Conductor: Cantor Dr. Brian Mayer  Associate Conductor, Dr. Judith Lynn Stillman

Coordinator(s): Jason Switzer

Contact Email: [email protected]

Teen Leader(s): Paulina Sobel, James Griffin

Contact Phone: (401) 331-1616 x22

Rehearsal Day: Sundays 1pm - 3pm

Rehearsal Location: Temple Emanu-El, Main Sanctuary

Address: 99 Taft Avenue, Providence, RI

Conductor Bio:

Brian J. Mayer, is Senior Cantor Emeritus of Temple Emanu-El in Providence, where has been a HaZamir conductor for 32 years. He is the proud father of 4 sons, all of whom sang in HaZamir and the HaZamir Chamber Choir. In 2009, he was the Artistic Director of the award winning Shining Through Broken Glass: A Kristallnacht Concert, which featured Leonard Nimoy, and included HaZamir Providence. Cantor Dr. Mayer, a recognized scholar of Hazzanut (cantorial music), served for 14 years as Associate Professor of Jewish Music and Dean of the School of Jewish Music at Hebrew College, in Newton, MA. Prior to his appointment at Hebrew College, he taught for 14 years at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York as Assistant Professor of Hazzanut.