WALLY SCHACHET-BRISKIN
9512 Texhoma Ave Northridge, CA 91325-2046
phone: 1 - 818 - 993-5778 fax: 1- 310-476-0426
e-mail: Wally@CantorWally.com
1992-1996 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion School of Sacred Music, Israel and NY
Date of investiture: May 19, 1996.
Masters Project topic: The Music of Reform Youth.
Recipient, HUC Steinhardt Scholarship, including full tuition and stipend, for year 1995-96.
1991 California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
1996-present Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles, CA
CANTOR
• Full member of Clergy Team
• Run Bar / Bat Mitzvah Program
• Plan, Implement and Supervise Music Curriculum
1994-1996 The Reform Temple of Suffern, Suffern, NY
STUDENT CANTOR
• Serve as cantor for Shabbat, High Holy Day and Festival services
• Implement music program for pre-kindergarten through sixth grade
• Present special musical programs for congregation
• Teach adult education workshops
1993-1995 Congregation Rodeph Sholom, New York, NY
MUSIC SPECIALIST. Coordinated and directed junior congregation services once per week; developed and implemented prayer and music curriculum for Jewish children grades K - 1 and 4 - 6 two days a week; led programs, song and prayer at weekend retreats.
DIRECTOR OF "YACHAD" (family education). Wrote and produced "Yachad" for Jewish children grades K through 9 and their parents, implemented once per month.
1993-1994 Congregation Beth Haverim, Mahwah, NJ
STUDENT CANTOR
• Led worship as cantor for Shabbat, High Holy Day and Festival services
• Directed 8-member volunteer adult choir
1993-1996 UAHC - Kesher College Convention, Ellensville, NY and Washington, DC
SONG LEADER AND STAFF -- Inspired 150 reform college students from across the USA in programs and in song. Serve on planning committee for 1996 convention.
1995 Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education, Amherst, MA
PRESENTER. Led workshops for adults on spirituality through music, teaching "Tikkun Olam" (repairing the world) in the classroom, singing Jewish "classics" and Jerusalem in song. Also led workshops in January 1996 at a regional CAJE conference in NY.
1985-present "Cantor Wally" - musical solo act
Jewish song-writer, singier and recording artist actively performing at schools, synagogues, summer camps and college campuses nation-wide. Featured performer, "Red Hot, New Or Not!" showcase, 1995 Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education, Amherst, MA. Produced several recordings and a songbook.
1985-1995 Songleader, Head Songleader, Artist in Residence - positions at summer camps
Designed and implemented liturgical, musical and educational curriculum for sleep-away Jewish camps: Camp Swig, Saratoga, CA (eight summers); NFTY Leadership Academy, Warwick, NY (one summer); Camp Young Judaea-West, Santa Rosa, CA (one summer).
• The Arthur Wolfson Memorial Prize in Reform Cantorial Art, June 1995.
• Artist-In-Residence, UAHC Swig Camp’s "Hagigah" arts session, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.
• The Rabbi Malcolm Stern Memorial Prize for contributing the most to the school, June 1994.
• Delegate, Consultation on Spirituality, Nathan Cummings Foundation, 1994-present.
• Certificate, Training for Facilitators Working with Interfaith Couples, October 1995
• Intern, Denver Conference on Outreach, March 1995
Album coordinator, guitar and vocals on Shiron L’Yeladim: Songs for children Grades K-3
(CD and cassette), New York, Transcontinental Music Publications / New Jewish Music Press, a division of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1995.
Baritone, School of Sacred Music Choir on Yamim Nora’im, Days of Awe: Music for the High Holy Days (CD), directed by Samuel Adler, New York, Transcontinental Music Publications / New Jewish Music Press, a division of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1995.
"Y’hi Shalom B’cheileich," song on First Annual American Zionist Movement Zionist Song Competition (cassette and sheet music), New York, AZM, 1994.
"The Eternal Light," song in Sounds of Creation: Genesis in Song, Sounds of Freedom: Exodus in Song: a contemporary anthology featuring a song for every Torah portion in the books of Genesis and Exodus (book with transcribed music, CD and cassette), compiled by Randee Friedman, San Diego, Sounds Write Productions, 1992.
• Serve in soup kitchens
• Lead choirs to sing at retirement homes, senior centers and children’s hospitals
• Perform for benefits at Hillels, Jewish Family Services and in the community
Songwriting, guitar playing, informal education, outreach, performing folk concerts