"Clever, honest, soul-baring folk songs .... As timeless as the ocean tides.... I challenge anyone to listen to Rory sing ... live and not be moved to feel something both beautiful and profoundly personal."
- Ryan Baker, music aficionado
- Ryan Baker, music aficionado
Encouraging spiritual experiences through song and Jewish ritual
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Rory Michelle Sullivan is an artist in residence at Jewish institutions across the northeast. She is currently working on the Broadway musical "Rising in Love" and developing a curriculum and matching trade book teaching Jewish tradition, ritual, and wisdom.
As a singer-songwriter, composer, musician, and Jewish educator, Sullivan has recorded and performed her songs internationally, from parlor rooms in Jerusalem to bars in Vienna to Jimmy’s No. 43 in NYC’s East Village. Notably, she has performed at the Morgan Park Summer Music Festival on the same stage graced by folk legends Peter Yarrow and Dar Williams. Sullivan and her music have been featured at festivals such as ISH, Cincinnati's Jewish and Israeli Arts and Cultural Festival, on the Emerging Artist Showcase on Jewish Rock Radio hosted by celebrated Americana singer-songwriter Joe Buchanan, in Philadelphia RowHome magazine, and in broadwayworld.com. Songs from her musical, RISING IN LOVE, will be featured in Women Of The Wings Volume III: A Celebration Of Female Musical Theatre Writers at Feinstein's/54 Below in New York City in March 2020. Sullivan holds a Bachelors in psychology from Harvard University and a Masters in Arts in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She studied classical voice with sopranos Sona Ghazarian (Vienna, Austria) and Anna Gabrieli (Boston, MA) and has released four studio albums of original songs: Rising in Love Concept Album (2019), The God Album (2015), Inner Child (2014), and Turtledove (2013). Her Jewish-themed musical endeavor, The God Album, includes fun folk, funk, rock, and swing music with songs infused, inspired, and informed by Jewish text. Listeners have called Rory Michelle's music "most enjoyable ... worshipful as well as fun" and "clever, honest, soul-bearing folk songs that transcend place, time, and circumstance". She is currently working on the musical 'Rising in Love', the modern-day coming of age story about engaged couple Rosie and Scott, their fears and anxieties surrounding their upcoming marriage, and the friends and family who help them learn what it takes to rise in love. If you combined Cole Porter and couple’s therapy (think Esther Perel’s podcast “Where Should We Begin?”), you would get this lovable new musical with beautifully lyrical and singable music that touches on growth, compromise, relationships, communication, and what it means to grow up and find love in this generation. Hear the music and learn more at risinginlovethemusical.com. 
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Photo credit: Chuck Fazio
Photo credit: Yael Pachino - YP Photography
Photo credit: Kristine Foley
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The God Album - Selections