Synagogue Music
Music
is the pulse of Jewish spirituality – song charts the
biorhythms of the Jewish soul.'
Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks
Set
up in 2003 the Mission of the JMI Choral and Cantorial Music section
is to encourage to the highest standards, the appreciation and practice
of Jewish cantorial and choral music, respectfully spanning
the full spectrum of Judaism, welcoming students and participants of
all ages, from the Jewish and wider communities in multicultural Britain.
See
links on the right to articles, activities, reviews, and pictures of
this section
JMI Choral and Cantorial Music
Director, Stephen Glass Director of Music, Congregation Shaar
Hashomayim, Montreal
Choral coordinator Vivienne Bellos (mixed
and Children’s
Voices)
Choral coordinator Dan Jacobs (male voices)
Cantorial coordinator Steven
Leas
Education coordinator Victor Tunkel Theory
Education coordinator Cantor
Stephen Robins Practical
Consultants Geraldine Auerbach MBE
Director, Jewish Music Institute
Alexander Knapp Joe Loss Lecturer
in Jewish Music, SOAS, University of London
International Advisory Board:
Cantor Naftali Herstik (Jerusalem)
Cantor Alberto Mizrahi (Chicago)
Cantor Josee Wolff (New York)
Cantor Joseph Levine (Philadelphia)
Matthew Lazar (Zamir
Choral Foundation)
Aims:
to preserve, maintain and ensure the heritage of synagogue
music traditions of Anglo Jewry in all its facets
to promote the use
of choral and cantorial music in practice and in concert
to encourage
children’s choirs in schools, synagogues and communities
to engage
with religious music and choral communities outside of the Jewish community
to
promote appreciation and understanding of the music of the Synagogue to
the wider public
to provide the opportunity for the enrichment of Jewish
spiritual life through the training of individuals and choirs to the highest
standards
Activities to achieve these aims:
bring outstanding teachers to train
cantors, lay readers, choir masters, teachers and choristers in the best
traditions and values of the music of the Jewish people.
to conduct cantorial
and choral training for cantors, lay readers, choirmasters and choirs
in schools and synagogues.
Hold annual ten-day intensive study periods
for choirs of mixed voices, male voices and children’s voices,
such as the Barry Weinberg Jewish Choral Festival
hold annual five-day
intensive study periods for cantors with the best teachers from abroad
at SOAS University of London
hold regular classes and masterclasses in
cantorial training at SOAS University of London
set up focus groups for
cantors, choirmasters, school music teachers
publish recommended music
for the Synagogue
hold annual concerts of traditional music for adults
and children
hold a triennial National European Cantorial and Jewish Choral
Music Convention
raise funds to achieve these aims.
How you can help:
If you believe in these
activities feel could possible help to see that they happen then please
make a bequest to the Barry Weinberg Fund for Jewish Music, through which
all these activities have come about.
Articles
: read articles on synagogue music
Activities
: See all Choral and Cantorial events
Summer
Schools and
Classes
Read
Reviews and what participants say
See
Pictures
Cantor
Charles Lowy
New CD and Book released
CD: The Lost
Recordings
Book:
In and Out of Harmony
last modified: 12 October 2005
