ABOUT JENNIFER LAWRENCE BIRNBAUM
Music (MS)
Jennifer Lawrence Birnbaum is excited to join the New Roots community as the middle school music teacher. She has music education degrees from Ithaca College and Columbia University, and previously taught in Watkins Glen, Little Red School House in NYC, ICSD, and local Montessori schools. She also has a private music studio of piano and voice students, and conducts an adult recorder ensemble.
Jennifer previously held positions as choir director for the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca and Transpose: Ithaca Queer Singers Alliance, and was the co-founder of Justice Choir Ithaca. She also sings professionally with the Cayuga Vocal Ensemble.
Jennifer grew up in Ithaca and has fond memories of performing in the Clinton House lobby, and going to shows at the Kitchen Theatre (where the middle school classrooms are now). In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys outdoor adventures with her family, attending concerts, reading historical fiction novels, and watching medical dramas.