Cantorial and Musical Leadership

Cantorial Leader and Musicians We are blessed with a talented "in house" musical team, including:
		Michelle Ayalah Wolf – Cantor Throughout Michelle's life, music is the thread that continues to bring her joy, community, and deep creative expression. Above all, music works like magic to lead her directly into Spirit. Michelle has performed in sacred and secular settings for three decades, and has composed, recorded and produced vocal music. With the women's a cappella group IRIS, she created the CD Love Café in 1999. Michelle delights in coaching singers of all ages and levels to let their true voices fly free. Whether leading Jewish prayer services, finessing a jazz standard, or shaking maracas with her husband and two young sons, Michelle rejoices in the sound of song.

Eyal Rivlin – Musical Director Though born in the blistering heat of Israel's Jordan Valley, Eyal Rivlin's heart seems to spring from Renaissance Europe... His passion for celebrating music, dance, science, and spiritual growth led him from the Tel Aviv music scene on a pilgrimage of discovery through Europe and India to the United States, and a Master's Degree in Transpersonal Psychology. For years, Eyal played hide-and-seek with God, until finally learning to surrender to the Divine sound of each moment. Now, happily centered in Boulder Colorado, Eyal inspires joy through performing teaching and facilitating musical events, playing with world fusion ensembles, and leading evenings of ecstatic Hebrew Chanting with his wife Danya and their duo Temple. Their latest CD, Coming Home, was released by Sounds True and is available at www.HebrewChanting.com

		Sheldon Sands Composer, pianist, teacher and producer Sheldon Sands has been joyfully making music for Congregation Nevei Kodesh since 1996. He received his B.A. in Music from Naropa University in 1985. His debut CD of original work, Across Many Oceans, was released in 1995. During an artistic residency in Israel, Sheldon composed music inspired by his Jewish roots and the history, landscape and unique convergence of cultures in the Middle East. These instrumental compositions became the highly acclaimed Dead Sea Strolls (Shalhevet Productions 2002), recorded with a group of distinguished Israeli and Palestinian musicians. Sheldon's creative work is fueled by his passion for world music and his awareness of music's ability to build bridges between diverse peoples. In that spirit, Sheldon created Shalhevet Productions Inc, producing concerts since 1999 of such notable musicians as Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Yair Dalal, Nabil Azzam, Davka, Latif Bolat, Rachid Halihal, Yinon Muallem, Eyal Sela & Darma, Charming Hostess, and more. For more info, www.sheldonsands.com

BAT KOL Together, Michelle, Eyal and Sheldon have formed the sacred music group "Bat Kol." They have recorded a CD of Jewish prayers set to original melodies, "Prayer Songs" available at www.batkolmusic.com. To hear a sample of our music, click here:
Other musicians who often play with us include: Joe Lukasik, Saxaphone Noah Beale, Percussion Ariel Guerreso, Percussion as well as other visiting musicians.

Cantorial Leader and Musicians

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