Mirele Rosenberger is a classically trained musician who has spent over four decades weaving music, motherhood, and spiritual growth into a rich creative life. After finding her way to the Chabad community in her early twenties, Mirele has quietly become a creative force—offering her talents as a performer, educator, and collaborator in spaces where religious observance and artistic expression often wrestle for room.
In this conversation, Mirele speaks with Yitzchok Moully about the evolving role of creativity in frum life, the challenges and beauty of raising a family while staying connected to her art, and her newest project: a band of Hasidic women musicians creating music that is both spiritually resonant and artistically alive. It’s a warm, candid look at what it means to stay true to your calling—across seasons, communities, and stages of life.
About Mirele Rosenberger
Since 1969, Mirele has taught music to dancers and accompanied their dance classes on piano and percussion in various colleges and universities, some of which are University of Maryland, Julliard Schools of Dance, Drama, and Opera, Sarah Lawrence College, Purchase University, N.Y.U., and the Connecticut College for Dance in New London. Mirele was commissioned to compose two pieces for a professional dance company, the Liz Keene Dance Company, which have been performed throughout North America. During this time, she became a religious Jew and mother of eight children. Her husband, a virtuoso jazz guitarist, formed a chassinah band with me, which has had the pleasure of providing music to numerous chossons and kallahs. In 1986, Mirele became the musical director and pianist for world-known Israeli singer, Ruthie Navon, with whom she traveled the world, doing all-women’s concerts as far as Melbourne, Australia and Curitiba, Brazil.
https://www.artsandtorah.org/rosenbergermirele/
The New Moon All Stars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jItnCC4UNg&list=RD4jItnCC4UNg&start_radio=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR71Rmgqx6Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWu_rfWLVM&list=RDdvWu_rfWLVM&start_radio=1
Artists and creatives Mirele thinks you should know:
Laura Melnicoff https://lauramelnicoff.com
Nigun Quartet https://www.nigunquartet.com/
Nelly Efron - https://www.instagram.com/nellyefronmusic
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