Who's Who
in Reconstructionist Music
Whos Who in Reconstructionist Jewish Music
A Directory of RRC graduates and other JRF-related musicians
This is a provisional listing. If you have any corrections, wish to be added to this list, or want to suggest any other additions or changes, email me at [email protected]
Bruce Adler, 83
Cincinnati, OH
Walk Humbly With Thy God
If It Be Thy Will
I Choose Torah
Eternally Hopeful
Incredible Journey
$15 each
Available directly [email protected]
Or website http://members.nuvox.net/~on.bruad/index.html
Robert Applebaum
JRC, Evanston IL
13 pieces publ. by E.C. Schirmer (Boston)
Setting of selected verses of Ps. 104 publ. by Opus Music
(Evanston).
Around 125 Jewish choral music (SATB, SATB-piano, SATB-orchestra, for
children's choir, for women's choir, and for men's ensemble).More than 20 high holiday arrangements for cantor, choir,
piano, strings, and oboeSeveral original and arranged pieces for Slichot for
congregation, choir and pianoComplete morning Shabbat service for
Cantor, children's choir, pianoShir Chaddash (a complete Friday night
service consisting of 17 new congregational settings backed by guitar,
bass, drums, and synth)Friday Night Jazz service (arrangements of
"traditional" Shabbat tunes for SATB and jazz trio, CD about to be released).
Website under construction: www.bobapplebaum.com
Benjamin Jamie Arnold, 99
David Dunn Bauer 03
Some congregational melodies.
Micah Becker-Klein 00
Walking Humbly, $16
Available directly from him, [email protected]
Sam Blumenthal
No data
Ari Cartun HUC 75 - RRA
Shma Kolenu
Another CD on preparation
More music on their website
Cantor Charles Bernhardt
Oseh Shalom, Laurel, MD
A Bridge Between Two Worlds.
301-206-3332.
Liz Bolton 96
Shabbat Friday Evening Service Kol Haneshamah
Shabbat Morning Service Kol Haneshamah
Shabbat Shirim u-Brakhot Kol Haneshamah
Available from JRF www.jrf.org
Rene Bonie
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Barry Brian
Or Hadash, Fort Washington, PA
About 30 a cappella arrangements
Sigal Brier 03
ShalOm
Dance of the Soul
$15 each
Available directly from her, [email protected]
Les Bronstein (HUC 87) -Benjie Schiller
Beged Kefet
One little dot
The first album
Go out in Joy
http://www.soundswrite.com/swstore1.html
$17.95 each
Music of Camp JRF
Contact: Isaac Saposnik at JRF
Manel Frau-Cortes
Temple Bet Shalom, Mechanicsburg, PA
RRC staff
Khalom ha-Tsoref: Dream of the Goldsmith click
Several works for choral and string quartet click
http://cdbaby.com/cd/manelfraucortes
http://www.myspace.com/manelfrau
http://www.geocities.com/manel.frau
Susan Gaeta
?
Rachel Gartner, 02
CD with B-nai Jeshurun, available at http://www.soundswrite.com/swstore1.html
Another CD with Bnei Keshet, [email protected]
Rosalind Glazer (Vocolot), 03
http://www.vocolot.com/music.html
Behold
Roots and Wings
Gather Round
$16.99 each
Mark Glicksman
Or Hadash, Fort Washington PA
Choral compositions
Bob Gluck 89
Stories Heard and Retold. $16 + SH
Electric Brew
Some Places I have Been
Electric Songs
http://www.cdemusic.org/store/cde_search.cfm?keywords=rgluckcds
Kathy Gohr,
Am Haskalah, Allentown
Seasons of our souls
Shefa Gold 96
Shir Delight. $15.98
Enchant-ment $15.98
Chantscendence $15.98
Hymnanence $15.98
More music and chanting in her website
Order from www.jewishmusic.com
Beth Hamon
Havurah Shalom, Portland OR
City of love, $12 +2 SH
http://cdbaby.com/cd/bethhamon
David Helfand
Beth Israel, Eugene, Oregon
Beyong the Sea of Reeds.
$15 +2SH
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/helfand00/
Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin
TBI, Eugene, Oregon
Band Kitov.
http://www.tbieugene.org/music_at_tbi.html
Jonathan Kligler, 89
Come my friend
Songs of love
Let my people go
http://www.wjcshul.org/rabbi_music.htm
Judith Kummer, 95
Haftarah texts set to music
David Lefkowich
Darchei Noam, Toronto
Several settings of liturgy
Miraj (Margot Stein 97, Geela Rayzel Raphael 97, Juliet Spitzer 97)
Counting Angels in the Wilderness
A Moon Note
Bible Babes a Beltin
Full Glory
Shifting Edge
Create out of nothing
Guarding the Garden
Friday Night Revived
Price: $15.95 each
Vivie Mayer 96
Several congregational melodies.
Contact her directly
Marcia Prager 89 and Jack Kessler
Shabbat service from Pnai Or. $17
Alive recording of a Friday night service at Congregation Shir Tikvah in Troy, Michigan, 2CDs, $18
Order from Aleph www.aleph.org
Seth Riemer 92
Several settings of Psalms
Eliza Rose
Beth Or, Miami FL
http://www.elizarose.com/
What about now $15 + $1.50 SH
Ilene Safyan and Margie Rosenthal
[email protected]Just In Time for Chanukah! (Parents' Choice Gold Medal winner) $15.98
Where Dreams are Born (Jewish Lullabies, Parents' Choice Silver Medal), $10 cassette
Around Our Shabbat Table $15.98
Reflections
It's Time to Sing $12.95
All About Hanukkah in Story and Song (recorded for Kar Ben Copies and
available through them) $16.95CDs available at www.cdbaby.com, www.oysongs.com and www.soundswrite.com
Benjie Ellen Schiller, Cantor
Bet Am Shalom, NY
A world fulfilled $15.95
http://www.soundswrite.com/swstore8b.html
Shabbat Unplugged (Margot Stein '97, Rayzel Raphael '97, Shawn Zevit '98, Micah Becker-Klein '00, Myriam Klotz '99 and Juliet Spitzer).
A Night of Questions: A Passover Haggadah
available from www.jrf.org
Shalshelet Festival
International festival of Jewish Music. Includes some Reconstructionist authors.
$18 +2 SH
Jon Simon
Adath Shalom, Bethesda MA
Soar
New traditions 1
New traditions 2
Hanukkah and All that Jazz
Zoom Gali Boogie
Shabbatjazz
$15 each, order from website
Michael Strassfeld, (not a graduated, but member of RRA)
Songs to Open the Heart: Contemplative Niggunim
$18 (includes shipping)
available from SAJ 15 West 86th St NY NY 10024; 212-724-7000.
Eitan Weiner-Kaplow 88
Shehecheyanu: a Musical celebration of prayer $15
Available from congregation website
http://www.shir-hadash.org/music/shehecheyanu.php
Shawn Zevit 98
Heart and Soul $18.
Sanctuary $15
Generations: Shabbat Across Time $20
Available from www.alban.org/rabbizevit/music.asp
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