The search for a new Hazzan will be a process of several phases.
Phase 1 - Three Special Weekends
This Fall, join us for three special shabbatot with three of the most inspiring and creative Jewish prayer leaders of our generation. As we prepare to select a new Hazzan, be sure to join us as our guest prayer leaders introduce us to new ways of creating meaningful and spiritual prayer experiences. None of the guest prayer leaders are candidates for the position of Hazzan at Beth Sholom. Prepare to be inspired and uplifted as we consider new ways to envision the future prayer life of our community.
Craig Taubman October 28-29, 2011
Craig Taubman's dynamic music and moving performance style have been an inspiration to the Jewish community for over 25 years. Craig's music brings to life the joy an spirit of our Jewish heritage, appealing to young and old alike. Craig's two most recent recordings, Friday Night Live and One Shabbat Morning have helped to reinvigorate Shabbat services across the nation.
Hazzan Bat-Ami Moses November 18-19, 2011
Hazzan Bat-Ami Moses serves as the Cantor of the Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue in New York City. She was invested as a Hazzan from the H.L. Miller Cantorial School of the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2007. Hazzan Moses holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theater from Syracuse University and an M.S. Ed. in Museum Education from Bank Street College of New York. In addition to serving several congregations, she has produced and performed in a variety of concerts, displaying her love of every genre of music from classical Hazzanut to Broadway show tunes to contemporary Jewish folk music.
Joey Weisenberg December 16-17, 2011
Joey Weisenberg is a mandolinist, guitarist, singer and percussionist based in New York City, who has performed and recorded internationally with dozens of bands in a wide variety of musical styles. Joey works as the Music Director at Brooklyn's oldest synagogue, the Kane Street Synagogue, and is the music faculty at Yeshivat Hadar, an egalitarian yeshiva in New York. While at Beth Sholom, Joey will teach new melodies and lay out practical strategies for bringing communities together in song. Among the issues he will teach us about are how to create variations of a nigun, the process of developing a core of singers, crossing the musical "tipping point," dealing with the musical politics of a shul or group, and leaving room for silence.
