Music Teacher-Children's Choir Director

Job Description

St. Andrew Catholic School is seeking a music teacher/children's choir director for the 2026-2027 school year.

Qualifications:
Knowledge and appreciation of music characteristic of Catholic tradition (chant, polyphony, and traditional English hymnody) is required. Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in either Music Performance or Music Education, teaching experience, classroom management abilities, and effective communication skills are all required. Reliability, timeliness, and a collaborative spirit are also needed for success.

Additional opportunities for those applicants qualified to serve as Staff Section Leaders in the parish's all-auditioned choir, or serve as substitute organist for the parish.

Duties:
Direct the school's Liturgical Choir, under the leadership of the Pastor and parish Director of Sacred Music.
Direct fall and spring semester musicals.
Focus on vocal pedagogy with students, teaching practices of proper technique, vocalize, etc.
Establish age-appropriate Music Theory and Music Appreciation courses.

About the Employer

St. Andrew's Catholic Church is a parish church of the Diocese of Charleston, South Carolina, located in Myrtle Beach. Our Mission is that of the Great Commission given to the Church by Christ the Lord himself, to make disciples of all nations. We do this by celebrating the Sacraments of the Church as the Church has given them to us, with reverence and in the beauty of holiness. We have a K-8 school with over 200 students, and a religious education program with as many. Our parishioners engage in various works in the community to attend to the needs of the sick and the elderly, the poor and the hungry. We are a robust and vital Catholic parish