Joey Weisenberg is the Founder and Director of Hadar's Rising Song Institute, and is the author of Building Singing Communities and The Torah of Music, winner of a 2017 National Jewish Book Award.

A devoted student and teacher of traditional Jewish melodies, Joey's Master Classes have enabled students worldwide to study Jewish song and prayer.  Joey also composes new nigunim that have moved and inspired thousands. His eighth album of original music, L'eila, was released by Rising Song Records in 2022.