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Great cantors never stop learning. There are always more skills to master, more questions to ask, more scholarship to digest, more melodies to sing! The ACC seeks to engage our members in the continual process of improving ourselves and our craft through a comprehensive program of professional development – and that program is centered here.

CLASSES AND SEMINARS

October 19, 2021: 1:00pm - 2:30pm - 2:30pm

Are you looking for a way to bring more spirituality to your community? The Mussar Facilitation Series for Rabbis, Cantors & Educators is an opportunity to experience the nuances of Mussar facilitation and prepare to lead TMI courses and programs in your congregation.

You'll receive a practical introduction to the transformati...

December 16, 2021: 12:00pm

Joint program with the editors of the CCAR Publication B'chol L'vavcha. Cantor Sarah Grabiner will be among the presenters. Details and registration information coming soon! 

January 3, 2022 - January 6, 2022

ACC-CA-GTM Midwinter Retreat

Palm Springs, CA

Details coming soon! 

Technology

Tired of folders, clipped music and mess? Take your sheet music to the next level with forScore. This powerful app for IOS allows you to store music on your iPad, access music from the cloud, create set lists, and more. You can write on your music, create virtual "cuts" to jump from one page to the next, extract songs from songbooks and more....

Technology, Convention Programming

Click here to view this webinar on vimeo!

Pastoral Skills

Jennifer will provide education about how to cultivate wellness by sharing some information about the nervous system and teaching some skills from the Community Resiliency Model (CRM). Even if you have heard about some of this before, a refresher can be helpful!

Synagogue Management

Click here to watch the replay of Prof. Andrea Schneider's Keynote address at the ACC-GTM Convention in June 2019. 

 

Technology

Rabbi Cantor Dan Sklar and Rabbi Dan Medwin bring you the best of their tips and tricks for successful sound. Co-Sponsored by the ACC and CCAR.

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Education

Frustrated with how Hebrew is taught to children in your congregation?  Looking for a new model, in which Hebrew learning is effective as well as fun and joyful for your students?  Join Cantor Leigh Korn and Rabbi Nicki Greninger as they describe their partnership in developing a new approach to Hebrew education that has been working well in...