[HANASHIR:6924] paid or not paid

[Rachelle and Howard Shubert <notfranz...>]

Just a note regarding how much people are paid if at all for their cantorial or 
songleading services ... Not every congregation can afford professional fees 
and not every professional can find regular work in a congregation.  I started 
out doing this kind of performing as favours to friends for weddings, Bar 
Mitzvahs, etc. and moved on to volunteering with small congregations and 
organizations who were operating on a shoestring.  After that I was fortunate 
enough to find a congregation who needed my professional services on a regular 
basis.  But if I hadn't I am sure I would be still doing some volunteering 
because of the reward of contributing musically to religious services.  I think 
most of us would agree volunteering is of the same real, if not monetary, value 
as paid work.  

Rachelle Shubert
Montreal