Scholar in Residence

Nancy Abramson serves as director of the H.L. Miller Cantorial School at the Jewish Theological Seminary.  She received undergraduate degrees from the joint program of Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary, earned a Master's degree from Columbia University's Teachers College and received her cantorial training at JTS.

Cantor Abramson is the Senior Vice President of the Cantors Assembly, and is the first female officer in the Assembly’s history. She serves on the board of the Zamir Choral Foundation and is a member of the Women Cantors Network. Cantor Abramson has performed at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, and with the Selah Vocal Ensemble, and the Rinat Choir in Israel.  Before coming to JTS she served as cantor at the Park Avenue Synagogue and West End Synagogue in Manhattan and Congregation Sons of Israel in Westchester. She has taught at the Abraham Joshuah Heschel School in New York and directed the music program at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin.

• I can daven a guest Shabbat
• I can talk about cantillation
• I can give a concert of folk, cantorial and popular music