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"I was doing a lot of television,
radio and stage, from the national the-
ater in Israel to commercial theater,
from the classics to avant garde."
When Maseng decided to move his
career to the United States (his parents
are American-born), he was 25 and
interested in lighting, set and costume
design. Later, there was directing, act-
ing, recording and teaching.
His largest audiences have come
from television with his appearances
on One Life to Live, Prince Street and
Law 6" Order.
This season, he was on segments of
Law 6- Order: Criminal Intent and
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
"Most of my life had nothing to do
with religion, but for the past five years,
much of my work has been an issue of
religion and liturgical music," reveals
Maseng, who just finished Labor of Love,
his first CD of his own liturgical songs.
"I didn't intend that, but it's how I feel."
Maseng's Jewish-based projects,
besides the recordings Songs for the
Sabbath and Soul on Fire, place him
on stages with varying combinations
of music and instruction. They
include 50 Years of Music and Poetry
— Israel Then and Now, Exploring
Jewish Thought and Tradition Through
the Arts and The Shabbat Experience —
Creating Holiness.
His newest play, Terra Infirma, based
on the book by Roger Kamenetz, recent-
ly was featured in the Faulkner Festival
in New Orleans. His musical Let There
Be Light enjoyed its premiere last year.
Maseng, who has served as the
director of theater and Jewish arts for
the Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute
and chaired Hava Nashira (the nation-
al song leaders workshop), teaches
Torah and Jewish mysticism in New
York City and is spiritual leader of
Congregation Agudas Achim.
Featured on the 1995 CD Israel's
Greatest Singers, the performer-teacher
recently received a Nathan Cummings
Foundation Grant to help with his
goal of establishing T'hila (National
Institute for Jewish Art), which he
envisions as a summer program of
workshops and retreats.
Maseng, married and the father of
three, returns to Israel regularly but
seldom to perform. Last year's visit, an
exception, found him singing with the
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra on
Israel Independence Day.
"!I don't think of what I do as enter-
tainment," Maseng says. "It's more
reaching and teaching."
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