Biography

A virtuosic multi-instrumental musician, singer, and composer, Joey Weisenberg has devoted himself to opening up the sounds of people singing together in community. As founder and director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute, which aims to cultivate the grassroots musical-spiritual creativity of the Jewish people, Joey works to educate and train communities around the world to unlock their musical-spiritual potential and make music a vibrant, joy-filled force in Jewish life. Joey is the author of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, a treasury of Jewish teachings and insights about the spiritual nature of music (2017 National Jewish Book Award), as well as 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, a practical guide to bringing people together in song A devoted student and teacher of ancient and traditional Jewish melodies, Joey composes new 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘮 that have moved and inspired people around the world. He has released eight albums of original music, many of them with The Hadar Ensemble, and produced eight more for artists on the Rising Song Records label, including Batya Levine, RAZA רזא, Aly Halpert, Deborah Sacks Mintz, Yosef Goldman, Ariel Root Wolpe, George Mordecai, and Miriam Margles. Rising Song Records: https://risingsongrecords.bandcamp.com/ Master Classes in Jewish Song and Prayer: http://joeyweisenberg.com/