present)
On-going pastoral care work, clergy calls, home or hospital visits and presence, lifecycle co-officiation
Founded Community as Family, a support group for elders aging alone
Founded, recorded, and led with Or Zimrah, house band of Congregation Har HaShem
Bima preparation and musical leadership for all Shabbatot, holidays, High Holy Days, Bet Mitzvah rehearsals and services, funerals, Torah and Haftarah chanting, weddings, and beyond
Teacher of child, family, teen, and adult education
Formed and led adult and children’s folk and prayer choirs

Yellow Brick Road College Counseling

Business creator, 2023 to the present
Work with students to find their voice and share their story in applying to college and graduate school
Mindy and Marc Liebman Scholarship Fund Essay Editor

Just Rite

Business creator, 2023 to the present
Craft rituals outside the typical trajectory (mikvah moments, namings for transgender folx, ceremonies to process grief, marking new stages in life, weddings, and beyond--whatever we can imagine)
Upcoming partnership with Walk with Me, supporting families who are grieving a child’s death

Music Teacher

Substitute teacher for Boulder Valley Public Schools, 2023 to the present
Hired to teach 3rd and 4th grade students for the Horizon’s Performing Arts Festival, produced two music vidoes and a live performance, 2023

Digital Presence

Maintain and curate my website, YouTube page, and manage all associated video editing, 2022 to the present

Song and Prayer Leader for Interfaith Gatherings:

Hope Lights the Night (remembering those lost to suicide and supporting the bereaved)
Community vigils for the Table Mesa Tragedy
Inter-faith Thanksgiving services
Guest lecturer for world religion classes at the University of Colorado Boulder
Spiritual guide at Safehouse Alliance Boulder
On-going community needs

Keshet - For LGBTQ Equality in Jewish Life: Passover leader for Denver chapter