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  • Deborah Weisz

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    Deborah Weisz

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    From playing in the Sahara Desert, with Roswell Rudd, to touring the world with Frank Sinatra; trombonist and award-winning composer Deborah Weisz’s life in music has been filled with diversity. Originally from Chicago, IL, Deborah’s musical journey has included stops in Phoenix, Las Vegas, and NYC, where she has lived since 1993; performing and writing music for a variety of work (commercial, Broadway, classical & jazz) while exploring the post-bop and beyond realms with her own groups.

    Deborah also works as an educator/teaching artist; giving back, and sharing her love of music with students of all ages. Along with her current teaching work, out of her private studio in NYC, Deborah has been trombone instructor, ensemble coach and contributing arranger for the middle school & high school programs at Jazz at Lincoln Center, a faculty member of the NY Pops Educational Programs, and adjunct jazz faculty at WCSU in Danbury, CT. She joined The New School Faculty in 2022.

    For more info please visit http://www.deborahweisz.com

    Future Courses

    Arranging Fundamentals
    JCTH 2050, Spring 2026

    Lessons 1000
    JLES 1000, Fall 2025

    Past Courses

    Arranging Fundamentals
    JCTH 2050, Spring 2025

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