Arianne
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Arianne
Brown was invested as a cantor at the Jewish Theological Seminary,
having aspired to become a cantor since the age of eight. She is a
graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts/Rutgers University with
a bachelor of music education/voice. Ari is the Senior Hazzan of Adas
Israel Congregation in Washington DC, and was previously at Sinai
Temple in Los Angeles. Arianne has appeared in many musicals and operas,
including The Fantasticks (Luisa), Carnival (Lili), and Anything Goes
(Hope). She has sung as a soloist at Carnegie Hall and has performed
with the Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre in productions such as On Second
Avenue, The Witch, and The Sacrifice of Isaac. Ari was a pop vocalist
winner for NJ state and has sung the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium,
Kodak Theater, and the Staples Center. She was the recipient of the
2004 Einstein Prize in Composition, and enjoys composing and arranging
music for Ashira! She has a solo CD entitled Eternal Flame - A Yiddish
Love Story, available on CantorAri.com.
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Laura
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Laura
Laura graduated Cum Laude with highest honors from The University
of Florida with both a Bachelors of Arts degree in Drama Education
and a minor in musical theater. She also completed dual Masters Degrees
in Deaf Education and Elementary Education from Columbia University’s
Teachers College with special emphasis on literacy and gifted education.
Over the years she has taught infants as young as 2 weeks old up through
adults in college classes & trained other teachers. The one common
thread has been that she loves to integrate into all of her curriculum
her passions for singing, acting, signing, dancing, and often Judaism.
Laura has performed in over twenty-five musical theater productions
and plays and she currently performs all around the Eastern United
States as the vocalist in The
Chai Notes (for B’nai Mitzvah, Wedding, birthday parties
ages 1 through 101 & other simchas band) and My
Cousins Band, (an original alt rock band). Most recently, when
she had a baby of her own, Laura founded and runs Baby
Grand Orchestra (Jewish Site: Sing
Sign Simcha) which is a “mommy & me” Sing &
Sign program that teaches music, movement, & Baby Sign to hundred
of mothers, babies, & toddlers in Manhattan. In just 8 months,
she went from teaching 1 class to 13 classes a week with original
music, Baby Sign Language, & many including Hebrew. Additionally,
she leads services for adults and young children who are Reform, Conservative,
Reconstructionist, Modern Orthadox, & Orthadox and is employed
by The JCC of Manhattan, The Jewish Center, West End Synagogue, Chabad,
& other synagogues around Manhattan. Laura loves the fulfillment
she receives by inspiring children and adults alike to love to learn
by incorporating Judaism, musical theater and sign language into her
curriculum.
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Leah
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Leah
Moss, a native Torontonian, moved to New York City to pursue her
singing career. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic
Arts, has graduated from the Internship Affiliate Program at Broadway
Dance Center, and was a student at The Juilliard School. She is
currently studying at Mannes College of Music. Leah
has performed on numerous ocassions with The New York Grand Opera,
including Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" at Central Park's
Summer Stage and Verdi's "Requiem" at Carnegie Hall under
the direction of Maestro Vincent La Selva, with whom she has also
studied privately. Leah also had the honor of playing the
role of Cassie in "A Chorus Line" at the Colleen Dewhurst
Theater in upstate New York. In the summer of 2002
she had the opportunity of studying opera in Siena, Italy at the
Senese Per La Musica. In
November 2002, Leah performed for benefit concerts at Temple Emanuel
in Greensboro, North Carolina, The Performing Arts Center in Salt
Lake City, Utah in June 2003 as well as at Beth Tikvah in Toronto,
Canada in January 2003, from which she recorded her live performance
and released her debut CD entitled "Lighting Darkness ~ Music
from the Soul" She is currently working on new concerts
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