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Recent Examples of cantorThey were married by a Jewish cantor and a Bible-church elder.—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024 The film centers around a grieving cantor (Jason Schwartzman) helping his former educator study for her Bat Mitzvah, but to define the plot so plainly does a disservice to the true idiosyncratic nature of the piece.—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024 The piece invokes the singing style of a synagogue’s cantor, who often sings many notes over a single syllable.—Jane Levere, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 Jason Schwartzman stars as a recent widower, unable to fulfill his duties as a cantor at an upstate New York synagogue.—Jason Bailey, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cantor
The voices of the opera’s chorus are being provided by a choir which John conducts, the Pacific Coast Chorale, supplemented by two onstage choristers.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
Possessing perfect pitch, Voigt joined the Chicago Symphony Chorus as a soprano, and the chorus’ famed conductor and director, Margaret Hillis, enlisted Voigt to teach sight singing, or reading a piece of music vocally to fellow choristers.
The Jackson estate has repeatedly denied abuse accusations made against the late singer, who was acquitted of child molestation charges in 2005.
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Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
23 May 2025
The 25-year-old singer— who is under Natanael Cano’s record label Los CT and Peso Pluma’s Double P Management— has quickly become a force in the new wave of corridos tumbados, amassing more than 50 million monthly Spotify listeners.
The main chanter was Obsidian Tiburon, a Taino representative of the American Indian Movement who came down from Orlando to attend the protest.
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Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
29 Mar. 2025
On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.
According to the song’s credits on Tidal, Yorke’s daughter Agnes is also featured as a backing vocalist.
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Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
29 May 2025
Paving a new path for musicians is Nick Hexum, lead vocalist of multi-platinum rock band 311, who recently founded his own digital music platform, SKP.
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