Hazzan Abbe Lyons

Hazzan Abbe Lyons, Interim Program Director of the Cantorial Program, Director of Studies, Music Supervisor, and Member of the Academic Va’ad.

Hazzan Abbe Lyons (she/her) received smicha from the ALEPH Cantorial Program in 2010. She has been on the AOP faculty teaching practical davennen leadership and musical skills since 2014, and in 2023 joined the faculty for the Davvenen’ Leadership Training Institute (DLTI). Hazzan Abbe is dedicated to making Jewish music, learning and practice both accessible and inspiring, in everyday life as well as at sacred times. Her teaching is informed by her education and experience as a musician as well as a Feldenkrais® practitioner. She is the Jewish Chaplain for Hillel at Ithaca College, where she received a B.Mus. in voice performance in 1987.  As a SpeakChorus Torah Project educator, she has facilitated SpeakChorus Torah at Ruach HaAretz retreat, the ALEPH Kallah, and in congregational settings with adults and teens. Hazzan Abbe is a writer and innovative liturgist whose published work includes Jewish Liturgy: A Guide for Everyone, poetry and alternative social justice haftarot. In 2017 she and her multifaith band, Resonate, released the album, Listen! Other recording credits include Behold! (Vocolot, 1997), Roots and Wings (Vocolot, 1992) and Household Chores (Abbe Lyons, 1990).