ENGLISH CORNER, CON LINDA JIMÉNEZ – This week’s trivia question:  What does cholent, the typical stew that Ashkenazi Jews make for Shabbat, have to do with Valerie Geffner’s music?

Valerie Geffner is a New York-based multifaceted artist.  A graduate of The Juilliard School, Valerie has a background in theatre, film and TV. As a musical artist she is a singer and writer and her skills also include painting, drawing, improv and poetry, and she is also a performing arts coach.

Valerie  wrote  and  produced  the  albums  “Antenna”,    “Magic is  Free”  and  the  recently    released    “BE  I  AM”.    She has performed both in the United States and abroad, including in New York, Berlin, Paris and Los Angeles.   She also appeared with world-renowned Pakistani musician, Salman Ahmad, on the David Lynch transcendental meditation compilation.  She is currently coaching and often performs on zoom events.

This week Valerie is speaking with us about her work, and will share two of her songs with us.