Berk Schneider
Musician | Teacher | Researcher
- Role
- Teacher at San Diego Unified School District
- Location
- Oceanside, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Berk Schneider
Berk Schneider has been praised for his \"deep and probing\" musicality by the San Diego Story, he has also been lauded as a \"valiant proponent\" of newly composed music by the San Diego Union Tribune. His curated performances seek to provide profound and immersive experiences via electronic elements and collaboration with talented composers.Berk\'s musical experiences have taken him across the globe, from Saint Peters Basilica, Vatican City, performing Mozart under the direction of Helmuth Rilling to Carnegie Hall with Maestro Valery Gergiev and Ravel\'s Bolero. He\'s taught and performed in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Colombia, China, The Czech Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Uruguay, and United States. From the eerie perplexity of the Orange Show Monument nestled in Houston’s East End to the sold out Toyota Center, Frankfurt\'s Bockenheimer Depot, and the Berlin Philharmonie — performances occur in venues ranging from abandoned bunkers, parks, and traditional concert halls. His collaborations are equally varied, having worked alongside performers such as Charles Curtis, Joshua Bell, Mark Dresser, Josh Groban, Stephanie Richards, Steven Schick, Wilfrido Terrazas, conductors Brad Lubman, Enno Poppe, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Robert Spano, composers Arthur Gottschalk, Beat Furrer, Philip Glass, Helmut Lachenmann, Lei Liang, Alvin Lucier, Roger Reynolds, actor Alexander Fehling, musicians from the Akron, Firelands, Houston, and La Jolla symphonies, Long Beach Opera, Ensemble Modern, Project [BLANK], as well as director Heiner Goebbels. He\'s made summer appearances at the Eastern Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Festival Napa Valley, and toured internationally with the Orchestra of the Americas.In Europe Berk has performed in the Darmstadt Summer Course and with Ensemble Modern in the Cresc Biennale Frankfurt, Klangspuren Festival Schwaz, the Kurt Weill Festival, Playsonic Festival, Hessischer Rundfunk radio broadcasts, and other projects. He also worked regularly with the Staatstheater Mainz, Schauspiel Frankfurt and Sinfonieorchester Bad Nauheim. A regular musician with contemporary music ensembles in Austria and Germany, Berk performed \"Antipoden\" for trombone and ensemble by Gerald Resch with Ensemble Zeitfluss in Vienna and premiered Ulrich Rasche’s \"Sieben gegen Theben/Antigone\" in Frankfurt. He has been a finalist and honorably mentioned in international competitions, including the Robert Marsteller Competition, Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize, and ITA Trombone Quartet Competition. Full CV @ berkschneider.com
Experience
Teacher
San Diego Unified School District
Aug 2024 — Present · San Diego, CA, US
Visual & performing arts
Education
Rice University
Master of Music, Music
2010 — 2012
UC San Diego
Doctor of Musical Arts, Music
2018 — 2024
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt
Master of Music, International Ensemble Modern Academy
2015 — 2016
Oberlin College
Bachelor of Music, Music
2006 — 2010
Skills
- Stage Management
- Bands
- Teaching
- Music
- Composition
- Trombone
- Writing
- Chamber Music
- Band
- Film
- Jazz
- Editing
- Contemporary Music
- Orchestral
- Music Education
- Orchestration
- Music Theory
- Digital Photography
- Stage Lighting
- Classical
- Weddings
- Film Editing
- Musical Theatre
- Recording
- Art
- Orchestral Music
- Ensemble
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