SUMMARY: Part-time Organist and Choir Director to work in a small, friendly suburban church, part of a two-church parish.

LOCATION: St. Joseph Church, Lincoln, MA (part of St. Julia Parish, Weston/Lincoln, MA)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Plan, prepare and perform organ music and direct choir for Sunday Mass at 10:30 a.m. (organ/choir/cantor).
* Weekly choir rehearsal (choir season is approx. Labor Day - Corpus Christi).
* On major Sunday feasts, plan, prepare and perform organ music for 7:30 a.m. Mass (organ/cantor).
* (This position does not include responsibilities for the Paschal Triduum, since those services are held at the parish's other church.)
* Coordinate with the Music Director for the other church as requested by pastor.


QUALIFICATIONS:

* Experience as organist and choir director
* Broad training, familiarity, and experience with Catholic liturgy and music
* Knowledge and proficiency in varied styles of repertoire, including traditional hymnody, choral repertoire, and contemporary sacred music
* Tested ability to collaborate with pastor and staff (including music director at the other church), to organize programming and to lead volunteers and congregation with tact and respect
* Collaborative spirit within the overall parish music program
* Leadership ability
* Able to work with heterogeneous choir


CURRENT MUSIC PROGRAM (example):

A *typical* Sunday Mass includes:

* Hymns from WLP missalette and/or Worship III
* Mass ordinary parts by Vermulst, Proulx, Andrews, etc. Missal chants in Advent & Lent.
* Choir (1S, 2A, 4T, 3B) sings an anthem at communion: e.g., easy 2- or 3-part works published by Paraclete, Concordia, etc.; or an SATB hymn.
* Responsorial psalm from WLP missalette
* Seasonal Alleluia settings by Marier
* A repertoire of four simple communion songs has been in use for a year or so: by Marier, Joncas, Farrell.


CONTACT:
* Submit resumes to the Pastor, Fr. George Evans, at frevans@stjulia.org