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Recent Examples of cantorWhile gathering some of their things, Grater called Ruth Berman Harris, the cantor at Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center (PJTC), where Grater, 54, had served as rabbi for 12 years before leaving in 2015 and becoming a congregant.—Jordan Greene, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025 Jason Schwartzman gives one of the best performances of his career as a cantor in a crisis of faith who reunites with an old teacher named Carla (played wonderfully by the legendary Carol Kane) who asks him to help her prepare for a late-in-life bat mitzvah.—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025 They were married by a Jewish cantor and a Bible-church elder.—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024 The film centers around a grieving cantor (Jason Schwartzman) helping his former educator study for her Bat Mitzvah, but to define the plot so plainly does a disservice to the true idiosyncratic nature of the piece.—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for cantor
The voices of the opera’s chorus are being provided by a choir which John conducts, the Pacific Coast Chorale, supplemented by two onstage choristers.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
Possessing perfect pitch, Voigt joined the Chicago Symphony Chorus as a soprano, and the chorus’ famed conductor and director, Margaret Hillis, enlisted Voigt to teach sight singing, or reading a piece of music vocally to fellow choristers.
The main chanter was Obsidian Tiburon, a Taino representative of the American Indian Movement who came down from Orlando to attend the protest.
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Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
29 Mar. 2025
On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.
The vocalist, senior Maria Llamas, who also served as ceremony co-host, spoke in Spanish while her counterpart spoke in English to the family and friends of a student body that is 98% Latino.
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Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
Wilson was The Beach Boys' songwriter and co-lead vocalist and also played bass guitar and keyboard alongside brothers, Dennis and Carl Wilson, cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine, who all comprised the original lineup.
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