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Ben Goldstein
1970s
Saint John, New Brunswick

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Sammy Cohen
1940s-1980s
Saint John, New Brunswick

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Others followed a more classical route. Louise Hoffman Milota has received international recognition as a pianist and teacher and has played concerts recitals throughout North America. She was president of New Brunswick Registered Music Teachers' Association from 1988-1989 while living in Saint John and has been an examiner for the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. Samuel Margolian began playing the violin in the 1920s and he played as a member of the Atlantic Symphony.

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Louise Hoffman Milota
1950s
Saint John, New Brunswick

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Music also assumed a large role in Jewish community activities. In the 1920s entertainment for socials was provided by the Young Judaea Orchestra and the Boyaner family. The Hebrew Choral Society, more than a dozen women directed by Doug Major, performed traditional Yiddish and contemporary songs in the 1950s.

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Young Judaea Orchestra
1920s
Saint John, New Brunswick

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The Hebrew Choral Society
1950s
Saint John, New Brunswick

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In the 1930s and 1940s, Mitchell Bernstein produced the wildly popular Y shows, held annually in the synagogue. These programs included nearly every talented member of the community, including Lawrence Isaacs, a strong vocal performer.

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Cast - Community Frolics
1943
Saint John, New Brunswick

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Lawrence Isaacs
1960s
Saint John, New Brunswick

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Another noted vocalist was Besse Selby who was a founding member of the Sea Belles Lady Barbershop Group. Her son Robert teaches music in local schools and is much in demand for local choruses.

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Besse Selby
1980s
Saint John, New Brunswick

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Robert Selby
1990s
Saint John, New Brunswick

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Benjamin R. Guss, although not a musician himself, made it possible for many generations of young men and women to pursue music studies as a founder of the New Brunswick Competitive Festival of Music and of the Saint John Symphony, later re-created as Symphony New Brunswick . As a result, many leading musicians and conductors enjoyed gatherings in the Guss family home on Orange Street.