I found reference to Canto de los Marranos a few days ago. This impressive musical piece was originally commissioned by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. It was premiered in 1977 by soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson and the San Francisco Symphony and was composed by Martin Levy. The version below is a new version of the original and can be found at the link below:
Rabbi Juan Marcos Bejarano-Gutierrez is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas where he earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering. He studied at the Siegal College of Judaic Studies in Cleveland and received a Master of Arts Degree with Distinction in Judaic Studies.
He completed his doctoral studies at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago in 2015. His doctoral dissertation is titled “Complex Identities: Christian and Jewish Attitudes Towards Conversos” and was accepted in September 2015.
He also studied at the American Seminary for Contemporary Judaism and received rabbinic ordination in 2011 from Yeshivat Mesilat Yesharim.
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