Browse by Category Items: 0 Total: $0.00
- NEW PRODUCTS
Adult Non Fiction/Text Study
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation
Certificates for Congregations
Chanukah Gifts
Children's Books
Congregation & Board Resources
Curriculum/Textbooks
--Mitkadem Digital (NEW!)
e-Books
Ethics
Gifts & Gift Certificates
Hebrew
Holidays
Holocaust
Israel
Jewish Living
Miscellaneous
Music - Recorded (CDs)
Music - Recorded (Downloads)
Music - Sheet - Choral Works
Music - Sheet - Rental Scores
Music - Sheet - Solo Voice
Music - Song Books, Folios and Instrumental
Outreach and Membership
Passover
Reform Judaism
Remembering Debbie Friedman
RJ Magazine Subscriptions
Sacred Texts
SALE (Special Values)
Shabbat
Social Justice/Tikkun Olam
Spirituality
Teacher & School Committee Resources
Torah and Haftarah MP3s




URJ Books And Music :: Richards, Stephen

Richards, Stephen
Stephen Richards was born and raised in New York City. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Music from New York University, a Masters Degree in Music Composition from Columbia University, was invested Cantor at the School of Sacred Music of Hebrew Union College and received an Honorary Doctorate of Sacred Music from that institution. He has served on the Board of the American Conference of Cantors, the National Commission on Synagogue Music, and was the Project Director and Editor of Manginot, a Music Curriculum for Jewish Schools, published by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. He was the cantor/educator of Congregation B'nai Tikvah in Walnut Creek, California from August, 1994 through June, 2000, where he is now Cantor Emeritus. Prior to entering the School of Sacred Music, Stephen worked as a composer-arranger in musical theater. After completing his Cantorial studies in 1969 he served congregations in Rochester, New York, and Indianapolis before becoming the Editor of Transcontinental Music Publications and a faculty member of the School of Sacred Music of Hebrew Union College -Jewish Institute of Religion. He then moved to Phoenix, and served with Temple Beth Israel for eleven years. He has sung with and directed Pro Cantione of Phoenix, Chorus Cappella of Northern California and Cantare Con Vivo; directed the music for North Phoenix Corporate Ministry Programs, and was the conductor of the Bay Area Jewish Chorale in San Francisco from 1997 through 1999. Cantor Richards has fulfilled commissions for the Chorus of the San Francisco Symphony, the School of Sacred Music, the Woodwind Department of the University of the Pacific, the Milwaukee Jewish Community Chorale, as well as over a hundred congregations. The Cantare Con Vivo Chamber Ensemble premiered his choral cycle, "Songs of the Mountain" at concerts in Walnut Creek and Oakland, California. Prayer- A Suite For Oboe and Strings was composed for the Phoenix Symphony, recorded by the Krakow Symphony Orchestra and released on a CD by Master Musicians Collective. Kimbal Wheeler and the Liverpool Symphony, with Gerard Schwartz conducting, recorded his song cycle, "Songs of a Survivor". It will be released in 2005. Echad!, a thorough-composed Shabbat Evening Service, was commissioned in 1997 by Central Synagogue of New York, and has been presented in Jewish services throughout North America. It arranges congregational music for cantor, choir and instrumental ensemble. It is an eighty-minute through-composed composition, with no spoken words. He is married to Marjorie Morse Richards. They have six children and seven grandchildren.
Titles featuring Richards, Stephen
Sort by: Name Price Sort direction Default

 Next page

A Lily Among Thorns
See details
A Lily Among Thorns
Richards, Stephen
Item #: 991218

A wedding song for high voice and keyboard. Text from Song of Songs.

AVAILABLE AS PDF ONLY. Please call us at 212-650-4105 to arrange delivery.

Our price: $2.00
Quantity
Add to cart




A Lily Among Thorns
See details
A Lily Among Thorns
Richards, Stephen
Item #: 991216

A wedding song for medium voice and keyboard. Text from the Song of Songs.

AVAILABLE AS PDF ONLY. Please call us at 212-650-4105 to arrange delivery.

Our price: $2.00
Quantity
Add to cart




Areshet Sefateinu (Accept the Offering of Our Lips)
See details
Areshet Sefateinu (Accept the Offering of Our Lips)
Richards, Stephen
Item #: 991052

GOR pp. 143, 147, 151. Based on a traditional melody originally notated by Israel Alter. Text from Shofar service For solo, SATB, and organ AVAILABLE AS PDF/DOWNLOAD ONLY. Please contact us at 212-650-4105 to arrange purchase.

Our price: $1.95
Quantity
Add to cart




Avadim Hayinu
See details
Avadim Hayinu
Richards, Stephen
Item #: 991084

'Once We Were Slaves, Now We are Free'. Passover song

Our price: $1.95
Quantity
Add to cart




Birkat Hachodesh (For the New Month)
See details
Birkat Hachodesh (For the New Month)
Richards, Stephen
Item #: 991393

GOP p. 453. A lyrical setting of the prayer for the new month

Our price: $2.50
Quantity
Add to cart




Complete Jewish Songbook For Children Volume I, The: Manginot
See details
Complete Jewish Songbook For Children Volume I, The: Manginot
Stephen Richards, editor
Item #: 991700

Newly repackaged edition! Look no further than this collection for Jewish children's songs for various times of the year, including Songs of Israel, Songs to Grow Up With, Songs for the Jewish New Year, Songs for the 3 Festivals, Songs for Chanukah, Songs for Other Holidays, Songs in Rememberance...

Paperback

Market price: $39.95
Our price: $29.95 save 25%
Quantity
Add to cart




Do Not Judge Your Fellowman (from Three Sayings of Hillel)
See details
Do Not Judge Your Fellowman (from Three Sayings of Hillel)
Richards, Stephen
Item #: 991006

Text from Pirkei Avot. For SATB, solo, and keyboard.

AVAILABLE AS PDF ONLY. Do not add to cart. To arrange delivery, please call us at 212-650-4107.

Our price: $2.00
Quantity
Add to cart




Do Not Separate Yourself (from Three Sayings of Hillel)
See details
Do Not Separate Yourself (from Three Sayings of Hillel)
Richards, Stephen
Item #: 991005

Text from Pirkei Avot. For SATB, solo, and keyboard.

AVAILABLE AS PDF ONLY. Do not add to cart. To arrange delivery, please call us at 212-650-4107.

Our price: $2.00
Quantity
Add to cart




Eliyahu Hanavi (Elijah, the Prophet)
See details
Eliyahu Hanavi (Elijah, the Prophet)
Richards, Stephen
Item #: 991076

For SATB and organ AVAILABLE AS PDF/DOWNLOAD ONLY. Please contact us at 212-650-4105 to arrange purchase.

Our price: $1.95
Quantity
Add to cart




Gates of Song (Shaarei Shirah) Instrumental Edition
See details
Gates of Song (Shaarei Shirah) Instrumental Edition
Miscellaneous/Richards, Stephen, arr.
Item #: 992005

Full score. 'Music for Shabbat': L'chah Dodi 1 & 2, Mah Tovu, Bar'chu, Sh'ma Yisraeil, Mi Chamocha, K'dushah, Sim Shalom, Al Sh'losha D'varim, Torah Service, Ki Lekach Tov, Aleinu, Bayom Hahu, Adon Olam.

Our price: $80.00
Quantity
Add to cart




Gates of Song Cello
See details
Gates of Song Cello
Arr. Stephen Richards
Item #: 992008

Gates of Song - Cello part

Our price: $15.00
Quantity
Add to cart




Gates of Song Clarinet
See details
Gates of Song Clarinet
Arr. Stephen Richards
Item #: 992007

Gates of Song - Clarinet part

Our price: $15.00
Quantity
Add to cart




Hallelujah
See details
Hallelujah
Richards, Stephen
Item #: 990623

Psalm 150

Our price: $1.95
Quantity
Add to cart




Hashkiveinu
See details
Hashkiveinu
Richards, Stephen
Item #: 993259

V'sham'ru and Hashkiveinu are two new liturgical settings from a trusted name in Jewish music. The Hashkiveinu has some splendid examples of word painting, and the V'sham'ru has the capacity to become a congregational melody.

Our price: $2.25
Quantity
Add to cart




Hebrew Part Songs and Rounds
See details
Hebrew Part Songs and Rounds
Richards, Stephen
Item #: 991443

Chanukah Catch, Hodu Ladonai, Maoz Tzur, Hashiveinu, Nigun; Hineih Mah Tov, Shalom Aleichem, Mah Tovu

Our price: $2.50
Quantity
Add to cart




 Next page


Upcoming Events:
May 29, 2013
Hava Nashira 2013
June 30, 2013
ACC/GTM Convention 2013
Most Popular Items:
SONGS OF THE SPIRIT: THE DEBBIE FRIEDMAN ANTHOLOGY

This amazing anthology collection brings together 45 songs on 2 CDs, spanning over 30 years of Debbie Friedman's trailblazing career. This compilation of re-mastered original songs in Hebrew and English contains favorites from her first fourteen albums, released between 1972 and 2003. Strong, clear vocals, wise and poignant lyrics, and matchless melodies - this collection presents Debbie Friedman at her best, over an astonishing 30 years of music making.

Learn More
Haftarah Commentary, The

Warehouse Sale! Formerly $50.00. No other discounts apply.

The Haftarah Commentary is a comprehensive new translation of the weekly selections from the Prophets and Writings, complete with meticulously cantillated Hebrew text, commentary and translations, essays, gleanings from sources modern and ancient, notes, glossary, bibliography, and additional selections for use as alternatives to the traditional haftarot. To insure the accuracy and accessibility of the new volume, consulting editor S. David Sperling, a professor of Hebrew at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, reviewed the entire text and commentary.

Look what they're saying about The Haftarah Commentary:

"Eminently useful."--Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA

"A first-class, actually world-class, volume."--David Noel Freedman, Editor, Anchor Bible Dictionary

"The goal is to entice people into reading the Bible."--Gustav Niebuhr, The New York Times

Learn More
My Jewish World: An Early Childhood Music Curriculum (Book/CD set)

Music can be a wonderfully effective teaching tool for preschool aged children. My Jewish World guides teachers through the process of introducing and utilizing song in the classroom to teach Jewish values.

In her comprehensive and easy to follow book, Judy Caplan Ginsburgh includes twenty-six songs, religious and secular, that will help to facilitate an environment of fun and learning. Each song addresses important Jewish concepts and many use Hebrew words and prayers. Judy provides comments, activities, and creative ideas, specific for each song, which can be used in the classroom to learn about being Jewish every day. The importance of saying the Sh'ma each morning, learning the Hebrew words for colors, understanding body parts, and the value of cooperation are only some of the Jewish concepts touched on in the book.

In addition, Judy Ginsburgh includes a list of suggested books for many of the topics. These books help to reinforce and expand the lessons laid out in the curriculum.

With a helpful glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish terms and the companion music CD, My Jewish World is a wonderful guide to making music significant in the Jewish classroom.

Learn More
Mark Your Calendar