Cantorial Coaching - Einzelansicht

Cantorial coaches concentrate on enriching the semester topic’s repertoire of the students and deepening the musical interpretation of selected compositions.

Coaching lessons are an integral part of the vocal training for singers and they are given as individual lessons. They are distinguished from voice lessons in that they do not deal with vocal techniques, but with the song repertoire and its art of performance. The teacher works with the student on the music that the student is required to sing, guiding the student into all the intricacies that render the perfor¬mance professional, artistic and exciting. Cantorial coaching lessons concentrate on traditional syna¬gogue chants, artistic cantorial recitatives, and songs, which are related to the repertoire that is studied in class during the semester. In addition, the coaching teacher works with the student on the music that they need for the services while officiating as student-cantor. During the coaching lessons, the emphasis is made on understanding the sacred texts, their liturgical function and their religious and emotional meaning. The coach guides the student in the proper way of singing the repertoire according to the tradition of the Jewish cantorial style and encourages the students to find their individual expression for each liturgical piece of music.

Literature and sources will be made known during the course of classes.

The course finishes with an oral exam (15min).