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Monday, October 26, 2009

CantorsClub Assemble w/ guest Cantor!

This Friday night and Saturday morning CantorsClub will be singing with Cantor Zev Muller and special guest Cantor Paul Kentor at the West Side Institutional Synagogue. We will be singing special arrangements of songs like Shama V'Tismach, Avinu Shebashamayim, Etz Chayim, and Adon Olam. Don't worry. CantorsClub makes Cantorial Music (or Chazzanut) fun so you don't have to be a cantorial enthusiast to appreciate our music...


Wednesday, July 8, 2009

CantorsClub Sings Again...

Cantorsclub sang again at the West Side Institutional Synagogue several weeks ago. We sang for Kabbalat Shabbat as well as Shabbos morning, with Cantor Zev Muller.

We tested a number of tunes, including a version of Menucha V'Simcha, that we set to kedusha for the first time and the congregation responded quite well. We also sang Dudu Fisher's version of Birchat Hachodesh.

We are always amazed at how incredible Zevi is at such a young age. He is truly a nice person, with loads of talent, who loves to sing and it shows when he leads services.

We finished up Shabbos morning services with my personal favorite version of Adon Olam. I have never seen congregations get so into the prayer service as when we sing this song and then end it with a Fortisimo series of chords ending with a sustained cadence. GETS THEM EVERY TIME. We love it!

A young married couple, who threw a kiddush in honor of their newborn Twins, asked if their father could sing with us? We were a bit nervous that he would throw off the mix but he ended up being a very strong singer. Apparently, he runs a fairly prestigious shalosh seudot zemirot weekly get together in Jerusalem. He spent a whole hour telling Micah how much he loved singing with us. CantorsClub will now be known internationally!

There was one song we didn't get to sing. However, I am confident that we will be able to share that song with people in due time. We are planning to introduce some inspiring music soon so be on the lookout!


Sunday, March 1, 2009

CantorsClub Facebook Group


Check out our new CantorsClub Facebook Group

I put this picture together for us as a placeholder until someone designs a logo for us.  Any takers?

Friday, February 6, 2009

Introducing the CantorsClub Members

Micah Lemonik
Jeffrey Katz
Omer Neumeir
Menachem Edjelman
Jason Katz
Avi Figdor
Jonathan Mandel

CantorsClub. How did it all begin?

Hi there.  We are a group of Jewish Cantorial Music enthusiasts who love to sing.  We have sang with a number of cantors in Manhattan.  It all started several years ago at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue.  A small group of us went to hear Cantor Malovany the Friday night service for Shabbat.  There weren't many people at the service and the Cantor imediately noticed our presense as we sang four part harmonies around Cantor Malovany's beautiful voice.

By the middle of the service Cantor Malovany began conducting us from the pulpit and by the end of the service, we were singing as his de facto choir and thus, CANTORSCLUB was born.