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Mater Dei Parish is primarily seeking an Associate Choir Director who is a qualified, skilled vocalist with a servant's heart for the Traditional liturgy. The successful candidate should be an active, practicing Catholic in good standing, with a strong familiarity with the primary forms of Catholic sacred music (chant and polyphony). Formal instruction in choral conducting preferred, and experience directing chant scholas/detailed instruction in Gregorian chant, both in theory and practical application. At least 1-2 years experience preferred.
Optional addition as the 1/4-time resident organist and assuming direction of the youth choir could increase salary.
Also, possibility for expansion of position with continued growth of the parish.

Primary Duties:
Assistant Director of the Mater Dei Sunday Choir
- Learn the choir's full repertoire and strong knowledge of the traditional calendar and feasts in detail
- Run sectional rehearsals with men at Wednesday evening rehearsals, as needed.
- Sing as a member in the Mater Dei Sunday Choir, most Sundays
- Fill in directing Wednesday evening rehearsals and/or at Sunday's 9am mass on occasion, for the music director
- Start warm ups/organizing of Wed. rehearsal on occasion for the music director.

Director of the parish men's schola
- Responsible for re-evaluation of current men schola members' skill level and any new recruits.
- Direct men's schola for some funerals, when available
- Direct the weekly Sunday morning rehearsals to prepare chants for high mass
- Re-establish a monthly rehearsal for the men schola (on a weeknight or a Saturday) to build greater skill with chant and prepare music for a once-a-month mass on their own
- Flexibility with monthly rehearsals that entail collaborating w/ music director on music the men will sing with the St. Gregory boys choir, 4x/year
- Possibly work on music for a couple men-schola-only feast days
Men schola currently knows a few polyphonic motets on their own; continue to work on these with them, while considering a few new choral pieces they could learn.
- Direct men schola for Christmas midnight mass, ALL Holy Week/Easter Vigil chants, and joint rehearsal with music director to prepare both scholas for Tenebrae.

Organizational: Quarterly meetings with the Music Director to discuss shared responsibility of rehearsal schedule, any new music decisions, etc.; assist with choir announcements, signups for new choir members, and filing/organizing storage of music

Assist w/ Choir Fundraising
Helping to establish 1 or 2 sacred music concerts a year at the church, as fundraisers for the parish's capital campaign, and/or assist with better marketing of the choir's CDs

Optional Involvement:
Part-time Organist (limited duties)
- Accompany recessional hymns at 9am high mass most Sundays , and occasionally other hymns or motets that need organ accompaniment, prelude/postludes during festive seasons
- Accompany any music needed on the organ when children choirs are singing for high mass
- Accompanist for parish weddings (separate stipend given)
- Ability to improvise strongly recommended.

Director of the Goretti Youth Choir (ages 13-17, mixed voices)
- Youth choir rehearsals would be Thursdays, 6:30-7:45pm
- This will be its 2nd year; based on 1st-year experience, a stronger focus on chant would be best to really work on unified singing, with a few simple choral pieces, canons, and hymns sprinkled in; also working on building sight-reading skills with modern music and basic music theory. Young men in the choir showed a need for more instruction on breath support and use of head voice.
- 2 music books used with them thus far: "Gregorian chant workbook" and "Essential Musicianship, Vol 1"
- Youth choir would tentatively sing the following dates:
1 Thursday evening low mass (6:30pm) every other month (1x ea in Nov, Jan, Mar, and May) - exact dates not yet set
Sing 3 high masses for the year: Dec. 12, Feb 22, and Apr 25, using simplified propers (previously have used a combination of Rossini & chant abreges)
- Near Christmas: work with music director on organizing EITHER a caroling event that combines the youth and adult choir members OR to go caroling at a nursing home.

About the Employer
Mater Dei Parish is a personal parish in the Dallas TX diocese, dedicated to the Traditional Latin mass, and staffed by the FSSP (Fraternity of St. Peter). It is one of the largest FSSP apostolates, and is experiencing vibrant growth.