Feb

12 2017

Bay Area Cantorial Association 2017 Annual Concert

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Temple B'nai Israel of Clearwater 1685 S Belcher Rd
Clearwater, FL 33764
(727) 531-5829
http://www.tbiclearwater.org/

BAY AREA CANTORIAL ASSOCIATION: 2017 FOURTEENTH ANNUAL CONCERT, Sunday, February 12, 2017, 7 PM, TEMPLE B'NAI ISRAEL, CLEARWATER, 1685 S. Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33764. The annual BACA concert features SHIRAT HA-AM: JEWISH MUSICAL GEMS, with cantors and cantorial soloists serving the Tampa Bay and Sarasota Regions in an eclectic concert of songs by Jewish composers and Jewish styles of music from around the world. The 2017 concert will be hosted by Temple B'nai Israel, 1685 S. Belcher Rd., Clearwater, (727) 531-5829 on Sunday, February 12, 2017, at 7 PM. A donation of $18 per person is suggested. Any donation is gratefully accepted and the concert is open to all. Now in its 14th year, BACA's annual concert celebrates Jewish life with musical solos and ensembles covering a global range of writers, eras, styles, languages, genres, and cultures. BACA holds its concert annually on or near the weekend of Shabbat Shira (Sabbath of Song), when it has become customary around the world to hold special music-and song-related services and events. BACA membership includes active cantors and cantorial soloists from the Tampa Bay and Central Florida regions. The annual concert is BACA's chief fund raiser for cantorial scholarships to Reform and Conservative cantorial organizations and schools of sacred music study. Proceeds have provided scholarships to the H. L. Miller Cantorial School of the Jewish Theological Seminary of Judaism (conservative) and the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music of Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion (reform), in addition to the American Conference of Cantors an the Cantors Assembly, all in New York. To date, more than $51,000 has been raised by BACA for cantorial scholarships.