Cantorial Soloist Jessica Bass

Jessica Bass has served as the Cantorial Soloist at Temple Beth Am in Miami, Florida, since 2020. With over a decade of experience, Jessica co-leads Shabbat and holiday services, helps craft meaningful High Holy Day experiences, and collaborates closely with TBAM’s rabbis, cantor, educators, and lay leaders on the full rhythm of congregational life. She mentors b’nai mitzvah students as a tutor and service officiant, and has been a teacher for YERs and Rambam Day School. A proud Miami native, Jessica is deeply committed to building meaningful relationships across the TBAM community. She is deeply committed to expanding the Jewish community. Through interfaith inclusion, Tikkun Olam, mental health advocacy, and spiritual musicality, she strives to create warm and welcoming spiritual spaces that are inclusive and rooted in community.

Jessica holds a Master of Music from the University of Miami and a Bachelor of Music from Florida State University. She is thrilled to be beginning her formal cantorial education in Fall 2025 at the Academy of Jewish Religion in California. The program’s hybrid format allows her to continue serving the TBAM community she loves, whose support and encouragement she deeply values, as she takes this next step in her cantorial journey.

Outside of temple life, Jessica is a composer, a fitness and kickboxing enthusiast, a sci-fi fantasy lover, and an avid fan of narrative video games. She lives with her fiancé Domenico and their cat, Sencha, who is named after their favorite green tea.