[HANASHIR:12975] Re: choral music at services

[Esther Krutzel <essiek55...>]

We are a very small congregation (only 50 families at present).  Our 
congregation began in April of 2002.  We are very fortunate that several of the 
people who joined the Temple sang in a choir at their previous congregation.   
We put together a volunteer choir and were able to sing for the High Holidays.  
We have two sopranos, two altos, one tenor and one bass.  Our challenge was how 
to accompany the choir.  I was able to put our music into midi files which were 
then converted into audio files which I have put on CD.  We try to meet once a 
week and more often if we are singing.  Right now, we have decided to sing at 
Bar/Bat mitzvah services (if the family wants us) and at special services.  We 
are singing at the Chanukah family service this weekend.

Esther Krutzel
Choir Director
Congregation Kol Am
522 Rte 9 North, #377 
Manalapan, New Jersey  07726