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A Strong Voice Quietly Changing the CantorateIn 1993, as I was preparing to produce a recorded anthology representing 25 years of my synagogue music, I found myself searching for a particular kind of voice — one that was harder to find than you might expect. I was looking for a cantor who could bring an authentic American/Ashkenazic vocal sensibility to the project, as well as a flexible musicality that could adapt to the newer, innovative settings I had composed. After looking for months, I finally heard precisely the right voice, at that year’s American Conference of Cantors convention: Faith Steinsnyder’s soprano shone through.…Read more