Above: Magda Fishman at Masorti Olami's Tribute Event 2008
 
 
The program of entertainment for the Tribute Event will include performances by:
 

Magda Fishman

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and

Cantor Randy Herman

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Magda Fishman

Magda started her musical training at the age of 10 studying piano and as the soloist of a Tel-Aviv youth singing group. At the age of 14 she started playing trumpet and was soon recognized as an extraordinary talent. She then became a member of the Tel-Aviv Youth Orchestra, and went on to perform all over Israel, Europe, the US and Canada impressing audience everywhere with her unique singing ability and soulful trumpet playing.
Magda was the lead singer of the Israeli Dance/Pop group "Power Source" which released a hit song on Israeli TV. She was also the soloist with the internationally respected Israeli Army Orchestra where she also played trumpet, performing all over Israel.
Magda came to the U.S. as part of the Tel Aviv-Broadway Musical Theatre Project and is currently enrolled as a Cantorial student at the Jewish Theological Seminary. At the recent Cantors' Assembly, she was honored with First Prize in the highly competitive "Cantors' Idol" competition. She is working on her original compositions, and getting ready to record her first album.
See Magda's performance at Masorti Olami's Tribute Event 2008 above or via Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIBT1NLHefE
Read her full bio at http://www.magdamusic.com/html/about.php
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Cantor Randy Herman

Cantor Reuven (Randy) Herman seemed destined to integrate the worlds of musical performance and Judaism. He was raised in Grand Rapids, MI, and attended the University of Michigan, and after working briefly as a musician in Paris, and as an actor on the East Coast, Cantor Herman settled in Chicago.  As a pianist, singer and songwriter, he has performed throughout the U.S. and abroad in nightclubs and festivals, at private events, and on live radio, and has worked extensively as a studio musician. In addition to contributing keyboard parts and vocals on several recordings, he has produced his own CD’s which have been heard on college and commercial radio and reviewed in major publications.
He received cantorial investiture and a Masters of Sacred Music from the Jewish Theological Seminary in NYC in 2008, shortly after becoming the full time Cantor at Bet Torah in Mount Kisco, NY.  He is featured on the CD The Spirit of Israel II, produced by the Cantors Assembly and the USCJ.
Read Cantor Herman's full bio online at
http://www.bettorah.org/about/leadership.php?pid=201
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