Switzerland-based composer/violinist Jonathan Keren will run a workshop alongside Prof. Gilad Cohen. Praised by the New York Times for shifting between “tastes of sublime mysticism and catastrophic wildness,” Mr. Keren has built his career working in a wide range of musical genres including classical music, Baroque, Irish music, Arabic music, and Klezimer. At the workshop, which will host students of various courses including Song Writing and Music in Asia, Mr. Keren will talk about his music, play a range of selections with Prof. Cohen, discuss his various career paths, perform and give feedback to students’ original works, and discuss various topics that are relevant for Ramapo’s student’s including composition/songwriting, improvisation, intersections among genres, using strings in popular music, and having a career as a composer/performer/arranger.

For a short video of Jonathan Keren’s work please click the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkFxFsbNOxM

This event is open to the public.