Cantor Shermet is PUBLISHED!

Congrats to Cantor Wendy Shermet on the inclusion of her article The History of the Cantorate in the newest volume of Studies in Jewish Civilization I Will Sing and Make Music: Jewish Music and Musicians Throughtout the Ages.  The publication includes papers given at the Nineteen Annual Klutznick-Harris Symposium, held in the fall of 2006.

Here is an excerpt:

Speaking personally, I truly believe that a strong part of my job is to keep our modes and history alive.  Just as one will not read a portion from Genesis at the time appointed for reading Leviticus just because she/he likes it and it’s familiar, or eat challah during Pesach because it tastes good, I am not going to sing a morning mode in the evening or a Hanukkah melody during Sukkot.   We are not a people living in a museum; we are a thriving, alive culture, and I want to do my part to keep it that way.

Yasher Koach, Cantor!