[HANASHIR:4627] Re: Rabbi Eric Yoffie's Sermon at the Biennial

[NeilNFW <NeilNFW...>]

I would like to agree with Adrian's comments, and add the following:

The music, in far too many cases, can't always speak for itself--not all ritual 
committees and Rabbis are "tuned in" to the composers.

Therefore, we music educators must act as the catalyst and the messenger.  Get 
involved on your ritual committees and get chummy with your local Rabbi and 
Cantor.  Also, start to teach some of the music to the kids--if they like it, 
you have an instant "in" at a family or youth service.

Careful, though, not to run full speed with this.  Congregations with older 
members (especially those rooted in "Classical Reform") will wonder where all 
the Lewandowski and Kingsley went.  Start with small tastes--and work it in 
until you have the perfect blend.

My hope for the fostering of this music is that it will make its way to the 
netherlands of the country, the Northwest and the Midwest have been a black 
hole for performances lately!

Neil Weinstein
NeilNFW (at) aol(dot)com

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