Early Training: Ramaz Yeshiva, NYC; New York University, NYC.
Cantors Assembly of America: Member; Executive Council; performed at Annual Conventions and Seminars.
Voice Training: International Opera Center, Geneva, Switzerland; Metropolitan Opera in NYC with Kurt Adler and Herbert Graf.
Professional Positions: Aventura-Turnberry Jewish Center’s first full-time cantor; Bnai-Torah Congregation of Boca Raton, FL; High Holiday services at Beth Torah/Adat Yeshurun in North Miami Beach, FL; currently the Cantor of the Cuban Hebrew Congregtion, Miami Beach, FL.
Professional Accomplishments:
· Sholom Secunda (Yiddish Theater composer/conductor) chose the young Cantor Texon to be a baritone soloist in his choir at the Concord Hotel in the Catskill Mountains, New York.
· New Jersey State Opera: Sang in full productions with Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Placido Domingo, Tito Gobbi, and Jerome Hines.
· A professional highlight was understudying and singing the dress rehearsal of "La Traviata" for Robert Merrill, at Symphony Hall in Newark, NJ and at the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel Township, NJ.
· Performed the role of Tonio in “Pagliacci” for the New York City Opera Education Department.
Music in this collection courtesy of Stephen Texon
