Miller Music 2012

January 03, 2012

Shaarai Shomayim is excited to welcome Cantor Ross Wolman’s beautiful
voice back to our temple, as Ross will be this year’s Miller Music
Festival’s guest artist.  Wolman will present a concert on Saturday, 
January 7, singing solo and with some of the youth choir and members
of Chavrai Zamir. This is a family-friendly concert, with Ross’ 
favorites from Jewish liturgy, sacred, and Israeli folk music.

Ross grew up in Shaarai Shomayim and was the temple’s cantorial
soloist for a time.  He is now the assistant cantor at B’nai Jehoshua
Beth Elohim in Deerfield Ill., a position he has served in since July
2011. He previously served at Congregation Sukkat Shalom in Wilmette
following his 2007 ordination.

He is an exciting young cantor, a master teacher, a talented musician
and has a warm and open personality. He currently serves as the
president of the Reform Cantors of Chicago and has been affiliated
with OSRUI since the summer of 2001. In addition to his congregational
work, Cantor Wolman has been an active leader and organizer of the
Riding4Reform cycling fundraiser benefitting the Israel Movement for
Progressive Judaism.

Cantor Wolman graduated from Temple University with a B.Mus. in Music
Education. He has a strong love for education, film, cooking, and the
Hebrew language. Cantor Wolman lives in Chicago with his wife, Malka.

The Miller Music Festival is made possible by an endowment from
Rosanne and David Selfon, in honor of Rosanne’s parents Madaline and
Lester Miller.  To perpetuate their love of music, the annual festival
features nationally recognized Jewish musicians in concert at the
Temple.