Professional Certifications
Music Director
Organ and Voice Lessons and Skills
~Organ Technique
~Building an Organ Service Repertoire
~Creative Service-Playing Skills
~Improvisation
~Voice Training
Courses
~Music Theory 1
~Music Theory 2
~History of Sacred Music
~Choral Conducting and Vocal Pedagogy
Sacred Music Topics, Skills, and Mentoring Program
~Philosophy of Church Music and Sacred Music Documents
~Liturgical Music Resources and Planning
~Understanding Denominations
~Accessible Choral and Organ Music
~Children's Choir
~Accompanying
~Conducting from the Organ Console
~Score Reading
~Adaptation of a Piano Accompaniment
~Hymnology
~Gregorian and English Chant (Roman Catholic or other interested students)
~Handbells (Protestant or other interested students)
~Interpersonal Skills

Choir Director
Voice and Conducting Lessons and Skills
~Voice Training
~Choral Conducting
~Building a Choral and Vocal Repertoire
Courses
~Music Theory 1
~Music Theory 2
~History of Sacred Music
~Choral Conducting and Vocal Pedagogy
Sacred Music Topics, Skills, and Mentoring Program
~Philosophy of Church Music and Sacred Music Documents
~Liturgical Music Resources and Planning
~Understanding Denominations
~Accessible Choral Music
~Children's Choir
~Score Reading
~Hymnology
~Gregorian and English Chant (Roman Catholic or other interested students)
~Handbells (Protestant or other interested students)
~Interpersonal Skills

Organist
Organ Lessons and Skills
~Organ Technique
~Building an Organ Service Repertoire
~Creative Service-Playing Skills
~Organist as Accompanist
~Improvisation
Courses
~Music Theory 1
~Music Theory 2
~History of Sacred Music
Sacred Music Topics, Skills and Mentoring Program
~Philosophy of Church Music and Sacred Music Documents
~Liturgical Music Resources and Planning
~Understanding Denominations
~Accessible Organ Music
~Accompanying
~Score Reading
~Adaptation of a Piano Accompaniment
~Hymnology
~Interpersonal Skills

Cantor
Basic Certificate
~Vocal and Cantor Presentation Techniques
~Private 50-minute lessons
Intermediate Certificate
~More advanced work on Vocal and
Presentation Techniques
~Music Theory 1
~Gregorian and English Chant
~Private 50-minute lessons
Advanced Certificate
~Advanced Vocal and Cantor Presentation Techniques
~Music Theory 1
~Philosophy of Church Music and Sacred Music Documents
~History of Sacred Music
~Gregorian and English Chant
~Private 50-minute lessons

The number of lessons is based on each student's musical background.
Lessons include work on presentation and non-vocal considerations of cantoring from both the choir loft and in front of the congregation.