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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

May 30, 2023: 12:00pm - 1:00pm - 1:00pm
Pastoral Skills

How do we see these jarring and disorienting moments of our lives as opportunities to build and shape our lives and the lives of others? How can we use these unexpected liminal moments to construct a life of meaning for ourselves and others? Join Rabbi Sherre Hirsch as she enables us to see that it is in these moments of discomfort and change wh...

June 26, 2023 - June 28, 2023

Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego, CA: June 26-28, 2023 (ACC Board Meeting on June 29, 2023)

Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego, CaliforniaJoin us June 26-28, 2023 for the long-awaited San Diego convention. Relax, heal, learn, engage, and be inspired with colleagues and friends, old and new. Throughout the convention, we will explore the...

January 8, 2024 - January 10, 2024

Stay tuned for more information! 

Torah

CCPD Programming: Mussar Va'ad with Rabbi Eric GurvisDirector of Chaverim & EngagementThe Mussar Institute

Rabbi Eric S. GurvisDirector of Chaverim & EngagementThe Mussar Instituteeric@mussarinstitute.org 

Torah

CCPD Programming: Introduction to Mussar with Rabbi Eric GurvisDirector of Chaverim & EngagementThe Mussar Institute

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Synagogue Management

Covid-19 Vaccinations: Understanding the Legal Concerns and Best Practices for Community Outreach

Synagogue Management

While guidance is ever-changing, we are sharing information on the latest guidance for gatherings. We will review what we know now and how to take the best practices of infectious disease control and safety measures and put it into practice so we can once again gather and sing together safely.

How can we provide multi-access worship and communal gathering as we head into another season of complicated and ever-changing modalities of synagogue living? In what ways can we shift our thinking about space and time to be equipped to plan holistically for the many choices ahead?

Technology

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This workshop is a crash course in Sibelius with a focus on creating lead sheets. We’ll cover setting up new scores, basic note entry, and adding lyrics and chords.