Cantor Robbie Solomon

 

Clergy, performer, composer, lecturer, writer, and publisher.

Widely recognized creator of musical works that express the richness of the Jewish experience.

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Cantor Robbie Solomon Live @ BHC

Over the last few years, I have been not only composing new pieces for the synagogue and beyond, but also honing my skills as an arranger and an orchestrator. I hope to use these new abilities further into my retirement, which began this summer (2017).

I am proud to offer here a new live recording, “Cantor Robbie Solomon Live at BHC” in which many of these skills are displayed. It was scored for cantor, choir, string quartet, woodwind trio and a rhythm section of guitar, piano, bass and drums. The CD includes eight original pieces most of which have not been recorded before.

You can purchase the CD here for $15, including shipping and handling, or download it for $10 from OySongs.com.

Still Composing

This spring will feature the performance of two new pieces in a concert to honor the memory of Sarah Jane Boling at Temple Emanuel, in Newton, Mass. on Sunday, March 26. The first piece is "Min Hameitzar", a musical rendering of a single verse from Psalm 118, one of...

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Cantor Solomon in retirement

I'm now retired from full time work in a synagogue. Baltimore Hebrew Congregation honored me last spring by giving me emeritus status. We've moved back up to Massachusetts to be close to the grandchildren, where we are getting the hang of our new situation. I'm...

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Jews and the Folk Music Revival

Cantor Solomon and Cantor Jeff Klepper developed a program on Jews and the Folk Music Revival, which they presented October 18, 2015 at the Jewish Museum of Maryland. The multi-media production was viewed by a large audience in conjunction with their Paul Simon exhibit.

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