Cantor Don Gurney
Cleveland native Cantor Don Gurney joined Wilshire Boulevard Temple in 1999. After graduating New York’s Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion, School of Sacred Music, in 1986 he became director of its chorus and instructor in liturgical and 19th century synagogue music, remaining on its faculty until 1999. He also served as
chazan at Emmanuel Synagogue in West Hartford, Connecticut, from 1986 to 1994.
From 1994 to 1999, Cantor Gurney served Congregation Rodeph Sholom in New York, and made his Lincoln Center conducting debut at the International Choral Festival in 1995. His tenor voice can be heard on two CDs,
One Voice and Meditations of the Heart.
Cantor Gurney is married to Los Angeles native Nancy Binder. They are the proud parents of daughter Gillian.
