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
2023-present
Secretary, Executive Committee
Aurora Cultural Centre
  • Coordinate the full Board's review of the CEO's performance and compensation
  • Serve as a smaller sounding Board for the CEO
  • Focus the Boards work
  • Set goals and development agenda
  • Coordinate the work of the full Board
2021-present
Chair, Governance & Nominating Committee
Aurora Cultural Centre
  • Develop annual work plan for the Board and committees
  • Review and oversee all governance policies and practices, recruitments, and nomination process
  • Review and oversee Boards’ compliance with the Imagine Canada Standards
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
I Equal I 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 and Mentorship

Subjects Taught: Acoustic and Electroacoustic composition, Harmony, Music Theory & History, Piano, Musicianship, Music Skills

2023-present
Mentor
Polygence

One-on-one research project mentorship to high school students

Subjects Taught: Acoustic and Electroacoustic composition, Harmony, Music Theory & History, Piano, Musicianship, Music Skills

2023
Mentor
Sounds of Freedom Project

One-on-one mentorship to winners of Sounds of Freedom composition competition

Subjects Taught: Acoustic and Electroacoustic composition, Harmony, Music Theory & History, Piano, Musicianship, Music Skills

2023
Teaching Assistant
University of Toronto

Introduction to Composition II (TMU113 H1), Electroacoustic Music and Composition Techniques

  • Designed and delivered 30% of course material Lectures/demos and lab work on computers, DAWs, and MIDI orchestration
  • Graded weekly assignments and final projects

Subjects Taught: Acoustic and Electroacoustic composition, Harmony, Music Theory & History, Piano, Musicianship, Music Skills

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

Theory, Tonal Harmony I, II, III, IV

  • Designed and delivered weekly course material lectures
  • Graded weekly assignments, final projects, midterm and final exams

Subjects Taught: Acoustic and Electroacoustic composition, Harmony, Music Theory & History, Piano, Musicianship, Music Skills

2021-2022
Teaching Assistant
University of Toronto

 Composing for Film (MUS3222H)

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

Subjects Taught: Acoustic and Electroacoustic composition, Harmony, Music Theory & History, Piano, Musicianship, Music Skills

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

Music Skills I (TMU120H1)

  • 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: Acoustic and Electroacoustic composition, Harmony, Music Theory & History, Piano, Musicianship, Music Skills

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

Piano, Theory, Composition, and History (RCM 1-10)

  • Individual composition & piano lessons
  • Music theory and history classes
  • Group composition lessons

Subjects Taught: Acoustic and Electroacoustic composition, Harmony, Music Theory & History, Piano, Musicianship, Music Skills

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

Piano, theory and composition (RCM 1-10):

  • Music Theory classes
  • Individual piano lessons 

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