Part-time Cantor Hired for Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation-Emek Shalom

SIMSBURY, CT - From the Farmington Valley Jewish Congregation: We are happy to announce that we have engaged Lisa Lipkin as our part-time cantorial soloist for 2017-18. She will be our cantorial soloist at least once a month at services and holidays and work with adults and children on specific dates.

She has served as the cantorial soloist for High Holidays at Temple B’nai Israel in White Oak, PA and has the cantorial soloist at Rimon Center for Jewish Spirituality, Pleasantville Community Synagogue and Sinai Free Synagogue. She presently serves as the choir director at JCC of Harrison and teaches piano and voice in New Castle, New York.

Ms Lipkin has her Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Rutgers University and has trained with Donna Reid in voice and vocal pedagogy. Lisa has trained in cantorial studies at the Academy of Jewish Religion in Yonkers, NY and is a very accomplished musician and songwriter. She founded “Singing Pup Records”, an independent record label and has released several CDs including secular music “Raise the Honey”, and “Flying on Instruments” and Jewish music “Prayer for Peace”. She also pays several instruments including drums and keyboard. She currently is a vocal and piano coach and works as an arranger and studio musician.

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