Re: Holiday Music -- not Hanukah!

[Sheldon Levin <slevin...>]

There are several books from Ashbourne music which exactly fits the needs 
you described.  Call them at 216-782-1374.

Tara Music 1-800-TARA-400 and Transcontinental music 212 650-4101 also 
have many collections and octavos which fit your needs. I especially 
recommend 2 collections and arrangements by Silbermintz from TARA>

The Cantors Assembly sells a book on how to develop a synagogue choir and 
sample music for Shabbat which I edited. Its called the Choral Sampler 
and contact them by e-mail at CAOffice (at) jtsa(dot)edu

BTW I applaud your lay people's volunteer efforts and hope they are 
qualified to be Baalei Tefillah (masters of prayer) or even Shlichei 
Tzibbur (messengers or representatives of the community) but I would 
hesistate to call anyone with the qualifications you described a Hazzan. 
The reform movement will only let a ordained cantor to use the title 
cantor others are called soloists.  The conservative movement has no such 
stipulations but I hope that unqualified individuals would not call them 
Hazzan. 

Cantor Sheldon M. Levin
slevin (at) mciunix(dot)mciu(dot)k12(dot)pa(dot)us