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Cantor Josée Wolff looks forward to visiting your congregation/organization and offers custom programming especially designed with your interests in mind.

A "Cantor-in-Residence" weekend visit might include:

Friday evening services with "Sermon-in-Song"
Shabbat morning services and/or Torah study
Shabbat lunch & learn
Havdalah/S'udah Sh'lishit musical program, possibly involving your own choir(s)
Choir repertoire workshop
Sunday morning study session for adults or for Religious School students

Sample Workshops:

Who Changed my Tune!?
A brief history of Reform Synagogue music.
To Pause or not to Pause?
How trope helps to tell the story.
When Music Becomes Midrash
Exploring different musical settings of our prayer texts.
Why we sing what we sing when we sing it...
A musical journey through the Jewish calendar.
Wooden Shoes and Kosher Herring
Tunes and Tales from Jewish Amsterdam.
Cantillation Intensives

Consultations on synagogue worship and music:

Exploring the role of music in your worship services
Finding creative ways to introduce (new) repertoire to your congregation
Reinvigorating the role of the volunteer choir
Evaluating the balance between spoken and sung text, and silence