Cantor Stephen Chaiet has been an acclaimed lyric tenor, liturgical singer, synagogue cantor, and operatic - classical singer for over twenty years. His performances at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the National Gallery Concert Hall of Canada, the National Arts Centre, Nepean's Centrepointe Theatre, on CBC Arts Radio hosted by Shelly Solmes and on CJOH television's Regional Contact were enthusiastically received and were firsts for a synagogue Cantor in Ottawa, Canada.

An acclaimed concert singer, recitalist, voice teacher and adjudicator for the National Association of Teachers of Singing NATS for the last 15 years in Ottawa Ontario CANADA and in Toronto Ontario CANADA, he specialized in voice restoration, vocal rehabilitation, classical and modern singing instruction and liturgical/cantorial coaching. He was also a much sought-after speaker and writer on these subjects, all the while maintaining a busy synagogue career as a cantor (precentor) and 'chazzan' (liturgical-vocalist clergyman). His voice students comprise performers from a variety of musical genres - cantors and cantorial soloists (with CDs produced), popular blues singers (Maples Blues Award Winners on stages worldwide), operatic and concert-oratorio performers, popular swing and hip-hop artists, jazz and reggae musicians as well as many ethnic-language singers.

As a member of the Canadian Opera Company and as a registered clergyman, he had counselled many artists during the progression of their careers. After successfully auditoning for the Canadian Opera Company and the Opera Company of Hamilton, he also had a distinguished career beginning as the associate cantor for the Beth Sholom Synagogue in Toronto, Canada (1983-1989), and as the senior synagogue Cantor of the Beth Shalom Synagogue (1989-1996) and of Agudath Israel Congregation (1996-2003), both situated in Ottawa.

Cantor Chaiet has worked with some of the finest choirs in Canada, concertizing with the Canadian Centennial Choir under the baton of James Caswell, with the Statistics Canada Choir in solos and duets for Agudath Israel's Concert Adult Education Programme, and with numerous synagogue choral ensembles nationwide. The newly established Musica Hebraica Choir of Ottawa, under the baton of David Malecki was created under the influence of Cantor Chaiet's love of performing Hebrew and Cantorial music with any choir willing to perform in those musical genres. He is the only cantor in Canada to have performed with the Congregation Beth Shalom Choir at the National Arts Centre for two performances with conductor Franz Paul Decker to wonderful reviews in the media and with the CJN (Canadian Jewish News).

He continues as an honoured member and alumnus of the NATS National Association of Teachers of Singing (Montreal Chapitre Quebec, Ottawa Chapter, Toronto Ontario Great Lakes Chapter), the National Music Council of America, the CCA Cantorial Council of America and the JMAA Jewish Ministers Association of America. He received his Cantorial Semicha and diploma, approved by the Toronto Cantorial Council, from the world famous Cantor David Bagley after lengthy study, and a Cantorial designate diploma from the Cantorial Council of America CCA Belz Institute New York. After studying the Bel Canto style with Cantor Louis Danto he continued his classical training at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto with Madames Irene MacLellan and Fanny Levitan along with vocal coach and Choirmaster Bram Goldhamer. He also holds certificates from the National Association of Teachers of Singing of America NATS in Vocal Pedagogy and Voice Rehabilitation using the techniques of Professors Richard Miller and Antonio Frisella of the Metropolitan Opera Co.

Cantor Chaiet has been a contributor of articles for the Cantorial Council of America's 'Sefer Ha'arbaim - 40th Year Commemmorative Book', writing extensively on Voice Rehabilitation, Hygiene & Nutritional Protocols for Vocalists. He has been an advisor to Canadian Musical Heritage Society in the area of Jewish Synagogue Music, especially in the production of the Sacred Choral Music Volume III available to music doctoral students globally.