Canada native Janet Horvath joined the Minnesota Orchestra in 1980 as Associate Principal
Cello. Among her many appearances as soloist and as a chamber musician, she has performed
Kol Nidre for the Jewish Holy Night of Yom Kippur annually for more than
20 years, first at Mount Zion Temple St Paul and currently at Temple Israel in Minneapolis. She has published numerous articles in professional journals and the book "Playing (less)
Hurt--an Injury Prevention Guide for Musicians" won a gold
Medal at the Independent Publishers' 2009 Book Awards.

The Nazis tried to silence them, but their music and stories live on. One Voice Mixed Chorus gives a concert of hope and resistance.


Unsilenced: GLBT and Jewish Voices of the Holocaust

Canada native Janet Horvath joined the Minnesota Orchestra in 1980 as Associate Principal
Cello. Among her many appearances as soloist and as a chamber musician, she has performed
Kol Nidre for the Jewish Holy Night of Yom Kippur annually for more than
20 years, first at Mount Zion Temple St Paul and currently at Temple Israel in Minneapolis. She has published numerous articles in professional journals and the book "Playing (less)
Hurt--an Injury Prevention Guide for Musicians" won a gold
Medal at the Independent Publishers' 2009 Book Awards.


Janet Horvath

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