Annie has been producing shows for women in the arts since 2007. She is the cofounder of Spotlight On Women and is the host of Spotlight On Women Radio which is aired weekly in Israel, featuring music by women for women as well as other …
Darcie (Davida Giborah) Nicole is a vocalist, songwriter, music business consultant, and publicist in the R&B/Soul idiom. Compared vocally to the likes of Chaka Khan, Teena Marie, Ann Wilson, Etta James, and Mary J. Blige, Davida Giborah is a classically trained coloratura soprano, her earliest …
Sarah Spielman is originally from London and made Aliya to Israel 17 years ago. When she made Aliya, she earned the “Outstanding Artist” award, the highest ranking award for a new immigrant granted by the Ministry of Absorption. Sarah received her vocal training at some …
Gayle as Deborah the Prophetess/ Photo by Rebecca Kowalsky Gayle Berman is an internationally recognized soprano, having performed as soloist throughout North America and Europe. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, where she was a Metropolitan Opera Auditions Winner, she went on to perform …
Bracha Daniel has been performing since she was 10, when she made her first debut in the Raise Your Spirits Theatre production of Joseph. Since then has been onstage for every RYS production and in various shows all over Jerusalem, including ones held in Beit …
Devorah Zonenberg is a passionate singer, and native Baltimorean, who returned in 2003 to Baltimore after living in LA for six years and having three beautiful children. It was a dream of mine to become a singer and connect with people in a meaningful way …
Dahlia Topolosky is wife and mother, musician and psychologist, and Rebbetzin of Beth Joshua Congregation in Rockville, MD. Dahlia is a licensed psychologist, with a doctorate from the combined school-clinical program at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. Dahlia also enjoys singing, playing guitar, and …
Elena Tal made her debut at the Victoria International Festival in British Columbia, where she studied voice with her first teacher, Gaelyne Gabora. She studied opera with Carol Mastrodomenico at Tufts University, and has performed both nationally and internationally, at venues including the Italian International …
Commended in the British and American press as an “exciting musician of tremendous depth”, pianist Andrea Sokol-Albert has performed extensively as recital/concerto soloist and collaborative artist. Solo appearances include the Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.), two appearances on the Dame Myra Hess Series (Chicago Cultural Center), …
Dr. Mark Singer, DMA, received his Master’s Degree in Music from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University where he was concertmaster of the orchestra and a violin student of Berl Senofsky. Dr. Singer was a member of the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra and …
Rivki Silver began studying piano at the age of seven and clarinet at ten. She received her Bachelor’s in Music Performance from Truman State University in 2003, where she was principle clarinet of the Orchestra and Wind Symphony, and also studied flute, jazz, and composition. …
Devra Aviva Seidel is a classical pianist, actor, singer and musical director. Favorite roles include Rosemary in How to Succeed in Business without really trying, Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, Anne Frank in A Diary of Anne Frank and Elizabeth Lavenza in Eric Sirota’s …
Rivky Saxon (JUNIOR) is 16 years old, been singing before I could speak, and have been taking voice training for the past six years with Jamie Fair, founder of East End Performing Arts. I sing everything from Opera to Country, and Rock to Rap. I …
After taking private voice lessons for 2 years, Abby attended Montgomery College as a Classical Vocal major. Two years later, she attended the University of Miami and switched her major to Jazz Vocal. On a summer break from school, Abby auditioned as a singer to …
Esther Newman received her Master’s degree in Flute Performance from Northwestern University School of Music and her B.A. in Music from the Oberlin Conservatory. She has specialized in Baroque performance practice on the 17th century wooden flute and recorders, appearing on the faculty concerts at …
Tzirel Mitzman was born into a musical family. Tzirel began singing and writing poetry as a young child, leading naturally into songwriting. She began performing her own original music over 20 years ago. At first, her performances were small and local as she was raising …
Classically trained, Shoshana Michel started playing piano at the age of seven and professionally at seventeen. She has a musical repertoire that spans a variety of genres and has performed at venues including Knott’s Berry Farm, The Olde Town Mall and The Galleria at South …
Lisie Michel is a freelance ballet dancer in Boston. After a several-year hiatus from performing, Lisie was thrilled to return to the stage upon finding a ballet company that would accommodate a shomer shabbat dancer. Her most recent performance was in the Urban Nutcracker, where …
Giliah Litwack is a Maryland artist and poet who uses bold lines and vigorous color to tell stories, usually executed in ink and watercolor. She often uses both words and images to complement each other and convey an emotion, tell a tale, or express a …
Fraidel Leah Kletter Until age 16 Fraidel Leah was fully self-taught in piano and composition. She gave her first public performance at the age of 14, performing the first movement of the Schumann Piano Concerto with the Livingston High School Orchestra. At Rutgers University, Fraidel …
Jamie Eisenberg Katz is co-chair of the firm’s Business and Commercial Transactions group and a member of the firm’s Sports Franchise and Media Rights Law group. Ms. Katz has represented business and its owners across various industries on life-cycle issues from entity formation stage, navigation …
Canadian-born international cellist Andrea Grinberg made her soloist debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at age fourteen. Since then she has been a featured soloist with the Wilfrid Laurier University Symphony Orchestra, and the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, and has won a number of competitions …
Miri Gottlieb was raised in a musical home and began studying piano at the age of five. She began her music career as a music counselor and a choir director at a summer camp for girls between her years of high school. While studying in …
Deborah Gallant is a New York City-based business coach, dynamic speaker, teacher and workshop facilitator who helps make business topics interesting and valuable. Her lively style, peppered with humor and real-life stories, wins her rave reviews and she has been described as “Carol Burnett with …
Stella Filler performs with over 50 years experience of miming. Born in Tangier, Morocco, she spent much of her youth studying and performing ballet, as well as Spanish dance. With time, she moved to Israel and took her dancing talent to the field of mime. …
Rebbetzin Chavi Epstein is the Co-Director for Chabad Lubavitch of South Carolina. She is also a renowned lecturer, musician, and founder of the Niggun Workshop Seminar. In South Carolina, she works as the director of Columbia’s Jewish women’s circle programs, as a local community counselor, …
Baltimore Bows is a children’s string music program dedicated to strengthening families and community through the power and beauty of music in a high quality, nurturing and stimulating setting. Students come together twice weekly for string music instruction and an orchestral experience. Our teachers are …
Sarah Zier began her piano studies at the age of three. She added voice and ballet classes to the mix, and soon knew that she was to be a lifelong musician. Wanting to earn a degree and teach music as a career whilst staying within …
Audelia Zagoury, from Tzur Hadassah, a performer at Atara’s 2018 Jerusalem conference, made aliya with her family 13 years ago from Morocco. She graduated from the classical vocal department of the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance. She sang as a soloist in the Ankor Choir …
Yona Yakobovitz, a presenter at the 2018 Atara conference in Jerusalem, is Tofaah’s drummer, leader, and its founder. She composes and arranges the majority of the band’s music. She studied drums and percussion from the age of five and played the piano from age six. …
Photo by Rivka Rischall Jezliah Villarreal is a singer/songwriter/musician/dancer and the co-director and co-founder of the RBS Dance and Music Academy located in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel. Jezliah was born into an Evangelical Christian home that observed the Sabbath. Her father was the pastor of …
Yael Unterman was born in Jerusalem, Israel. She grew up in Manchester, England, and returned to Israel at the age of 18. In addition to spending several years on advanced Torah studies, she earned a BA in Psychology/Talmud (Bar-Ilan University), and Masters degrees in Jewish …
Inbar Tabib, an Israeli born (American raised) female Orthodox singer, is one of the leading professional singers today, performing in Israel and abroad in various women’s events and conventions. Inbar sings in different styles and musical genres, for example: religious upbeat & dance songs, quiet …
Batya Yehudit Shrager has a BA in Music Performance from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. Upon graduating, she spent a year at Neve Yerushalayim seminary in Har Nof. That year, she joined the Ron Shulamit Conservatory Orchestra and helped form their Woodwind Quintet. Seeing all …
Batya (Taylor) Shachar is originally from Boston, but moved to Los Angeles for her formative years. In LA, she worked behind-the-scenes in the music industry. She also performed in a few plays and was a part of a sketch comedy group at Theatre East in …
Michal Shababo is an academically trained musician and composer who recently released her first international commercial album, Breathe it in. Her album is a work of love and passion, a collection of folk-rock original songs that tell a story of unity, hope and peace. She …
Shaked was born in Israel and raised in Arizona and has been training in dance since she was 3 years old. After becoming baalat teshuva in college in arizona, and finishing her degree in education for the arts, and made aliyah with her husband and …
Emuna Bracha (Valentina) Recchia was born in Italy in 1983. She wrote her first poetry and short stories at the age of 12. Subsequently she devoted herself to the study of dance in various schools, including the Broadway Dance Center in New York. As a result …
Gitty Porgesz is a choreographer/Dancer and Founder of Carmia Dance Group. Trained in classical and modern dance, contact-improvisation, choreography and Iyengar Yoga by some of the best teachers in the country. Gitty holds a diploma from Wingate Collage and has been teaching dance and movement …
Avital Macales is a singer, songwriter, actor, and improv comedienne, and has been performing for the past decade on various theater stages around Israel and on screen, in leading roles, including in Raise Your Spirits Theatre and WIT (Women-in-Theater) Modiin. She is a member of …