Our Musicians

Dianna Rose has been a member of Bet Alef since 2001, and the Music Director since 2012.  She became an adult Bat Mitzvah at Bet Alef in 2003 and her son a Bat Mitzvah in 2019. Along with her training as a percussionist and vocalist, Dianna is also a Board Certified Music Therapist, and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, focusing on the Expressive Arts and Energy Psychology within her private practice.  Her vocational background also includes 30 years in radio broadcasting and voice work.  Dianna enjoys creating a spiritual conduit at services through which the energies of music, sound, and song can inspire, center, and uplift others. 

Celia was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, and was handed a love of music down from her parents and grandparents. She grew up with classic musicals from the likes of Rodgers and Hammerstein and was lucky to have a family that encouraged her to pursue music and theater. She began playing viola around the same time she began Hebrew School at Temple B’nai Torah (back when we were still on Mercer Island!) During Hebrew School she was encouraged to sing with the Temple Youth Choir, and it was under the wonderful tutelage of Cantor David Serkin-Poole where she began to discover her talent for singing. Her Bat Mitzvah was a musical revelation, and she continued to be involved with singing in choir and musical theater throughout junior high and high school. Eventually Celia found her way to New York City where she graduated from the prestigious Manhattan School of Music with a degree in Vocal Performance. 

A few years later, Celia returned to the PNW where she was invited to audition for the newly formed Seattle Jewish Chorale, now in their 15th season! It was during her first Chanukah performance with the chorale that she was discovered by the music director for a small congregation, Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue. She is now part of the music team at Bet Alef as well as continuing to sing with the Seattle Jewish Chorale, both in the main chorus and the chamber group called Banu Lashir, which means “we come here to sing.” 

When not singing or rehearsing, Celia is proud to be the Business Development Director for Craft Elixirs, a small, artisan cannabis candy manufacturer. She also enjoys spending time with her husband Brandon and their dog Quincy.

Mike has worn many musical hats over the years. He has a bachelors in music from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, where he found himself studying the classical music of South India. He’s still not exactly sure how that happened, but a degree is a degree. He’s sung with numerous a cappella groups over the years, including being a founding member of the award-winning Hyannis Sound. He also spent some time fronting a jazz quintet and, briefly, played guitar in a bluegrass duo. To keep the lights on, Mike is a software engineer at Google.