Re: High Holy Day learner recordings?

[Judy Pinnolis <pinnolis...>]

Joel:
Sorry, but I don't get over to the campus Hillel very often and don't know
their resources, (as I live nearby and have my own shul to go to.) 

But here's the Brandeis Hillel campus URL if you want to contact them:
http://www.brandeis.edu/hillel/index.html

Question:
>>Does anyone know of tapes, sung in non-professional keys (i.e. folk voices,
>>not operatic), which provide the most popular melodies?

As far as tapes in the Reform movement for learning High Holy Days:
Rabbi Levy is probably aware that the Reform movement has many tapes to
accompany their siddurim as well as learning Torah cantillation:

Rabbi Levy can turn to the Commission on Synagogue Music for help. There's
information on help for small congregations and help on training people to
be synagogue musicians. There is a lot of help available:
http://uahc.org/music/index.html

Here's the URL for learning Torah cantillation, under the auspices of the
UAHC, the lay arm of Reform:
http://uahc.org/music/cant.html

There is a lot of support from the cantorial schools. Also, song leaders,
in general have a lot of support:
Here's the Reform Songleaders page: http://uahc.org/hanashir/

Many Reform cantors have published CD's and tapes.
Tara Music carries a wide variety of Reform tapes and records.
I've put here the URL for Tara, search for Kol B'Seder with Jeff Klepper,
for example:
http://tara.com/  OR
type http://www.jewishmusic.com/

Sounds Write covers the popular Reform liturgical music, such as Debbie
Friedman.
http://www.soundswrite.com/swjewish.html

I also suggest contacting someone at the School of Sacred Music in NY.
Here's their URL:
http://huc.edu/catalog/smny.html

Joel,
Well, that should give a good start. Take care.
Judy.


At 12:24 PM 7/6/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I think Brandeis Hillel may have just this. Judy, are you listening in?
>
>Joel
>
>At 11:13 AM 7/6/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>As a rabbi working for the Reform Movement promoting Reform Jewish life on
>>campus, I need to provide student groups with resources to build their
>>minyanim.  This year, for High Holy Days, we need tapes to help students
>>lead services.  Most campuses use the Reform Movement's Gates of Repentance
>>or Rabbi Richard Levy's On Wings of Awe.
>>
>>Does anyone know of tapes, sung in non-professional keys (i.e. folk voices,
>>not operatic), which provide the most popular melodies?
>>
>>Our students need to learn only those melodies which are typically used in
>>Reform High Holiday services.  Moreover, while I have suggested albums with
>>melodies arranged for choral groups, my students have had great difficulty
>>with them.  I have even made my own tape for them, but my voice is not what
>>it should be!
>>
>>Can anyone help?
>>
>>L'shalom,
>>Rabbi Jonathan Klein
>>Director, KESHER (UAHC College Education Department)
>>
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