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Recent Examples of cantor
Items that would eventually fill 38 boxes were preserved by David Shiff, a retired cantor who served at the Midchester Jewish Center in Yonkers for nearly 50 years.
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Jon Kalish, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
On Friday night, Bern-Vogel and the cantor of the Bielefeld synagogue led Shabbat services together.
—Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
Our bass player is the head cantor at the Greek Orthodox Church off Airport Rd.
—Amanda Peukert, SPIN, 5 Sep. 2024
In the film, Schwartzman is a cantor struggling with his faith, while Kane plays his grade school music teacher who reenters his life.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
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Jon Kalish, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
On Friday night, Bern-Vogel and the cantor of the Bielefeld synagogue led Shabbat services together.
—Jacob Gurvis, Sun Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
Our bass player is the head cantor at the Greek Orthodox Church off Airport Rd.
—Amanda Peukert, SPIN, 5 Sep. 2024
In the film, Schwartzman is a cantor struggling with his faith, while Kane plays his grade school music teacher who reenters his life.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantor
Noun
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Performed by an orchestra of 23 musicians and eight choristers under the direction of conductor Mathieu Bonnin, the piece was appreciated with respect by the audience.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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The San Diego Children’s Choir spring concert is set for 3 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall, 7600 Fay Ave., La Jolla, featuring about 300 young choristers.—
La Jolla Light,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 May 2024
Noun
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In order to infuse those poignant nuances, the singer fortified a part of her vocal range that had thinned out from performances on her Sweetener World Tour the year in 2019.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
4 Feb. 2025
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Like most things in 2020, the season was interrupted by COVID, but the singer did build her team of singers.—
Alamin Yohannes,
EW.com,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.—
Jennifer Homans,
The New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2024
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For more material takeaways, each attendee was presented with a commemorative quarter featuring Native Hawaiian composer, dancer, chanter and hula teacher Edith Kanakaʻole, purchased by Gold House and shared by the first Native Hawaiian to lead the White House initiative, Krystal Ka‘ai.—
Lucia Ruan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 May 2023
Noun
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He was raised as a gospel vocalist singing four-part harmonies, so understanding how to share the vocal load sonorously was in his professional wheelhouse.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
3 Feb. 2025
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Thursday’s relief concert featured a lineup of stars who took turns to step in for the late Nirvana lead vocalist, Kurt Cobain, who died at the age of 27 in 1994.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.—
Caitlin Harrington,
WIRED,
6 Oct. 2023
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Nevertheless, the songster’s rise to stardom is mystifying.—
Quartz,
Quartz,
25 Nov. 2022
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“Cantor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantor. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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