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Religious Voice

November's regional conference
could be one of the biggest ever.
"When you're a cantor, you're
limited to the few cantors that
are in your community to talk to,"
Cantor Glantz said. "So when you
get together nationally or even
regionally, you have a chance to
let your hair down and talk about
the things that face you."
Attendees will participate in a
number of lectures and work-
shops, as well as take part in a
dinner and informal promenade,
or songfest, at the Bloomfield
Hills home of Andi and Lawrence
Wolf. A tour of the Jewish Com-
munity Center in West Bloom-
field is also planned.

Cantors from three states will come here
next month to learn and to sing.

LESLIE JOSEPH SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

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armington Hills will play
host to over 60 cantors who
will join local soloists for the
Cantors Assembly Tri-
State Regional Conference on
Nov. 18-20.
Co-hosted by Cantors Howard
Glantz and Larry Vieder of Adat
Shalom Synagogue, the confer-
ence will bring together cantors
primarily from Michigan, Ohio

and Pennsylvania. Cantor Chaim
Najman of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek is chairman of the region.
Backed by over 50 community
volunteers, the conference has
been three months in the works,
Cantor Glantz said. And because
this year's annual Cantors As-
sembly convention was held in Is-
rael and many cantors were not
able to attend, Cantor Glantz said

Mixed Voices
In Nov 19 Concert

While every Cantors Assern-
bly conference includes some sort
of concert highlighting the tal-
ents of the soloists, Cantor
Glantz of Adat Shalom said he
wanted to showcase the "best of
Detroit" for this year's regional
get-together.
"I was flipping through the
newspaper one day and saw that
the Detroit Concert Choir was
given the big cup, Choir of the
World, at this competition in
north Wales. I called to wish the
choir congratulations, because
the end of the article said it
doesn't get much local attention."

They have sung at Tiger Stadi-
um and will soon join the Lyric
Chamber Ensemble, but for the
75-member Detroit Concert
Choir, collaborating with some
60 cantors may be one of its
biggest challenges yet.
The Detroit Concert Choir will
be the featured guest at the Tri-
State Cantors Conference Can-
torial Concert, Tuesday, Nov. 19,
at Adat Shalom Synagogue.

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Lesley and Barry Feldman are helping Cantors Larry Vieder and Howard Glantz
with the conference.

The cup is the Llangollen In-
ternational Musical Eisteddfod,
and it is awarded in Wales each
July at a musical competition
uniting over 100 choral and
dance groups from around the
globe. The winner takes home
the "choir of the world" title.
Cantor Glantz said while
artistic director Gordon Nelson

had never heard of a cantor, they
started to talk about what they
could do together.
The choir has been working on
several pieces for the concert in-
cluding music in Hebrew, Yid
dish and Russian, said Christine
Rouse, Mr. Nelson's daughter.
'We're real excited to take part
in the concert," Ms. Rouse said.

"This is a whole different venture
for us. Jewish music has some
beautiful melodies."
In addition to accompanying
many of the featured cantorial
soloists, the choir also will per-
form some of its own diverse
repertoire.

The Tri-State Cantors Con-
ference Cantorial Concert be-
gins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 19, at Adat Shalom Syn-
agogue. Tickets are available
and free of charge but must be
picked up at the synagogue of-
fice by Nov. 15. El

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