Deborah Bradley-Kramer

Taught numerous courses in in Music History ranging from World Music, American popular music, to Masterpieces of Western Art Music

Liaised with Mostly Mozart Festival in a seminar introducing their summer concerts

Liaised with members of Silk Road Ensemble in a course introducing their repertoire and instruments

• Maintain a consistent studio of students representing both amateur and professional musicians

• Create lessons to accommodate each student's specific goals

• Organize four student concerts a year

• Teach music history, ear training, and music theory

• Oversaw admissions; enrollment grew 277% in 4 years

• Designed and implemented the unique arts-based curriculum

• Hired and assessed teachers and promoted professional growth of teachers by directing professional development workshops throughout the year

• Managed budget, marketing, development, and fund-raising

• Maintained safety of students and faculty throughout COVID crisis with strict protocols; school closed for only 9 days in two years.

• Built positive relationships with families to encourage active participation in many aspects of the young school

• Taught in Core Curriculum (Masterpieces of Western Music), approximately 1,000 students

• Taught numerous new courses in Music History: Russian Music, Jewish Music, Piano Repertoire, Shostakovich

• Aligned curriculum with concert series

• Gave music presentations using Google classroom technology

• Established principal operating budget through consistent grant writing and other fund-raising enterprises

• Oversaw enrollment in the Music Performance Program which grew 390% from 1999-2012

• Introduced new areas of performance: Jazz groups, Middle Eastern Ensemble, Klezmer Band, Gagaku Japanese Ensemble, Bluegrass Band

• Coached award winning Columbia and Juilliard students

• Served on Columbia College admissions committee

Distributed scholarships to performers and composers

Evaluated teaching artists bi-annually

Created new concert series: Columbia Sounds for Families, Carnegie Hall annual gala featuring young musicians and composers, Columbia-Barnard concerts

Established performing opportunities and scholarships for young composers

• Taught class piano courses to undergraduate and graduate student

• Tailored curriculum to individual student's levels and research interests