Friends, Activity Partners

Jul 2003

Plainview, NY (Long Island)

LH Communications, GMU, CUA, Cutting Records NYC, Flow Music (Puerto Rico), Latin American Music Center (DC)

http://profiles.friendster.com/epsteinowitz

Shenendehowa High School, George Mason University (B.M. in Violin Performance, May 2004) & The Catholic University of America (M.A. candidate in Musicology)

Faboo Violinist, Musicologist/Ethnomusicologist

American Musicological Society, Society for Ethnomusicology, PRican Independence Party, Int'l Latin American Student Assoc., Latin American Music Review, Washington Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra, World Music Institute, Ionarts

Music, Dancing (Salsa y Merengue), Int'l Travel, Foreign Films, Philosophy, Books, Art, Languages, Sports/Working Out, Having Fun w/Friends, Fashion, Int'l Cuisine (thanks Nico for the introduction to Bolivian food--I dream about Silpancho! lol), Puerto Rico, Cuba, Italia, BMWs (and other fast, European luxury automobiles), Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, John Cage, Steve Reich, my parakeets & sun conure parrot (Peanut--I love you!)

La Casa de los Espiritus; anything Esmeralda Santiago; Fountainhead;The Virtue of Selfishness; Companero; Ernesto Guevara, Tambien Conocido como el Che; Lorca

Orfeu, Antes de Anochezca, Johnny Stecchini, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Calle 54, Blood In Blood Out, Hable con Ella, Shrek 2, Raices, History of the World Part I, Three Amigos, anything Monty Python, Gladiator, Stand and Deliver, Birdcage, Born in East L.A., For Love or Country, KungPow; My Big, Fat Greek Wedding

Latin (Everything but Bachata!), Modern Italian (Dance, Rock, and Pop), Brazilian music, Jazz, West & South African, Opera (go "Wozzeck!"), & anything from the Romantic Era through 20th century, Qwwali (Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn), Bhangra, Hindi

Chappelle's Show, Reno 911, George Lopez, Will & Grace, Tough Crowd, Control, Caliente, Primer Amor, Insomniac, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, The Simpsons, Welcome Back Kotter, Waiting for God, Blackadder, Da Ali G Show

Leo

So I play 10 instruments and speak seven languages: at least
I don't look like your stereotypical nerd. ;) I was born-
and-raised in NY and then spent six years in the DC metro area, having done my Violin Performance degree @ GMU in May 2004. (I have a double minor in Spanish and Latin American Studies as well.) I'm
a true performer and I'm rarely shy--most people think I
like to have too much fun in public. hehe I've moved back to NYC after getting my Masters degree @ CUA in Musicology (Latin America), but until I moved you probably saw me in-and-around D.C. (Reppin' Columbia Heights, baby!) dancing, performing all sorts of music, shopping, and museum-perusing. Now I'm back in the world that spawned me to get my major performing career back, do a Ph.D., and dance my butt off . C'mon...how many Italian/Puerto Rican/Cuban/Jewish Princesses do you meet in a lifetime? :)

Anyone who has an excellent sense of humour, loves to laugh and smile, and is generally someone that is well-rounded and fun. (If you're an orch dork like me, that's cool, too! LOL) I love welcoming new friends into my life, so don't be afraid to say "hi" and start a conversation--I'll do the same! :) You can add me by using my e-mail address: ItaliaBoricua@aol.com