Song Offers Global Welcome To The New Year

An ambitious production of New York’s 92nd Street Y brought together dozens of musicians, singers, and dancers from around the world to produce “The New Year Song.”

The music and lyrics were written by Abigail Pogrebin and Noah Aronson. The artists involved are:

  • Joshua Grace and Althea Pestine-Stevens, Central Park
  • Noah Aronson, Brooklyn
  • Rabbi Angela W. Buchdahl and Cantor Daniel Mutlu, Central Synagogue, New York, NY
  • Rabbi Darío Feiguin, Congregación B’nei Israel, San Jose, Costa Rica, and Congregation Kol Shalom, Bainbridge Island, WA
  • Cantor Rachel Brook and Cantor Azi Schwartz, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York City
  • Jordan Young and Jasmine Cordew, 92Y School of Music, New York City
  • Shimon Smith, Beit Daniel, Tel Aviv
  • Cantor Hernán Rustein and Alejandra Levi, Templo Libertad, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Cristofern Valle, Adat Israel, Asociacion Judia Reformista de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
  • Zach Mo and Julia Hamos, 92Y School of Music, New York City
  • Ellpetha Tsiviscos, Paphos, Cyprus
  • Jonathan Miron and JY Lee, 92Y School of Music, New York City
  • Rabbi Sandra Lawson, Elon University, Elon, N.C.
  • Edward Somera, Pu’u ‘Ualaka’a State Park, Oahu, Hawaii
  • Rabbi Hannah Kingston, Rabbi Josh Levy and Choir, North Western Reform Synagogue, Alyth Gardens, UK
  • Cenk Rofe and Estreyikas D’Estambol, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Michael Owusu Ansah, Joseph Armah, Joseph Kwame Nipah, Oscar Kankam, George Gyan, Simon Tano and, Ahoi Menasseh, Tifereth Israel, Ghana, Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana
  • Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers, Tree of Life – Or L’Simcha Congregation, Pittsburgh
  • Karina Zilberman and Friends, La EcoVilla en San Mateo, Costa Rica
  • Uri Lam, Sabrina Shalom, Marcio Besen, George Besen, Daniel Szafran, Congregação Beth El, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Rie Schmidt and Dagur Hjaltason, 92Y School of Music, New York City
  • Rabbi Grisha Abramovich and Community Dancers, Religious Union for Progressive Judaism, Minsk, Belarus
  • 92Y Pop-Up Choir, New York City