Director of Music and Organist

Job Description

Key responsibilities / day-to-day job functions
• Collaborates with clergy, staff, ministry leaders, volunteers, and musicians to plan and execute parish music.
• Administers a multifaceted music program including planning, budgeting, scheduling, and timely communication with other liturgical ministers.
• Develops specific choirs or ensembles and Cantors for Weekend liturgies.
• Conducts weekly rehearsals for the large choir and the three smaller choirs as needed. These rehearsals are held during the months of September through the Feast of Pentecost.
• Selects music for liturgical celebrations, with the pastor's guidance and approval.
• Participates in and directs the liturgical music for the weekend English masses and some Bilingual masses.
• Supports and collaborates with the Spanish Choir for special occasions.
• Maintains choir library and liturgical/musical resources as needed.
• Meets with the bride and groom regarding wedding music. Provides music for weddings.
• Provides music for funerals.
• Approves non-parish musicians.
• Participates in staff meetings.

Minimum Requirements
• Minimum level of Education: Advanced degree in Music or other formal training.
• Minimum amount of Work Experience: Three years of experience in a pastoral setting.
• A sense of traditional music programs geared to maximize participation of the congregation.

Preferred Qualifications
• Must be proficient on both organ and piano.
• Must be a skilled choral director, including the ability to direct from the bench.
• An understanding of GIRM and the rubrics of the Roman Missal.

Send resume and letter of interest to: Joyce Gaston, Office Manager, jgaston@scswf.org

About the Employer

"If you are what you should be you will set the world ablaze!" With these words from our patroness, I want to welcome you to St Catherine of Siena Parish. St Catherine challenges us, but she also speaks of the great promise Christ gives to all who come to know and serve Him in this holy place. Becoming what we should be speaks of our hunger for the fruits of the sacraments and for transforming prayer, especially in the Mass.

St. Catherine of Siena Parish is a young and growing parish with a strong base of ministries, but with so much to learn and so much more service to bring to our parish life. When you come to our parish family, come to be filled with hope, embrace that process of becoming what Catherine speaks of, and receive the gift of a more fulfilling life.