Join us for an uplifting spiritual chanting event led by Elana Brody and Shir Hadash music director Noah Leavitt. No previous singing experience or skill is necessary to attend. Most of the songs will be in the form of short call-and-response lines accompanied by instruments such as harmonium, gentle hand drum and violin played by our HEA music director Eitan Kantor.

Elana Brody is a passionate performer who bewitches her audiences and creates space for collective singing and community rapture. One of her teachers, Bobby McFerrin, described her presence as “cosmic” and producer Susan Rogers (Prince) called her “my favorite genius,” saying, “whatever she does will be ahead of its time.” She has played at The Middle East (Boston), Club Passim (Cambridge), Rockwood Music Hall (New York), The Living Room (New York), Barbes (Brooklyn), Grey Eagle (Asheville), Laughing Goat (Boulder), The Sabes Center (Minneapolis, MN) and more. Brody leads an annual songwriting and communal singing retreat called “Sing a New Song” in Woodstock, NY. Her music is rooted in her Judaism. 

Noah Leavitt is a member of HEA’s Shir Hadash davening team and leads services and song in several other capacities. He also serves as an organizer for the Colorado Jewish community by organizing retreats and music festivals at the Unifying Meditation Institute. In his day job, Noah works as a nature and somatic therapist at Naropa University’s Community Counseling Center.