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Aviya Kopelman

Aviya Kopelman

Composer
Ramat-Gan

Website

www.aviya.info

Summary

Award winning composer, have written for numerous ensembles and orchestras, served as a composer-in-residence, and have a particular interest in teaching, with 20 years of experience.

Education

Phd Studies - Music Composition

Bar-Ilan University
10.2016 - 10.2020

Master of Arts - Music Composition

Bar-Ilan University
10.2014 - 07.2016

Bachelor of Arts - Music Composition And Theory

Jerusalem Music And Dance Academy
10.1997 - 06.2001

Private Lessons - Jazz Harmony And Piano

Rami Levin
2012 - 2013

High School Diploma -

Israel Arts And Science Academy
Jerusalem
09.1993 - 06.1996

Private Lessons -

Piano
01.1993 - 12.2001

Overview

23
23
years of post-secondary education
20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Lecturer

Haifa University
Haifa, Israel
2011 - 2011

Summer Prep Course for Music Department, Theory

Academic Advisor

Rimon School of Music
, Israel
10.2010 - 10.2011
  • Conducted academic advisement services for students on reoccurring basis to maintain educational progression.
  • Consulted with students to advise on topic selection, appropriateness and academic value.
  • Provided support and guidance to students experiencing academic and personal troubles.

Workshop Supervisor

Rimon School of Music
, Israel
10.2010 - 10.2011
  • Planned, created and organized workshops and master-classes on various extra-curriculum subjects to enrich students' knowledge and acquire them with outstanding artists from outside of school
  • Maintained workshop activities in line with budget requirements.

Guest Lecturer

Academic Institutions
2003 - 2023
  • Jerusalem Music and Dance Academy
  • Buchman-Mehta School of Music, Tel-Aviv
  • Haifa University
  • Bar-Ilan University
  • Lewinsky College

and more

Composer in Residence

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
Jerusalem, Israel
10.2013 - 07.2020
  • Composer for the orchestra
  • Lector and Planner of the Israeli music repertoire - the orchestra more than doubled performed Israeli works
  • Promoting younger generation composers' symphonic works
  • Advisor for new music repertoire
  • Cooperations initiator and planner of Israeli music related projects, such as reading works by Jerusalem Academy of Music students, conducting masterclasses for the Academy students,
  • Special Projects advisor, such as cooperation with the Jerusalem Film Festival

Teacher

Reut Arts School
Haifa, Israel
09.2017 - 08.2019
  • Composition - private and group classes
  • Chamber Music
  • Harmony and Theory
  • Orchestration
  • Music History of the 20th Century
  • Matriculation Exams writing: Harmony and Theory, Music History of the 20th Century

Lecturer

Bar-Ilan University
Ramat-Gan, Israel
2016 - 2017

Music and Text - auditory class and composition seminar examining the various possibilities and challenges of setting music to text.

Final requirement: participation in concluding concert as a composer and performer.

Senior Lecturer

Rimon School of Music
Ramat haSharon, Israel
09.2006 - 09.2014
  • Composition - introduction class
  • Composition - advanced class (group)
  • Composition - advanced (individual)
  • Harmony and Analysis - all levels
  • Ear Training - all levels
  • Orchestration - chamber and orchestral
  • Composition - setting music for poetry
  • Ensemble instruction

Lecturer

Ono Academic College, (form. Hed College of Music)
Tel Aviv
2003.09 - 2007.08
  • Composition
  • Ear Training

Creative Musical Writing Instructor

Mifal Ha-Pais Arts Council
09.2005 - 05.2007

Instruction for middle-school age children across the country, focusing on far North and South towns, in music composition as part of the Elite Program for Artists "Big Creators - Little Creators" - a program for developing children in arts such as Music, Film, Literature, Acting

Notable Performances

  • Between Gaza and Berlin 25", Haifa Symphony 2022
  • Black Widow 9", Dior Quartet and Banff String Quartet Competition, Canada 2022
  • Belong Not 9" San Francisco Girls Chorus and Berkeley Ballet, Yerba Buena Arts Center, 2020
  • Sooner and Later 29" for sopran and chamber orch., Daniela Skorka, Israel Chamber Orch., 2019
  • Hidden Place 23", Cremona Quartet, Konserthuset Stockholm 2018, Kennedy Center Los Angeles 2019
  • Turquoise Project evening-long program, for mixed ensemble of 8, commissioned by the Israeli Music Festival. Elma Arts Center, 2018
  • Hebrew Magnificat 36", for SATB and symphony orch., Jerusalem Symphony, Collegium Singers & Academy Chamber Choir, Tel-Aviv Opera 2017
  • Flute Concerto 24", Noam Buchman, Jerusalem Symphony Orch., Jerusalem 2017, Montevideo 2018
  • Between Gaza and Berlin 25”, for symphony orch. Jerusalem Symphony Orch.,Frederic Chaslin. opening season concert of JSO 2014
  • Did Not Speak Up 10”, for soprano and chamber orch. Enas Massalha, soprano, “Tel-Aviv Soloists", cond. Barak Tal. 2013, Tel Aviv Music Center, Shtricker
  • Grief Measure 18”, for three singers, trombone, piano, bass, drums and electronics. Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workshop, April 2011, Carnegie Hall, New York.
  • Widows & Lovers 20”, for amplified string quartet and electronics. Kronos Quartet, February 2008, Carnegie Hall, New York. Recorded on their “Under30” album, performed as part of their repertoire in different countries around the world by the Kronos Quartet
  • Widows & Lovers 20”, for amplified string quartet and electronics. Ragazze Quartet, April 2010, Carnegie Hall, New York
  • Everything is Foreseen and Free Will is Given 9”, for piano. obligatory piece for Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition. 2008 Tel Aviv, multiple performers.
  • Fantasia After Purcell 20", Jerusalem Camerata, Avner Biron, Subscription Series around Israel, 2004
  • Kan Ya Ma Kan 21" for violin, oud and string orch., Sameer Makhoul, Eyal Shiloah, Solistes des Waterloo, Belgium and Israel, 2004
  • Piano Trio 15”, for vln, vlc, pno, commissioned by the Jerusalem Trio, 2004, Jerusalem Music Center, Tel Aviv Museum, Haifa Hall. Has been performed regulary since then all around the world by multiple ensembles.
  • May They Rest in Peace 15" for orchestra, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Noam Sheriff, opening season concert 2002, Tel Aviv Museum

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