Sample Schedule
We don't create the final schedule and classes until April or May, but this will give you an idea of what a day might look like!
SUNDAY
2:00pm - 4:00 Registration
4:00pm - 4:30pm General Reception
4:00pm - 4:30pm First Timers Reception
4:30pm – 6:00pm - Opening Program (Singing!)
6:00pm -Aruchat Erev (Dinner)
6:45pm - Friends of Bill W.
7:15pm – 9:15pm Evening Program of Song
9:30pm – 10:00pm Ma’ariv (Evening Worship)
MONDAY
8:00am - Aruchat Boker (Breakfast)
9:00am - 10:00am - Shacharit (Morning Worship)
10:15am -12:00pm - Faculty Led Intensives
12:30pm -Aruchat Tzoharayim, Birkat Hamazon & Shira
(Lunch, end-of meal blessing, and singing)
2:00pm - 3:15pm - Faculty Led Electives
3:45pm – 5:00pm Participant Led Electives
5:00pm – 6:00pm Free time
6:00pm - Aruchat Erev (Dinner)
6:45pm - Friends of Bill W
7:15pm - 8:15pm Separate Maariv Options (Evening Worship)
8:30pm - 10:00pm Evening Program of Song
10:00pm - Open Mic
TUESDAY
6:45am - Walk or Yoga (TBD)
8:00am - Aruchat Boker (Breakfast)
8:45am - 9:30am - Shacharit Options (Morning Worship)
10:00am - 11:45am - Faculty Led Intensives
12:15pm - Aruchat Tzoharayim and Shira (Lunch & Singing)
1:30pm - 2:45pm - Faculty Led Electives
3:15pm – 4:30pm - Participant Repertoire Shares
4:30pm – 5:30pm - Free Time
5:30pm – 6:15pm - Affinity Groups, Taking the Learning Home, Next steps
6:30pm - Aruchat Erev & Shira (Dinner & Singing)
7:30pm – 10:00pm Evening Program of Song and Maariv
10:30pm - Beit Café (Open Mic)
WEDNESDAY
9:00am – 9:30am - Brunch
9:30am – 10:30am - Concluding program and Ritual
11:00am L’hitraot (See you soon!)
Sample Intensive Courses From Past Years:
Bim Bom Boom! Tot Shabbat That Rocks The House
Songleading Within Worship: Teaching, Engaging, Agitating for Worship that Works!
Music Theory for Songleaders
Contemplative Prayer and the Jewish Mantra
Songs of Social Change
Positive, Powerful Prayer for K-8
Composition Masterclass – Advanced
Songleading Techniques
Full Bodied Prayer
Religious School Music Teacher 101
Composition Masterclass
Leveling the Praying Field- Worship Leading Skills
What About G!D? Wrestling with the Divine in Communal Prayer
Early Childhood Music
Sample Elective Courses From Past Years:
New Niggunim
Boi l’Gani - Welcome to the Garden
Guitar Stylings and Band Support
S’u Sh’arim! Opening the Gates to a More Celebratory Torah Service
Breathing Life into the High Holidays
10 Top Tips For A Successful Early Childhood Music Class
Sacred Music Circle
Camp Repertoire
High Holiday Family Services: Music, Methods, and More!
Hallel/Holiday Repertoire
Weaving Nusach and the Contemporay
Calibrating the Change: How to Be a “Worship Architect” for Your Community
Music of the March: Social Justice Music to Gather
Songleaders: The Next Generation
Sample Worship Options From Past Years:
Movement Ma’ariv
Niggun as Prayer
Body and Breath
Rest and Renewal
Play, Sing, Wiggle, Giggle, Groove, Pray