Chazzanut Online- For your Cantorial needs

Last year I showcased a site called Virtual Cantor, a rich database of free traditional Nussach for many Shabbat/Holiday services. Today I would like to give a shout out to Chazzanut. This site contains a plethora of Cantorial sheet music as well as MIDI files, so you can pickup Abraham Katz's V'Shamru or Birkat Kohanim. Take a look and let me know which piece is your favorite? Better yet, why not make a youtube video of yourself singing the piece and share it? I am thinking of starting to upload some cantorial pieces to CantorsClub.

Happy Singing!
Mishebeirakh- Cantor Katz Midi

IDF Chief Cantor- Prayer for the State of Israel

Earlier this year, my father-in-law sent me a video of a guy singing a "Prayer for the State of Israel" (Avinu Shebashamayim). It just so happens, it was Shai Abramson, the IDF's Chief Cantor as of 2009. Apparently, in 2008, he was asked to sing at an IDF function and after he finished, the Chief of Staff said on the podium, “I greatly enjoyed that amazing chazan (cantor),” Ashkenazi said. “Your voice is amazing and if you lack a horizon at Elram [the previous name for Technology and Logistics Branch – ed.] then you have one in chazanut with us,”.

The Voice Teacher- Rabbi/Cantor Donald Neil Roberts

Let me tell you about Rabbi/Cantor Don Roberts, my Voice Teacher, for the last decade. Don teaches some of the greatest Cantorial talents of our time. He also teaches an impressive roster of classical singers and pop singers. He is the best kept secret in Voice Pedagogy and has completely transformed the way I approach the Voice and singing in general. Here is a documentary called "The Voice Teacher", that was put together by one of his students, Daniel Mendelson, son of another long time student, Cantor Jack Mendelson (see "A Cantor's Tale")