Biography

• MME, music education, University of the Arts
• BM, music education, Temple University

Alex Gittelman earned his bachelor of music in music education with a jazz emphasis from Temple University in 2010 and his master's in music education from the University of the Arts in 2016. He is currently pursuing his PhD in music education at Temple University with a focus on the intersections of neuroscience and music. Gittelman has been teaching at Haverford Middle School since 2011, including 6th and 7th Grade general music; the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade bands; the award-winning Haverford Middle School Jazz Ensemble; the HMS Woodwind Ensemble; the HMS Brass Ensemble (founded in 2013); and the HMS Percussion Ensemble (founded in 2015).

Gittelman has been a member of many premier ensembles in the Philadelphia area, including the Blackbird Society Orchestra, the salsa band Latin Express and the brass quintet City Brass. He has performed with various artists including Clark Terry, Branford Marsalis, Joe Wilder, Carla Cook, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, and Jimmy Heath. His private teachers have included Matt Gallagher, Eric Schweingruber and Terell Stafford. Gittelman is a member of ITG, NAfME and PMEA as well as a brother of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. When not teaching, researching, or performing, Gittelman enjoys spending time with his wife, Kim Blanchette, cooking, playing Dungeons and Dragons, training with a longsword, and taking care of his many cats.

Publications: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3129-146X

Substack: https://alexgittelman.substack.com