EVENTS

Five Cantors to appear in the last Showcase Concert

Sunday, June 1, 2008 • 7:00 p.m. • Tobian Auditorium
Originally scheduled for April 13, the Gala Jewish Music Celebration has been rescheduled for June 1. All tickets previously sold will be honored for the new date. Those holding tickets for the April 13 performance and unable to attend on June 1 are welcome to inquire regarding a refund. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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The 2008 Showcase Series, sponsored by the Music Committee, will conclude with a splendid early evening concert on June 1. Experience the artistry of Cantors Richard Cohn of Temple Emanu-El, Don Alan Croll of Temple Shalom and Itzhak Zhrebker of Congregation Shearith Israel, joined by their adult and youth choirs, along with Cantor Jacob Cohen of Congregation Nishmat Am and student cantor David Frommer of Adat Chaverim.

Cantor Don Alan Croll graduated with honors in liturgical interpretation from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, School of Sacred Music, in 1978. He spent ten years as cantor and music director of Temple Beth Torah in Upper Nyack, New York. He also served as cantor in Los Angeles, California and Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has concertized in Israel and appeared as guest soloist with Kol Echad, the premier Jewish chorale in Los Angeles. He has also performed with the Albuquerque Symphony, as well as in the Kennedy Center’s July 4th celebration, “Let Freedom Sing.” Cantor Croll currently serves on the Executive Board of the American Conference of Cantors.

Cantor Itzhak Zhrebker began studying and singing professionally at the age of six. He received concentrated cantorial education from Elli Jaffe, the musical director of the Great Synagogue of Jerusalem. He earned his Master’s degree in voice coaching, choir conducting and solo performance from Odessa City Academy of Music. Cantor Zhrebker has served as guest cantor for various synagogues around the world. He has performed with the New Israeli Opera, Walden Piano Quartet, Russian Ensemble Kalinka, String Trio Les Amis, Marvin Hamlisch, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. His latest success was with The Dallas Opera and the cast of “Tales of Hoffmann.”

Cantor Jacob Cohen, born and raised in Dallas, began singing and studying piano at the age of 4, and he began singing in the Tiferet Israel choir when he was 10. After becoming bar mitzvah, Jacob studied the art of cantorial chanting with his father, Cantor (Rabbi) Yitzchak Cohen. A graduate of Akiba Academy, Jacob also graduated from the Hebrew Theological College–High School Division in Skokie, Illinois. During subsequent studies in Jerusalem, he was privileged to study with Cantor Asher Hainovitz, cantor of the Yeshurun Central Synagogue of Jerusalem, as well as with Aryeh Goldberg, cantor of the Great Synagogue. He is a highly experienced concert artist.

David Frommer is a cantorial student at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, School of Sacred Music, in his home town of New York City. He received an honors degree in History from Yale University in May, 2004. While at Yale, Cantor Frommer was a member, and later the Musical Director, of “Magevet,” the Yale University Jewish a cappella chorus. “Magevet” recorded several CD’s while Cantor Frommer was at Yale; they toured extensively through the United States and Europe. Cantor Frommer has traveled to Russia and the former Soviet Union to conduct Pesach seders with other rabbinical and cantorial students from the Jerusalem campus.

Our own Cantor Richard Cohn is a native of Pensacola, Florida, where he first began singing in with music degrees from Louisiana State University and the University of Illinois prior to receiving his cantorial certification under the auspices of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. His performance credentials include appearances as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under such conductors as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, James Levine and Sir Georg Solti. He has often interpreted the cantor’s part in Bloch’s Avodath Hakodesh (“Sacred Service”), including performances with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.

The five cantors and assembled choirs will sing repertoire emphasizing themes of the Festival season, along with a tribute to the 60th anniversary of the modern State of Israel. With an outstanding array of talent on the program, this will be a not-to-be-missed opportunity.

For tickets call Yvonne at Temple Emanu-El at 214.706.0000, Sarah Yarrin at 214.361.0486, or Rosalee Cohen at 972.233.2001
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