Adrian A. Durlester, M.T.S.

Looking for a pianist? I can Zoom, House Party or appear on other Social Media platforms for your party or event! Background Music, Sing-alongs, Restaurants and Clubs, Parties, Weddings, Special Programs, Retirement Communities, Meetings, Conferences, Lectures, Workshops, Standards from the great American songbook - the gay 90s through today's hits. Showtunes, folk & holiday songs, jazz and vocal standards, traditional jazz and big band, light classics, and so much more.

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My Facebook Business Page: Adrian's Piano https://www.facebook.com/adrianspiano/

Looking for an experienced Jewish Educator and tutor for Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Hebrew, Judaics, and more?
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I can often be heard playing at

The Manhattan
16 Eden Avenue
Southington, CT
Check their Facebook page for times

Adrian A. Durlester is:

• Pianist/Entertainer, Accompanist

• Freelance  Songleader, Musician, Piano Teacher, Musical Transciptionist and Arranger - Programs for All Ages

• Choir Director, Religious School Teacher, Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutor, Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation-Emek Shalom, Simsbury, CT

• Substitute Teacher, Simsbury Public Schools, Simsbury, CT (Elementary-Music only, Middle and High School all subjects)

• Freelance Jewish Educator, Bar/Bat Mitzvah/Hebrew/Trope Tutor,  Consultant, Editor, Writer, Reviewer, Presenter and Facilitator for Jewish Workshops, Conferences, et al.

• Freelance Theatrical Production Generalist

• Freelance Powerpoint/Google Slides Presentation Creator

• Available to: perform; educate; edit; present a workshop; accompany, arrange, record, transcribe or produce your music; produce, design or manage a show; create a PowerPoint presentation for your program; consult on sound systems for worship - See my Services for Hire

• My Resume (short form) and a longer form Resume with more complete theatrical and musical credits (opens in a new window)

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  Random Musings Before Shabbat is coming back soon
  (new musings generally posted on Friday afternoon)
  (If you don't find a musing for the current week's parasha here, please check my blogs, noted below)

  My musings can also be found on my Jewish Blogs:  migdalorguysblog.blogspot.com,  migdalorguysblog.wordpress.com    My Jewish Music Blog: havanashira.blogspot.com

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  Adrian A. Durlester has previously served as (highlights of a long career:)

• Musician-in-Residence (full-time teaching position,) Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford

• Family Shabbat Experience Leader, Visiting Music Specialist Beth El Temple, West Hartford, CT

• Music Specialist, Camp Shalom Day Camp, Mandell JCC of Greater Hartford, CT

• Music Specialist, JCCs of Chicago Apachi Village Early Childhood Day Camp, Northbrook, IL

• Staff Bnai Mitzvah Tutor, Associate Conductor for Kol Emet Choir, Beth Emet - The Free Synagogue, Evanston, IL

• Bnai Mitzvah Tutor,  B'nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim, Deerfield, IL

• Early Childhood Music Specialist - JCC Chicago (various locations)

• Music Director, Shir Hadash, Wheeling, IL

• T'filah and Shira Specialist, Ramah Day Camp, Wheeling, IL

• Music Teacher,Lower School of the Abraham Joshua Heschel School, New York, NY

• K-3 Shabbat Service Leader, Congregation Kol Ami, White Plains, NY

• Jewish Music Specialist, 92nd St. Y Camp Yomi (Summer 2011)

• Substitute Music Specialist and Family Service Music Leader, Society for the Advancement of Judaism, New York, NY

• Media Specialist, Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute Camp (Summer Staff 2010)

• Acting Religious School Principal, Jewish Community of Amherst, MA

• Director of Youth & Family Education, Congregation B'nai Israel, Northampton, MA

• Director of Education and Congregational Life at Bethesda Jewish Congregation

• Co-Director, Shir Tze'ir Jewish Teen A Capella Choir (fka Hazamir of Alexandria)

• Editor, C.Ha, Torah Aura Productions

• Confirmation Teacher at Agudas Achim Congregation, Alexandria, VA

• more...

See my Biography, History, and Learn some Interesting Things About Me on the About Adrian Page

Check out my Resume,

On the Services for Hire Page you can find out about my services as a musician, solo artist, accompanist, conductor, arranger, transcriber/engraver, Jewish educator, Consultant on technology in Jewish Education, workshop leader and facilitator, worship leader, theatrical manager, designer and technician, musical director, stage director and more.

 See pictures of some of my lighting and scenic designs.

Send Me a Message:  Adrian A. Durlester

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Lighthouses

     (Split Rock Lighthouse, Minnesota)

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