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Home News and events About me Biography, background, press, and tidbits both musical and nonmusical My musicals Five shows I've written, including one that ran Off-Broadway in 2006 and one currently in development The Chagall Suite A commissioned 8-movement piano piece inspired by Marc Chagall's artworks, and a tribute to Chagall and Elvis Listen Hear my music on this site and buy my recordings Musical direction See my ideas regarding musical direction, see my resume, or let me coach you for auditions and give you accompaniment tracks to practice with Transcription services Send me a recording to create sheet music from, or have me transpose or arrange a song or instrumental work Travelogues Read accounts of my long-term trips and my experience on the Fosse tour Mailing list Subscribe to receive news and travelogues | NewsJune 21 & October 25 | The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus: With Poetry and Justice for All: Three Anniversaries in Song at Merkin Hall, NYCBinyumen Schaechter, conductor | Seth Weinstein, pianistWe’re celebrating three anniversaries! For America's 250th, you’ll hear tributes you haven’t heard, at least not in Yiddish! It’s also 150 years since the birth of the beloved Yiddish poet Avrom Reisen, known for the tender “Afn nil” (On the Nile) and “Borekh ate” (Blessed Are You), the moving “May ko mashme lon” (What Does It Teach Us), the defiant “Zog, maran” (Tell Me, Marrano), and the adorable “A kind a goldene” (A Golden Child). And it’s 125 years since the birth of the equally beloved (but radically different) Yiddish poet Itzik Manger, known for the heartrending “Afn veg shteyt a boym” (On the Road Stands a Tree) and “Di Goldene pave” (The Golden Peacock) and the delightful “Yidl mitn fidl” (Yiddle with His Fiddle) and “Di Megile lider,” a modern retelling of the story of the Megillah. Supertitles and a program with translations are provided; no knowledge of Yiddish is necessary!
The Abecedarian Walks | Updates on Instagram | Bluesky | TwitterMy endeavor to walk the perimeters of 26 islands, one for each letter of the alphabet. Long Island (Abecedarian Walk #26, November
2025) Diners of New Jersey
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(October 2020) The Train to That Thing in the Desert (by train, mostly, from the 2022 Scrabble Players Championship in Baltimore to Burning Man in the Nevada desert)
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