The Bible and Music

During class today, we had a guest speaker. Our guest speaker has been apart of the cantor profession for 47 years. It was truly interesting to listen to his life path and all that he has done. He has lived in many parts of the world and knew we wanted to be a cantor since age 4. I never knew the importance of the cantor until today. The cantor’s job, especially in the Jewish faith, is to keep the audience engaged while professing the faith. From listening to him talk, you could really tell that he has a passion for his job and realizes the responsibilities around it. You have to understand the faith, how to keep people listening, and music to do his job well. He presented us with pieces of music from different eras and areas in the world to see the difference in them.

I really enjoyed having this first hand look into someone who lives out “The Bible and the Music”. He was a living example of how the two come together in the real world. I think it would be interesting to attend a Jewish ceremony, one day. It was a great change of pace for class today.