The Bible and Music

With an off day in class, I wanted to find out more about the job description of a cantor since we will have a guest speaker that takes on this role for tomorrow’s class. I was interested in the day to day routines they did and the level of practice it took to get there. In the Catholic church, I discovered that a cantor is the chief singer of the church who has responsibilities for the ecclesiastical choir and the preparation of liturgy. A cantor can also be called the precentor. An interesting piece about cantor’s that I found was how they have to be prepared and ready to start any chant on demand. After learning about chants previously in class, I respected this responsibility that they have because leading chants is not always easy. I believe various cantors bring different voices to churches worldwide and I hope to one day hear one live.

I am very excited to listen to our guest speaker, Cantor Giora Sharon. I listened to a few videos of cantors singing and it was extremely impressive to me. I never really knew what cantor’s did, however I have a deep level of interest in them after looking more into it.