Article on the End of an Era in Liturgical Music

A professor's mission of "teaching the next generation of aspiring" liturgical musicians is coming to an end.
The school's board of directors chair "said that the lack of interest from prospective students led the administration to make a 'data-driven' decision.

'There was just no demand for the program.' ...

the move reflects a shift -- some call it a crisis -- in the ..profession [of liturgical musician, which] has undergone a sea change in the past 30 years...

shifting trends in ... music and the preference for more participatory services and tunes that congregants can sing along to have changed the expectations."

But some say that these musicians are the "stewards [of] an important musical and liturgical tradition that shouldn't be lost"

Oh, did I forget to mention that this article was about Jewish Cantors?