Work Experience

Artistic Direction and Production Experience

2019-present
Member, Board of Directors
Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON
  • Co-lead strategic planning, organizational governance
  • Oversee $900,000 annual operating budget
  • Review more than 900 annual arts programs welcoming 25,000 annual visitors
  • Collaborate with 13 fellow Board members and 12 staff
2018-2019
Artistic Director & Producer
Dawn Initiative, Toronto ON
  • Oversaw $32,000 operating budget; received $15,000 grant from Ontario Arts Council
  • Conceived, marketed and produced a concert attended by 540 people
  • Invited composers around the world to submit compositions inspired by the theme
    “Celebration of the Oneness of Humankind”; received 109 submissions from 35 countries
  • Produced concert featuring compositions by 5 winning composers, the contest judges, and myself
2013-2018
Co-Artistic Director & Co-Producer
Israeli-Iranian Musical Initiative, Toronto, ON
  • Conceived, marketed and produced 4 concerts celebrating Israeli, Jewish & Iranian culture
  • Oversaw $7,500 operating budget; produced concerts featuring compositions for flute, clarinet,
    piano, violin, cello and percussion
    by Parisa Sabet, Noam Lemish, and Dan Deutsch

Teaching

Subjects Taught: Composition, Harmony, Music Theory & History, Piano, Musicianship

2020-present
Adjunct Music Instructor
Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (online)

Teaching Duties: Theory, Tonal Harmony I, II, III, IV Classes

Subjects Taught: Composition, Harmony, Music Theory & History, Piano, Musicianship

2021-2022
Teaching Assistant
University of Toronto

​​​​​Teaching Duties: Undergraduate and graduate Composing for Film 

  • Guided students use digital audio workstations to compose music for film and animation

Subjects Taught: Composition, Harmony, Music Theory & History, Piano, Musicianship

Fall 2021
Teaching Assistant
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Teaching Duties: Undergraduate Music Skills I

  • Taught singing, sight-singing with solfège syllables, playing chords & progressions on piano;
    aural identification of melodies, intervals, chords, and chord progressions
  • Graded weekly assignments; conducted skill tests

Subjects Taught: Composition, Harmony, Music Theory & History, Piano, Musicianship

2013-2015
Associate Teacher
CMA Piano Academy, Markham, ON, Canada

Teaching Duties (diverse students ages 4 to 15):

  • Individual Composition & Piano Lessons
  • Music Theory and Music History Classes

Subjects Taught: Composition, Harmony, Music Theory & History, Piano, Musicianship

2012-2013
Associate Teacher
Teri’s Music Studio, Pickering, ON

Teaching Duties (students from diverse backgrounds, ages 4 to 12):
o    Music Theory Classes 
o    Individual Piano Lessons 

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