I am currently launching Pardes Ventures, Inc. and its pilot event for August 2024! Pardes is an event production company and emerging public benefit corporation with a vision to create local paradises – microclimates of health, safety, and peace – through the lens of immersive artistic experiences in unique spaces. Its mission is to provide spiritually- and socially-impactful musical gatherings that involve multidisciplinary facets and multiple circles/domains of practice for the integrated augmentation of knowledge and lived experience. The desired outcomes of Pardes’ events are reinvigorated local creative economies, inspired action and adaptive behavioral change.
Alongside this, within music, I’m pursuing a dual trajectory. The first leg is solo and ensemble trumpet playing within contemporary music, with a focus on music with an impact – humanitarian, environmental, spiritual, and cosmic. This “horse” in my chariot will manifest in the form of a debut trumpet album with collaborators in Fall 2025. The second is sound journeying with a healing intent, which is what I currently co-direct with the group Anamnesis. We recently launched our first solo album, Kairos, which you can find on the Anamnesis website here.
I’m also teaching in schools and offering trumpet lessons and group brass coaching. You can find out more and contact me directly on the Teaching page.
What ties these projects together is an overarching focus on communication. I currently also work in copywriting (marketing) and AI research. More information about my pursuits here coming soon.