Cantor Roslyn Barak has served Congregation Emanu-El of San Francisco since 1987. Prior to her position in San Francisco, she was Cantor of Temple Isaiah of Forest Hills, New York. Before entering cantorial school, she was an opera and concert singer, performing throughout the United States and Israel with organizations such as the Santa Fe Opera, the Israel National Opera, the Jerusalem Symphony, and the Israel Philharmonic. Cantor Barak also received numerous vocal awards and honors, including the Liederkranz Award and the Katherine Long Scholarship of the Metropolitan Opera Studio. More recently, she has toured Germany several times in conjunction with the release of her CD, "The Jewish Soul", and is now featured on a CD of music of Samuel Adler produced by the Milken Archives of American Jewish Music. Other recordings include "Libi B'Ma'arav" (music of Jewish composers of the Western U.S.), "A Sho in Gan Eden" (Zamir Chorale), and "Hallel v'Zimrah" (music of Congregation Emanu-El). A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and the Hebrew Union College/School of Sacred Music, Cantor Barak has served on the faculty of the Academy of Jewish Religion in Los Angeles, and has given master classes and scholar-in-residence sessions in North America and Israel. Cantor Barak currently serves on the Board of the American Conference of Cantors, and is a member of the Cantors Assembly. She recently completed her appointment to the Editorial Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, for the new Reform prayerbook, Mishkan Tefillah. Cantor Barak also holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology.