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build on the career of her late father,
how elements were the same. When
Abraham Silver, who taught music at
I got interested in country music, he
Northeastern High School in Detroit
really was interested."
and at area synagogues, including
For many years, Silver was not
Congregation B'nai Moshe, where she
strongly involved in religion. After
was confirmed. Among his students
becoming a single mom by adopting
were Motown headliners Martha
a Bolivian baby, Olivia, in 1991, she
Reeves and Mary Wilson.
returned to a larger appreciation of
"I knew I wanted to be a profes-
Judaism.
sional musician as soon as I picked up
"A former Oak Parker, Wendy Spira,
the violin when I was 8," says Silver.
who lived near me, told me about
"When I was in third grade, I got
Congregation Micah, and experi-
into the Southfield Junior Symphony,
ences there got me very interested in
and I went on to make every effort
religion:' explains Silver, who has two
to be in community orchestras and
songs on the CD The Complete Jewish
school musicals. I
Songbook for Children!
went to Interlochen
Volume II.
pieces ot% jewish music
for a couple of sum-
"We started a kids'
al hew 3 ettirlt.S
mers.
choir and wrote a CD,
"I thought I was
My Forever Family,
going to be a clas-
about adopting and
sical violinist; but
being adopted. Wendy
when I got into
had adopted several
Southfield High
years before me, and
School, I started
mitq a m sliv e r
I found the idea
having more varied
intriguing."
musical interests,
Although Silver
Mosaic: A "calming" effect.
taught myself how to
raises her daughter
play the bottom two
in the Jewish faith,
strings of an electric
she has since mar-
guitar and got into an all-girls garage
ried keyboard player Clayton Ivey, who
band."
is not Jewish but who can be heard
After high school, Silver worked
on Mosaic and has attended Micah
with a group of strolling violinists that programs.
entertained at parties and moved on
"Teri Simon and I have written a
to a country band that played in Ann
Friday night Shabbat service for young
Arbor. Her brother Terry, who still
children," says Silver, whose free time
lives in Michigan, introduced her to
is spent working out and watching
country recordings.
TV's home and garden programming.
"Two of the guys in the country
"The service has original music that
band were interested in becom-
can be performed by kids or a song
ing writers, and they commuted to
leader, and we've written a little sid-
Nashville," she recalls. "At one point, I
dur to go along with it. We're hoping
went to Nashville with them just for
to come up with a budget to record,
fun and then decided to move there
publish and do promotions.
when I was 20."
"My professional life is a mixed bag
Silver quickly found work as a stu-
because I still work freelance away
dio fiddle player and, later, opportuni-
from the congregation. I recently did
ties to sing. Those experiences evolved a whole new album singing with Ray
into songwriting.
Stevens, a voiceover for a newspaper
"One thing I got from my dad was
ad and some writing." ❑
an appreciation of all styles of music:'
Silver says. "Even though he had a
mainly classical background, I think
For more information and/or to
he was unusual in his teaching.
purchase a CD, go to
"My dad would present all styles of
www.lisasilversongs.com .
music to his students and show them

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