2023-2024 Season

Past Seasons (2009-2023)

September 23, 2023 | ‘A Besere Velt’ Concert with Frank London
Derek conducts A Besere Velt in a program of choral music with klezmer trumpeter Frank London. More info here.

December 23-28, 2023 | Conducting Yiddish New York chorus
Invited faculty for Yiddish New York, directing and arranging works for the festival's chorus. More info here.

March 23, 2024 | New Gallery Concert Series in Cambridge, MA
New Gallery Concert Series presents my Duet for Violin and Viola at Longy School of Music. More info here.

May 4, 2024 | A Besere Velt Concert
Derek conducts Mayday! May Day! a program of songs of hope in times of struggle, featuring Judy Bressler and Hankus Netsky. More info here.

May 6, 2024 | Conducting A Besere Velt Concert
Derek conducts ABV at the Auschwitz Exhibit at The Castle at Park Plaza.

May 7, 2024 | Lecturer (virtual) at Sorbonne Université
Derek is an invited lecturer at Sorbonne Université (Paris, France), presenting “My life and the Yiddish Musical World: Contemporary Concert Music, Folk Song, and the Yiddish Choral Tradition”.

May 8, 2024 | Conducting A Besere Velt Concert
Derek conducts ABV at the Cambridge Holocaust Memorial.

May 15, 2024 | A Besere Velt at Fenway
Derek conducts A Besere Velt in a performance of the National Anthem for Jewish Heritage Night at Fenway. More info here.

June 8-11, 2024 | Composition Faculty at Sunset ChamberFest
Derek will work with students in Sunset ChamberFest’s 2024 Young Composers Workshop in Los Angeles, CA. More info here.