KH history

The Group

Although the faces of Kol Halayla change year to year, we always have a great group. Here's the current roster.

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Marissa Bullock

Avital Fogel
President

Robyn Shapiro
Secretary

Emily Bernstein

Jenny Kessler

Abby Sage

Avi Rashin

David Rosen
Musical Director
Business Manager

Dan Kaiman
Treasurer

Joel Yavelberg
Assistant Musical Director

Marissa started her singing career at Grand Central, where she serenaded a bunch of people who were too busy trying to figure out where the heck they were going. Her hit debut, "subways ACE to the left, 123 to the right"
made the top 10 homeless chart. After saving up enough money from her performances to pay for college, she attended Rutgers, and moved her performing career to the New Brunswick Train Station. It was there that one of Kol Halayla's very own spotted her talent, and invited her to join.
And although it's still a little awkward to panhandle while we sing, we're getting used to it.

This is Avital's seond year in Kol Halayla. Besides for KH, Avital enjoys organic chemistry, chinese water torture, and playing her guitar. She's really good at guitar and is a novice songwriter as well.
Keep a look out for her impending album entitled "Rebelling Doubt" with featured songs, "Three Legged table", "Nutritious Monsters", and "Fleishpobia." Hasta Luago and Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!

coming soon.

Jenny Kessler comes to us from all the way up North, the great state of Maine, though she promises she spent lots of time in Boston (GO RED SOX!). From elementary school through high school, she was involved in many different choirs, eventually leading her high school choir for two years. Besides her position as a Kol Halayla Alto, Jenny also enjoys side ponytails, cheese, free samples, dancing, and long walks on the beach (no joke).

Although Mrs. Sage is the newest member of the group, she is by far the wisest, having exhibiting wisdom and calm judgment. She also has aromatic grayish-green, opposite leaves, which can be used in flavoring foods and as a mild tonic and astringent. And as a a perennial mint of the genus Salvia, Abby brings a new freshness to the group that has never before been seen.

Hi, I'm David, I'm 19 or 20 depending on when you read this, I'm from Teaneck, NJ, I'm bisectional and I've been clean for 10 months now, on the 12 half step program. (get it, that was a music joke.) Anyway, this is my second year in Kol Halayla and after some much needed "self" time over the summer, I realized my true voice as a tenor, although it took me a long time to actually admit it. I do sing bass occasionally, so I consider myself a bisectional, as I mentioned above, rather than homosectional. In fact, I also do a little vocal percussion so I could consider myself, trisectional. Ok, I know what your saying, "enough with the jokes, I get it, and it's not funny." It's fine, I get it all the time from the female members of the group, they just don't get my humor. Anyway, moving along, I'm a sophomore here at good ol' Rutgers University studying Music Education. I spend too much time watching TV, not enough studying, and just about enough time writing original arrangements and stupid parodies which you will probably never hear, nor probably want to hear, trust me. I have an unusual fascination with eagles and fetuses, or as I like to put it, feti, but others in the group will tell you it's gone beyond fascination into an unhealthy obsession. (Don't ask me where that came from, it's a long story, and one I'd like to forget.) On a more serious note, (get it that was also a music joke), but ok seriously, I've been singing for about three and half years now, starting in Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, and continuing on to Hazamir, and then here Kol Halayla. Before that, I played trumpet for about 9 years, taking private lessons, and playing in my High School Marching, Concert, and Jazz bands. That's right, I know, I was a band nerd. But to offset that, I was on the wrestling team for four years, even we weren't that good, but that still counts. I don't what else to say, so I'm gonna stop here. If I keep going I'll probably end up telling much more about myself that you probably don't want to know, and that I don't
want you to know. So, if you are interested in some other stuff I have to say, come to one of our concerts, and ask me in person. Just so you know, I'll be the one in the front waving his hands around during all the songs, cause that's really all the Musical Director does, wave his hands around during performances. See you there.

You can't see it from this picture, but I'm not wearing any pants.