Interfaith Cantor Marc Bachrach

Cantor Marc was such a special addition to our wedding celebrations. He met with us multiple times via Zoom in the months leading up to our wedding to get to know us better and understand what we were looking for in a wedding ceremony. He let us personalize our ceremony and brought so much knowledge and insight to the planning process. Cantor Marc was present for our rehersal dinner as well and performed a beautiful ketubah signing ceremony, while also getting to know our family and friends. He even ran home to get his AV equipement to make sure everyone at our dinner could hear! Cantor Marc led our wedding ceremony with confidance and enthusiasm and brought so much joy and warmth. He took ample videos and photos for us during our entire wedding celebration that we love looking back on. We couldn't imagine doing this without him!

This is a review for both the ketubah and wedding ceremony: I was in the wedding industry for 15 year and I have done thousands of weddings throughout my career. The level of care and service Cantor Marc provided us was just unforgettable. I am Catholic and my now husband is Jewish, so for that alone it was difficult to find someone who can marry us. I was calling around for days trying to find someone who can marry us on such short notice, and before the holidays none the less. No one was available... some didn't even answer or return our calls. When I finally connected with Marc, he pulled over to the side of the road just to talk to me and discuss our needs. We were planning my 40th birthday party with our surprise wedding ceremony for our family, all in a matter of 3 weeks!! As we began to talk, he said that was able to move his schedule around just to help us out. He then quickly scheduled follow up appointments with us and moved us through the process quickly and efficiently, with love, care and compassion, and a hint of laughter. We did a zoom to connect, and then met for dinner in person and planned everything within an hour at dinner. From the moment we met, we knew that this was going to be different, and somehow, special. This was our guy! Due to logistics, we had to do the ketubah signing 1 week prior to the wedding. We did a private ketubah ceremony at my in-laws house and, JUST WOW!!! His storytelling of the emersion of our relationship was so thoughtful, thorough, and such a wonderful surprise, even for us. During the ketubah he had us crying and laughing at the same time. Our parents loved him and left a wonderful impression on them as well. He was so amazing and expressed through his own facial expressions that he was not only doing this for his job, but true emotion expressed throughout the ceremony was so loving, it touched all of our hearts. For the wedding ceremony ( which was a surprise for all of our guest ) he was not what anyone expected. He started with his normal spiel, ensuring that everyone was respectful and quiet during the ceremony. Once we were past that, the Cantor Marc show took off! He had us all laughing, crying, singing and participating in our event. Again, with all my years of service to this industry, hands down, this was the most sentimental, heart felt, and interactive ceremony I have ever attended. He even filmed the whole process, saving a beautiful, up-close and person video for us, that showed us the "inside story" from the chuppah cam! After the wedding ceremony was over, Cantor Marc went above and beyond. He continued to film us, dancing together, blowing out my candles for the cake, and catching beautiful moments of us with family. During that time, my husband and I looked over at him, and we could see the sincerity in his smile, and through his eyes, we saw that he was truly with us, like a part of our family. That's the feeling that we ALL had. The days following, our families were so moved by his service, commenting on how amazing and funny the Cantor was. That he truly put together a beautiful, heart felt, and expressive ceremony. This was coming from those that have never seen a Jewish wedding ceremony before, and from those that have seen it a 100 times! They even went on to mention that after they had left for the night, and into the next day, could feel the warmth followed them from the event. Cantor Marc, from the bottom of our hearts, you are now a part of our family. Please know that, with your loving embrace, you made our special day that much more meaningful. I don't know if anyone else could have done what you did... with the love, attentiveness, and compassion that you did. My husband and I, several weeks later, are still watching your videos with the happiest of tears in our eyes, and immense love in our hearts for you and what you helped us accomplish. Thank you so much, for everything. My birthday party and our wedding surprise will go down, to this professional and to the bride and groom, as the best ceremonies... EVER!