Russell Mofsky
Guitarist, Educator, Florida Son
I'm the ringleader of Gold Dust Lounge, a Miami-based musical collective whose sound and style references rock, jazz, electronic music, vintage spy soundtracks, spaghetti westerns, and film noir. We play every Friday night at The Standard Hotel and every second Saturday at the Art Walk in Miami's Wynwood gallery district.
By day I work with four-year olds at Miami Country Day School where I teach what I call "Punk Rock Kindergarten." Like all four-year olds, these kids still have their imagination, creativity, and sense of wonder intact. I see it as my job to make sure they learn how to share and treat each other respectfully, and are able to ask for what they need and say what they want. There's a DIY aesthetic so my students help run our classroom. We put them in the center of our teaching because they learn better that way. Kids have plenty of time in their lives to learn skills, but they don't have that much time to be four. I try to help them along the path they already walk. Hopefully, the world will be a little bit of a better place down the road as a result. Both my teaching and my music come from the same place
Stop by the gig sometime or drop us a line & say hi.