Cantorial certification program

A full description can be found in the Academic Catalog. A total of credits plus four trimesters of Fieldwork Support Seminar and four trimesters of Core Concepts Seminar are required. Now that AJR is running on a trimester system, students who want to study full-time all year round can finish the program in three years provided they enter with a high level of Hebrew. Others will choose to study at a more measured pace, finishing the program in five years or longer, when completed through part time study.

Click here to see a listing of the Course Requirements. Vocal instruction is an integral part of the professional training of a cantor. All students are encouraged to take voice lessons throughout their Academy cantorial studies. This certificate marks the third stage in the NPM certificate program for cantors. Candidates will receive the exam questions by e-mail on the day of the exam and will be required to return their responses by email.

The exam will be sent at a time coordinated between the Certificate Administrator and the candidate. Once the exam is sent, the candidate has up to hours to compete the test. A decade ago, he developed the innovative Torah Cantillation Program now published as Leynen in the Fast Leyn with accompanying cd. He created the Nusach for the Jewish Liturgical Year study program of recordings and sheet music for weekdays, Shabbat, Shalosh Regalim, High Holidays, other holidays and festivals and life-cycle observances.

Further music courses are taught by specialists in their respective fields. Cantorial students complete the other required coursework in programs and courses taught by ALEPH rabbinic and rabbinic pastor faculty. Cantorial students can register for all courses within the entire AOP course catalog for which they have the applicable prerequisites.

The application process for the ALEPH program is unlike the application process common in most academic institutions. The formal written application procedure includes submitting documentation of prior learning and degrees, letters of recommendation, a spiritual autobiography, a Hebrew diagnostic, and a proposed first-year learning plan.

However, central to our application process is a period of mutual discernment in which our VAAD, teachers, and students come to know you. At the same time, this period of discernment enables you to consider whether this hevra, this process, and our Renewal-style Jewish community is right for you.

All cantors ordained at Hebrew College will be trained alongside rabbinical students, enabling them to serve congregations as mentors and facilitators, and as spiritual leaders who can empower their congregants in study as well as in worship. Cantorial students have the opportunity to share classes with students in the Rabbinical Program and in our graduate Jewish Education Program.

In addition, Hebrew College is a member of the Boston Theological Institute BTI , an association of 10 university divinity schools, schools of theology and seminaries in the Greater Boston. This membership allows Cantorial students the opportunity to cross-register at these schools and study with their students as well.

Located just outside Boston in Newton Centre, Hebrew College is in one of the leading regions of Jewish innovation and entrepreneurship. With its myriad arts and cultural offerings, thriving nightlife and scenic beauty, the city is a great place to live and learn. I am educating human beings and Jewish people from a noble civilization and tradition to be world citizens and loving and compassionate to all of humanity.

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