Re: What is a cantorial soloist

[Sam Weiss <samweiss...>]

Since posting my last message I have learned that, in addition to the 
loose definition that I described, there also exists a more technical 
use for the term in the Reform movement. 
Those who serve congregations as paid prayer leaders, but who have not 
attended cantorial school or completed cantorial certification, are 
called cantorial soloists; those in the process 
of certification study are called cantorial interns; those in cantorial 
school are called cantorial students.  The "soloists" and "interns" can 
come from the ranks of the Guild of Temple Musicians.
______________________________________________________
Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ

---------------------- jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org ---------------------+