The establishment of a Cantors Institute at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America was announced today by Alan M. Stroock, chairman of the Seminary’s board of directors.
The Institute, which will be formally inaugurated in October, will offer a six-year course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Sacred Music. Students who are admitted will be required to take courses in a recognized school of music, as well as courses in basic Jewish texts at the Seminary College of Jewish Studies to supplement their special training in the art of cantorial music. Upon their completion of the six-year program, graduates of the Institute will be qualified to occupy posts as cantors and directors of music in synagogues throughout the country.
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