Ernest BLOCH Sacred Service
with Kent State University Choirs

Kent State Music, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, and The Temple Tifereth-Israel: Bloch’s Sacred Service
Cantor Vladimir Lapin, baritone
Dr. Jacob Schnitzer, conductor
Dr. Bret Peppo, chorus master

The Kent State University Orchestra and combined Choirs, joined by Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple Cantor Vladimir Lapin join to present Ernest Bloch’s (first President of the Cleveland Institute of Music) “Sacred Service” (Avodath HaKodesh), a monumental work of Jewish liturgical music for cantor, a full symphonic chorus, and  symphony orchestra.