The Zamir Choral Foundation, created by Matthew Lazar, promotes choral music as a vehicle to inspire Jewish life, literacy and community. The foundation’s programs include the North American Jewish Choral Festival; the Zamir Chorale; Zamir Noded for young adult singers; HaZamir: The International Jewish Teen Choir; and HaZamir Preparatory Program for middle school singers. The vision of founder and director Matthew Lazar has sparked a renaissance of Jewish choral music across North America, which has created a culture of Jewish identity across the generational, denominational and political continuums through the study and performance of Jewish music at the highest level of excellence. He has worked with Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Elie Wiesel, Theodore Bikel, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Naomi Shemer and others.
