Location: Dance Studio
Teacher: Talitha Barrington

How can we take the movement we already know and use it to share the heart of the Gospel?

In this class, we’ll explore how simple, intentional movement can become a powerful form of worship and ministry within the church. Dancers will learn how to take basic movement and develop it into meaningful choreography by exploring musicality, repetition, formations, storytelling, and emotional intention.

Location: Sequoia
Teacher: Israel Doria

What do you do when there’s no chord chart, tutorial, or roadmap? In this hands-on breakout, Israel will demonstrate a practical process for learning songs directly from a recording. Attendees will develop their critical listening skills, identify and chart chord structures accurately, and capture the musical details needed to prepare their own parts—or guide the rest of the band. If time and setting allow, participants will put the process into practice by creating a chart of their own.

Location: Conservatory Lanier
Teacher: Emma Edelman

Learn how to use Canva to create clean, engaging visuals for worship without spending hours designing. This practical workshop will cover the basics of creating worship slides, working with templates, choosing fonts and graphics, maintaining a consistent look, and preparing slides for presentation. We’ll also explore other helpful resources for finding quality graphics, backgrounds, and creative inspiration for worship.

Location: Activity Center
Teacher: Bethany Farrell

Learn how to create and lead a fun, engaging Music and Movement class that helps preschoolers grow in their faith through music, rhythm, movement, and play. This practical class will cover class structure, repertoire selection, incorporating instruments and movement, managing young learners, and creating a joyful environment. Participants will leave with simple tools and ideas they can use to confidently start and run their own M&Ms program.

Location: Rock Cottage
Teacher: Kristin Mudge

As worship leaders, it’s important for us to remember that our worship needs to be deeply personal, not just performative. In this workshop, you’ll learn that we are all writers, and writing can be a great way to stay connected to God. It can also be a useful tool in tracking your discipleship journey. Bring your Bible and your journal if you have one!

Location: Conference Center
Teacher: Sharon Robinson

Explore ways to incorporate visual arts in the worship experience.  From items on the holiness table to fine art and every thing in between, there are so many ways Art can visually enhance worship at your Corps.

Location: Conservatory Main
Teacher: Nick Simmons-Smith

A look at planning, preparing and executing a God-honoring time of worship each week.  What should we include in corporate worship? How worried should we be about time?  How does the Holy Spirit influence our plans? 

We all want dynamic, vibrant expressions of worship every Sunday in our corps.  This session will look at the biblical basis for worship gatherings, and a look at what worship at a Salvation Army corps might look like in 2026.   Anyone interested in making worship more vibrant and dynamic at your corps should attend!

Location: Conservatory Reifer
Teachers: Robert Snelson & Tim Burleigh

After Finale music notation software stopped being developed in 2024, many music engravers made the switch to Dorico including our own THQ music publications. In this introductory class, you will learn about the unique design philosophy behind Dorico, and how to efficiently set up a score and input music in this new paradigm. 

Bring your computers if you have Dorico installed. We can work with specific Q&A, time permitting.

Location: Activity Center
Teacher: Gwynn Potter

This class will be led through a creative exchange, leaning on the leader's background to guide, not dictate, conversations. Whether you are taking your first steps or have years of leadership behind you, you’ll find fresh perspectives to carry forward.

Focus: Group launch, personal actor experience, safe environments, and basic stage mechanics.

Please bring your Bibles!

Location: Conservatory Lanier
Teacher: Nick Simmons-Smith

Delegates will get the opportunity to conduct a live brass band and receive constructive feedback on their approach, gestures, beat pattern, and communication with the ensemble.   Everybody learns regardless who is in front of the group!

It is helpful to already know basic beat patterns before attending, but the group will learn preparatory beats, starting and stopping, fermatas, what to listen for – and rehearse, so don’t feel that you will be “out of your depth” – Nick will be there to help you!

Location: Art Studio
Teacher: Sharon Robinson

What goes into a Visual Art Space/Studio to inspire creativity and keep it a productive environment.  Explore a working Visual Art Studio.  Get ideas and be prepared to share your own ideas!

Location: Conservatory Reifer
Teacher: Robert Snelson

Through discussion and teaching, learn how you can start a singing company, youth chorus, or songster brigade at your corps. A choir can be the easiest music group to start from scratch with the work of a committed leader like you. Especially when working with kids, basic music skills can take you a long way, and you can grow your music leadership skills as you grow your choir.

Location: Dance Studio
Teacher: Talitha Barrington

Together, we’ll look at scripture and create movement that’s not only simple and beautiful, but communicates something meaningful. Movement that can be taken beyond the studio and into a Sunday morning worship setting.

Whether you have years of dance training or simply love to move, this class will encourage you to see dance not just as a performance, but as a way to serve, connect, and point others toward God.

Location: Conference Center
Teacher: Emma Edelman

This workshop will go over the basics of ProPresenter and teach how to build and organize presentations for worship. We will cover creating playlists and presentations, adding and formatting text and backgrounds, working with libraries, creating song arrangements, and preparing a complete service. We’ll also look at practical tips and shortcuts that can make weekly worship preparation easier and help things run smoothly on Sunday or for your special event.

Location: Conservatory Main
Teacher: Josh Powell

Just like what we eat shapes our physical health, what we sing shapes the way we understand and express our faith. The songs and hymns we choose for our churches teach us what we believe, what we value, and how we respond to God.

In this workshop, we’ll take a closer look at the “diet” we’re giving our congregations through the songs we sing. We’ll talk about the balance of biblical truth, theological depth, different themes, musical styles, and familiar favorites—and why a healthy worship diet needs variety. The goal isn’t to decide which songs are “good” or “bad,” but to become more thoughtful and intentional about what we put in front of our congregations week after week.

Location: Art Studio
Teacher: Sharon Robinson

Take part in a maker class where you will try out projects you can take back to create with Corps groups of all ages.  Receive lesson plans containing relative scripture, artist, supply list and instructions. 

Location: Sequoia
Teacher: Israel Doria

Great music direction helps a worship band move with clarity, confidence, and unity. In this practical breakout, Israel will unpack the MD’s role—from mastering the material and aligning with the worship leader to building an effective monitor mix and cueing roadmaps, chords, and dynamics in real time. Attendees will also explore how an MD can solve musical problems, reshape an arrangement, and lead spontaneous moments without creating confusion. Whether you’re stepping into music direction for the first time or already leading from within the band, you’ll leave with a clear framework for hearing, directing, and developing your team.

Location: Conservatory Main
Teacher: Josh Powell

Production teams are more than support volunteers—they are an essential part of the worship planning and execution team. In today’s worship environments, skillful use of audio, graphics, broadcast, and other technology is often necessary to create a distraction-free environment where people can engage in worship.

In this breakout, we’ll look at practical ways to involve your production team earlier and more intentionally in worship planning, and lead them as a unified team. We’ll look at how clear communication, preparation, and team leadership can help your audio, graphics, and broadcast teams work together.

Location: Rock Cottage
Teacher: Kristin Mudge

Calling all poets, balladeers, short story authors, scholars, or anyone looking for a creative way to study Scripture! You are created in the image of a creative God, so you are a creative writer. In this workshop we will explore ways to use Scripture and creative writing to enhance or support worship at your corps. Bring your Bible!

Location: Conservatory Lanier
Teacher: Tom Hanton

Delegates will learn about all other aspects of being a corps music leader – choosing repertoire, communication with a Corps Officer, time management, pastoral care for your group, planning a rehearsal, planning for a performance, evangelism, growing your fellowship, staying relevant, etc., etc., etc.!

No prior knowledge of music leading required for this class – but these classes work well in tandem if you are able to take both!

Location: Activity Center
Teacher: Gwynn Potter

This class will be led through a creative exchange, leaning on the leader's background to guide, not dictate, conversations. Whether you are taking your first steps or have years of leadership behind you, you’ll find fresh perspectives to carry forward.

Focus: Scriptwriting, subtext, multi-department coordination, administrative alignment, ministry longevity, and Q & A.

Please bring your Bibles!

Location: Conservatory Reifer
Teachers: Robert Snelson & Tim Burleigh

Dorico music notation software has powerful tools to automatically lay out a score and parts that require minimal intervention. However, the engraver must work with these tools and not against them for them to work! In this session, we will discuss how to work with Dorico to set the page formatting for use in both the score and parts. 

Bring your computers if you have Dorico installed. We can work with specific Q&A, time permitting.

Location: Conference Center
Teacher: Bethany Farrell

Music and Arts Ministry can be deeply meaningful—and deeply demanding. This workshop invites leaders to recognize the signs of burnout and discover practical ways to care for their bodies, minds, spirits, and creative lives.

Through a series of exercises and creative play, participants will explore how to prevent burnout, recover when depleted, and gently reconnect with their creative spark. The workshop offers simple, accessible practices that can be woven into everyday ministry life, helping participants make space to receive and respond to their creative call with greater presence, resilience, and joy.