EYAL BITTON is a composer and lyricist who has penned several musicals and oratorios. He is currently Cantor of Hamilton's Beth Jacob Synagogue.

Eyal wrote the book, music, and lyrics for MISS PERSIA The Musical (Toronto 2008), KING DAVID The Musical (Winter Garden Theatre Mar. 2005, Monument-National Dec. 2003, Oscar Peterson Concert Hall May 2003, Saidye Bronfman Centre 2002), MOSES The Musical (Saidye Bronfman Centre, June 28, 2004), FREEDOM: The Moses & Martin Luther King, Jr. Musical Tribute (Oscar Peterson Concert Hall 1999), THE CHILD (Monument-National 1997, featuring a choir of 60, a cast of 16, and a 25-piece orchestra), and the Jerusalem 3000 oratorio JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM (Beth Jacob Hamilton, 2011, Beth Tikvah Toronto, 2006; Montreal 1996). His musical theatre works have been booked and/or licensed by groups in Toronto, Montreal, Madison (Connecticut), Savannah, Minnesota, and Hong Kong.

He arranged & orchestrated the music for ISRAEL THEN & NOW (Toronto 2007). He wrote lyrics for the musical of Mordecai Richler's The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Saidye Bronfman Centre 1997). He also wrote music for Liliane Atlan's play Les Messies (Saidye Bronfman Centre 1996).

His musical direction and vocal arrangement credits for theatre include Les Mers Rouges (Toronto Fringe Festival 2005), No More Raisins No More Almonds (SBC 2003), and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (SBC 1997) directed by Bryna Wasserman.

Eyal Bitton is currently the Cantor of Beth Jacob Synagoguein Hamilton, Ontario, where he combines traditional Ashkenazi & Moroccan melodies along with his own pieces. His choral compositions and arrangements have been performed in Montreal, Ottawa, Massachusetts, New York, California, and Israel. He has conducted choirs for The Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue (Canada's first congregation), Adath Israel Poale Zedek, Jewish Peoples and Peretz Schools, La Chorale Kinor of the Communauté Sépharade Unifiée du Québec, and others. From 2003-2009, Eyal served as Music Director of Toronto's Beth Tikvah Synagogue Choir, formerly conducted by Srul Irving Glick.

Also a composer of Jewish music for the synagogue and community, he has composed over 100 liturgical pieces. in 2008, Eyal released a CD entitled HIGH HOLIDAY MEMORIES: Timeless Moroccan & Sephardi Classics.