 |
| Andrea Kay / Vocals |
| |
ackground |
| Andie
Kay received her degree in music from The Hartt Conservatory
of Music, in Hartford, Conn. After graduating, she moved to
London for master studies in recital and opera performance.
She has performed in St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sadler's Wells,
Kent Opera, Sir Michael Tippett's television version of "King
Priam," directed by Nicholas Hytner, and the West End musical
"Chess" – in England. Andie has performed the
role of Cherubino, in "The Marriage of Figaro," with
The Israeli State Opera, Tel Aviv and has been a soloist with
the University of CA., in Korea, performing Aaron Copland's
"In the Beginning." Andie is blessed to be singing
(again!) with Rabbi Naomi Levy. |
| |
| |
|
What’s it like for you to be part of the Nashuva band? |
| For me singing with
the Nashuva band is praying. To stand with Naomi is powerful.
I love the stories, the homilies she offers. I love the Nashuva
prayer book. The prayers jump off the page to me. Naomi has
rewritten, transformed, transposed the service to be accessible
and moving. Before it was just words, now they mean something
to me. |
| |
| What
is the Nashuva service like for you? |
| The Nashuva service
lifts and enlightens my soul. |
| |
| What
is the connection between you music and your prayer? |
| My music and my prayer
are one. |
| |
| How
would you describe Nashuva? |
| The Nashuva service
and its music is a new traditional service. I like that it’s
based in tradition and many of the melodies are old, but Naomi
has taken it to a different level. It’s the old made new.
Because of that it envelopes anyone. Anyone can enter the sanctuary
and feel the light. And Nashuva to me is a place where everyone
is welcome. |
| |
| How
would you describe the community? |
| For me spiritual life
is music. The community is growing in depth and closeness. It
hasn’t become homogeneous. It’s a broad mix: young
children, teens, college students, people in their twenties,
thirties, forties and up, older people, Christians, Jews. But
we are all people looking for our souls to be enriched. |
| |
| How
is Nashuva an expression of your Judaism? |
| The Nashuva experience
is taking my Judaism to the next level. It’s taking my
devotion to a higher place. The fact that prayer leads to action
is paramount. |
| |
| What
is your prayer experience at Nashuva? |
| The beauty of the sanctuary,
the quietness in the service, is giving me a space to stop and
be quiet and listen. I like to be quiet at Nashuva and talk
to God. It’s peaceful and safe. |
| |
| |
|
| Top |
