Jay Rosenberg, Lute, Oud and Percussion

After graduating from Union College, Jay Rosenberg came to the Boston area in 1974. A singer, guitarist and actor, he studied music theory, composition and arranging at Berklee College of Music and at the Longy School of Music. Soon thereafter, he joined the Quadrivium, an innovative early music ensemble led by Marleen[sic] Montgomery, under whose guidance he studied the performance of early music. His proficiency as a vocalist and on recorder, classical guitar, lute, 'ud, percussion and Renaissance wind instruments led to his joining, in 1978, the internationally acclaimed Sephardic music group Voice of the Turtle. In the 1980’s, Jay studied voice with Marcy Lindheimer and Dagmar Apel. He continued his studies with several semesters of choral conducting with Beverly Taylor at Harvard University, and has been the Assistant Director of the Quadrivium as well as Chorus Master of Revels. Jay was for nine years the Director of Northern Harmony, an a cappella choral group. He has recorded twelve albums of Sephardic music with Voice of the Turtle and he performs regularly in the New England schools with the trio Promised Land. Jay teaches recorder, guitar and percussion and is on the faculty of the Powers Music School and the Suzuki School of Newton. He also taught for ten years at the Pinewoods Camp Early Music Week, and presently teaches at the World Fellowship Center Early Music Week. When not making music, Jay enjoys photography, cooking and four-season hiking, with an especial love for the canyonlands of the American Southwest.