CANTOR ELIEZER KEPECS RESUME
contact info: EliezerKepecs@cantorial.info
516-791-8253

Lawrence Eliezer Kepecs possesses a rich tenor voice and a repertoire that includes Cantorial, Israeli, Yiddish, and Neapolitan Folk Songs, as well as Italian, French, and German Opera. Lawrence Kepecs is currently the Vice President of the not-for-profit international Cantorial organization, The Jewish Ministers Cantors Association of America, founded in 1897. He has organized and performed at numerous events, is an eager learner, self motivated, and a responsible individual, with extensive talents and background that provide him with the necessary skills to be successful in any type of position. He has been a professional Cantor, Concert Artist, and Fine Artist for over 20 years, and recently invented various technological devices which he has patented.

OBJECTIVES:
To pursue a diversified full-time Cantorial position, and to concertize worldwide.

EDUCATION:
1988-1993: Yeshiva University:
-Yeshiva College, Yeshiva University, NY. Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.
- Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies, Yeshiva University, NY. Bachelor of Science in Jewish History; Hebrew Teachers Diploma.

1988: graduated Westchester Hebrew High School and awarded the DERECH ERETZ KADMAH L’TORAH AWARD.

Cantorial Training:
1988-1992: Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, Yeshiva University under the direction of Cantor Bernard Beer, Director of the Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1996 - Present: Cantor "Rishon" at Kehillat Hillel-Southside Jewish Center, North Woodmere, NY.
Duties included in addition to Synagogue services:
- Teaching in Hebrew School.
- Cantor at life cycle events such as: weddings, Bar-Bat Mitzvahs, funerals, brisses, dinners, and other Synagogue functions when needed.
- Instructing students for Bar Mitzvah cantillations.
- Adult education and youth programs. Creator of a Torah Reader's Club and Youth Shabbos.
- Pastoral duties including visiting the sick.
- "Resident Sofer" repaired many Sif rei Torah.

2004- Present: Professor of Liturgical Music at The American Seminary for Contemporary Judaism, Baldwin, NY.

2008 Tenor and soloist in the Shir Daberi Choral Ensemble, under the direction of Cantor Oscar Berry and Cantor Neil Giniger.

1995- Officiated with choir, High Holidays at Congregation Beth Tfiloh, Baltimore, MD. Lead choir in association with the choir director.

1992-1995: Cantor at the Kingsway Jewish Center, Brooklyn NY.
In addition to the duties mentioned above, director of the choir in the Synagogue and worked with Yeshiva Mizrachi L'Banim Choir and Evocans Russian Choral Ensemble.

1991-1993: Tenor in Yeshiva University Choral Ensemble, under direction of Cantor Neil Giniger.

1991- Officiated High Holidays at Beth El Jacob Synagogue, Des Moines Iowa, while still attending Yeshiva College.

1988-1992: Cantor of the Orthodox Community of Colonial Heights Yonkers, NY while still attending Yeshiva College.

Appeared internationally in concert on behalf of numerous Jewish organizations.

In 2006, appeared in concert at Merkin Hall, NYC, on behalf of Gush Katif in Israel

In 2006, appeared in Israel in two concerts, sponsored by the Jerusalem Municipality and the Ministry of Tourism.

In 2005, sang in concert at The Great Synagogue of Rome.

In 2005, was invited to sing with the JMCA before Pope John Paul II at the Apostolic Palace, Rome, Italy.

In 1999, was invited to perform with the Shaar H ashomayim Choral Society in Montreal, Canada.

In 1993, sang on behalf of the Mizrachi Organization of Toronto with Chazzan Moshe Stern, and again in 1998. (Accompanied by Cantor Daniel Gildar).

Sang at Lincoln Center as well as at Mt. Sinai Medical Center NYC.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
- The Jewish Ministers Cantors Association of America and Canada (JMCA).
2005-Present Vice President of The Jewish Ministers Cantors Association of America and Canada (JMCA).
2001-2005 Member, President's Council of the JMCA.
- Cantorial Council of America (CCA).
- The Orthodox Union (OU).
- The Union for Traditional Judaism (UTJ).

REFERENCES:
Cantor Daniel Gildar, renowned piano accompanist, and Concert Artist.
Rabbi Milton Polin, Rabbi Emeritus - Kingsway Jewish Center, Brooklyn, NY. (now in Israel).
Rabbi Alan Lavin Rabbi of Wantagh Jewish Center, NY.
Cantor Victor Beck, Past President - The Jewish Ministers Cantors Association of America and Canada.
Rabbi Herbert W. Bomzer, Rabbi Emeritus - Young Israel of Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY.
Marshal Feldman, Beth Tfiloh choir director, Baltimore, MD.
Sam Belich, Composer and Conductor of the Eglantine Opera, NY.

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