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Faculty
Originally from Russia, Rem Djemilev has had a distinguished professional career in the Bay Area as well as in his native country. He received his B.A. at the Music College of Moscow Conservatory and his master’s degree at the Conservatory of Music, also in Moscow. Before moving to the Bay Area, Rem performed for 12 years with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and for 17 years with the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. He currently performs with the California Symphony Orchestra and The Arlekin String Quartet. He also teaches at The Crowden School and conducts both the Young People’s Chamber Orchestra in Berkeley and Community Arts Youth Orchestra in Walnut Creek. Rem joined the Black Pine Circle School music faculty in 2002.
Teaching Since
2002
Pronouns
he/him
Contact
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Quick Fact
Creates musical arrangements for fun
Lower School Spanish Teacher
Aïda attended the same elementary school as opera tenor Josep Carreras.
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Eighth Grade History & Geography Teacher
Keen on floating houses and mutant Basset Hounds
Third Grade Assistant Teacher
Minimalism is my favorite art movement.
Seventh Grade Math Teacher, Math Club / Math Team Coach
Played soccer on a Zambian teacher team
Eighth Grade Spanish Teacher
I speak several languages.
Eighth Grade Math Teacher
Loves to travel
First Grade Head Teacher, Kindergarten and First Grade Garden Teacher
Learning to play the Celtic Harp and studying Irish Gaelic
Fourth-Sixth Grade Music Teacher
Tamed a mechanical bull in Nashville, Tennessee.
Fourth Grade Head Teacher
When I was 16, I spent three days in the South African bush with just my journal, water, and sleeping bag.
First-Third Grade Cello Teacher
Toured with the Western Opera Theater for eight years
Kindergarten Assistant Teacher
Sixth Grade Science Teacher and Sixth Grade-Level Coordinator
Herded sheep by motorbike in Australia.
Upper School Physical Education Teacher and Upper School Athletic Director
First Grade Assistant Teacher
As a child, I wanted to be a farmer when I grew up.
Eighth Grade English and Eighth Grade Drama Teacher
Ask me about the time I had a magical and terrifying stand-off with a bison in the Badlands.
Second Grade Assistant Teacher
Favorite dish to make and eat is “Sin Nam Thok”
Seventh and Eighth Grade Music Teacher, Band Director
Performed music in South Africa during the end of legal apartheid.
Eighth Grade Science Teacher
Apprenticed with a luthier, adept with a paddle
Sixth & Seventh Grade Math Teacher
Kindergarten Head Teacher
Where I was born, now stands a Yoda statue
Lower School Art Teacher
Started clowning at age 9
Fourth Grade Assistant Teacher
Bicycled across the U.S. in 2014!
Seventh Grade History Teacher
Sixth Grade English Teacher
Loves to write or paint
Lower School Physical Education Teacher
Has developed a secret pizza sauce
Upper School Assistant Teacher
Fluent Russian speaker
Kindergarten-Fifth Grade Science and Second-Fifth Grade Garden Teacher
Apprenticed at the National Theater of Croatia
Kindergarten-Third Grade Music Teacher
Was a college volleyball coach
First-Third Grade Violin Teacher
Played at the Grammys
Second Grade Head Teacher, Lower School Assistant Teacher Coordinator
Mad for dancing
Seventh Grade Science Teacher
Kissed a shark once!
Fifth Grade Head Teacher
Rescued a pug-mix puppy named Soba
Sixth Grade Spanish Teacher
My birthday is April 1st, no joke!
Fifth Grade Assistant Teacher
Trying to re-learn Spanish
Seventh Grade English Teacher
Obsessed with the Salem witchcraft trials
Third Grade Head Teacher
Took three and a half months to bike across the country with my husband
Sixth Grade History Teacher
Played Gaelic Football as a youth, and won a Minors championship in Ireland
Upper School Mandarin Teacher
Once ate deep-fried silkworms
Seventh Grade Math Assistant, Math Team Coach
