Debra Kreisberg
Saxophone&Clarinet
Saxophonist/clarinetist Debra Kreisberg performs, composes, arranges and records with the NYC-based Latin jazz octet Los Mas Valientes, Brooklyn singer-songwriters Matt Singer and Steve Waitt, the neo–Oktoberfest band, Zum Biergarten, as well as award-winning klezmer bands Metropolitan Klezmer and Isle of Klezbos, with whom she has toured in the U.S., Canada and in Europe. She is also the leader of East Harlem Trio a new jazz project dedicated to showcasing her original, soulful voice as a player and composer.
A graduate of the Eastman School of Music with an MM in Jazz Studies from Manhattan School of Music, Debra has performed with
Natalie Merchant,
Rochester Philharmonic with
Natalie Cole,
,jazz guitarist,
Sheryl Bailey,
accordionist/composer/performer
Rachelle Garniez,
Canadian Yiddish cabaret star,
Theresa Tova,
,the NYC funk band,
D'Tripp,
,and performed in
J. Edgar Klezmer
(Dixon Place, Puffin Cultural Forum, JCC in Manhattan).
Her compositions have been heard in the documentary,
Making Their Mark: From German Immigrants to New York City Icons
(for the German Consulate),
Lincoln Center online
(David Rubenstein Atrium), in the Off-Broadway production of Yisrael Campbell's show,
You Can Never Be Too Jewish
at NYC's Theater at St. Luke's, and on
Showtime's The L Word.
An equally accomplished educator, Debra serves on the faculty of 92nd Street Y School of Music, and previously served for eight years as Managing Director of Educational Outreach at 92nd Street Y School of the Arts, developing and implementing arts programming for New York City public schools.
RADIO/TV AIRPLAY
- CBS Sunday Morning
- CNN Worldbeat
- The L Word, Season Two
- WAMC, Northeast Public Radio
- WBGO
- WKCR, live broadcast
RECENT PERFORMANCES
Arizona
- Northern Arizona University–Flagstaff
- The Rialto Theater–Tuscon
- Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts
Austria
- KlezMORE Fesitvial Vienna
California
- 2012 Berkeley, CA Jewish Music Festival
New Jersey
- Count Basie Theater–Red Bank
- The Puffin Cultural Forum
New York
- 92nd Street Y
- Barbés–Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts
- Cornelia Street Cafe
- Corning Museum of Glass
- City Winery
- David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
- Rockwood Music Hall
- Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
Pennsyvania
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
Tennessee
- Sewanee: The University of the South
- Tennessee Tech University
- Bumbershoot Festival–Seattle
- Blackrock Center for the Performing Arts–Germantown, MD
Washington
Washington D.C. Area
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