Manager Director
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ADRIAN A. DURLESTER, M.T.S.
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Deerfield, IL 60015-4136 Website: www.durlester.com
OBJECTIVE
Jewish Education-Lifelong Learning Director/ Music Educator/ Theatrical Generalist
HIGHLIGHTS
18+ years in Jewish Education with 10+ years as a Director of Education/Lifelong Learning
Decades of experience as a Jewish Music songleader, performer, educator
17 years of successful management of performing arts facilities and theatrical productions
Experienced pianist, musician, musical director, choral director, songleader, and music educator
with expertise in Jewish music, opera, musical theatre, G&S.
On the forefront of using technology, social media in Jewish Ed and the performing arts
Currently writes a column on technology in Jewish Education for the Torah Aura Bulletin Board
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Successfully administered educational programs for congregations and supplemental schools in
small and large communities
Have taught and worked across the Jewish denominational spectrum, and at all age levels
Experience at Jewish summer camps and other informal educational settings
Wide-ranging technology skills hardware, software, networking, social media
52 years as a pianist, with wide-ranging experience as a musical director, choir director,
songleader, accompanist, conductor, and music educator (trained at The Juilliard School and
Manhattan School of Music pre-college divisions)
Performance facilities manager, production and stage manager, theatrical set/lighting/audio
designer, technical director, producer
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
B nai Mitzvah Tutor, B nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim, Deerfield, IL
Feb 2013-present
Oct 2012-present Early Childhood Music Specialist, JCC of Chicago (Various Locations)
B nai Mitzvah Tutor, Beth Emet-the Free Synagogue, Evanston, IL.
July 2012-present
T filah and Shira Specialist, Ramah Day Camp, Wheeling, IL.
June-Aug 2012
Aug 2011-July 2012 Lower School Music Teacher, A.J. Heschel School, New York, NY.
Sep 2011-Mar 2012 Religious School Music Teacher, Temple Israel, New Rochelle, NY.
Jewish Music Specialist, 92nd St. Y Camp Yomi Day Camp, New York, NY.
June-Aug 2011
2001-present Freelance Editor, Teacher, Tutor, Presenter, Consultant, Musician, Performer
Jan-April 2011 Substitute Religious School Music Specialist & Family Service Music Leader
Society for the Advancement of Judaism, New York, NY.
June-August 2010 Media Specialist, Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute Camp, Oconomowoc, WI.
2008-2010 Religious School Teacher, Bnai Mitzvah Tutor, Music Specialist, Jewish
Community of Amherst, Amherst, MA.
Temporary Acting Religious School Principal (spring 2010)
Director of Youth & Family Ed,Congregation B nai Israel, Northampton, MA.
2008-2009
2003-2008 Director of Education & Congregational Life. Bethesda Jewish Congregation,
Bethesda, MD. Also Music and Choir, IT support
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2001-2003 Director of Education, Beth El Hebrew Congregation, Alexandria, VA. (URJ
affiliated) Also music and choir, IT support
2002-2008 Instructor, Grades 8-10, Agudas Achim Congregation, Alexandria, VA
(USCJ affiliated) Also Co-Director, Shir Tze ir/Hazamir Teen Choir
1997-2007 Torah Aura Productions, Los Angeles, CA. Editor, C.Ha and Bim Bam
2000-2001 Teacher of Judaics & Hebrew (Grades 1,2) Music (whole school)
Akiva School, Nashville, TN
1998-2001 Director of Music, Religious School Teacher, Web Maven, Congregation Micah,
Brentwood, TN. (URJ affiliated)
June-August 1998 Media Specialist, Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute Camp, Oconomowoc, WI.
June-August 1997 Media Specialist, Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute Camp, Oconomowoc, WI.
1990-1998 Director of Education and Music,Temple Beth El, Fargo, ND. (URJ
affiliated)
1988-1998 Production Manager, Festival Concert Hall, North Dakota State University,
Fargo, ND.
1981- 1988 Resident Stage Manager/Technical Director, Beickman Performing Arts Center,
Concord Community Schools, Elkhart, IN.
EDUCATION
Master of Theological Studies, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Nashville, TN 2002
BFA, North Carolina School of the Arts (School of Design & Production) 1977
Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY 1973
Manhattan School of Music, Preparatory Division (1969-1973)
The Juilliard School, Pre-College Division (1960-1969)
OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Hava Nashira Jewish Songleading Workshop, OSRUI, Oconomowoc, WI (1992-present)
Instructor, Introduction to Judaism Course,Mid Atlantic Council of the URJ (2004-2005)
Hebrew Teacher, Grades 5 & 7, The Temple-Ohabai Sholom (URJ), Nashville, TN (1999-2000)
Staff Specialist, Gordon Jewish Community Center Camp Davis, Nashville, TN (1999-2001)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development ; Guild of Temple Musicians; National
Association of Temple Educators; Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (1992-2009)
United States Institute for Theatre Technology (1974-1998)
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Jewish Folk Arts Festival of Greater Washington Organizing Committee (2002-2006)
Co-producer, Washington, DC Jewish Community Israel@60 Celebration Concert (2008) and
350 Years of Jewish Music in America Celebration Concert (2005)
Cultural Arts Committee, Gordon Jewish Community Center, Nashville, TN (1998-2001)
Panelist, Grants Program Selection Committee, North Dakota Council on the Arts (1995-1996)
REFERENCES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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