Position Title: Assistant Organist

Opening Date: Immediately
Location: St. Timothy Catholic Church ✠ Chantilly, VA 20151
Hours: Part-time (18 hrs/week)
Payment: Salaried. Please contact for details.

St. Timothy parish is seeking an assistant organist whose main duties will involve playing the organ for three Masses per weekend and for choir rehearsals Thursday evenings. He or she will also be called upon to play for other parish liturgies as they arise, and must commit to certain major non-Sunday liturgies throughout the year (Christmas Midnight Mass, the Easter Triduum, and additional rehearsals in preparation for these).

Typical liturgical repertoire involves traditional hymns, service music both metered and plainsong, Gregorian chant, choral polyphony (both accompanied and unaccompanied), and solo organ repertoire. The candidate must have good sight-reading skills and be able to play choral parts from an open score. He or she must be able to improvise and also prepare organ repertoire for prelude and postlude at most Masses.

The assistant organist will also occasionally fill in as choir director, leading sectional rehearsals, full choir rehearsals, or choir Masses in the director’s absence. Candidates do not need to have prior conducting experience as long as they are willing to receive training on the job.

In addition to organist and conducting responsibilities, the assistant organist will support the director of music with various administrative tasks.

Audition requirements will be provided upon request.

Interested candidates should contact:
Jon Laird, MMSM
Director of Music
St. Timothy Catholic Church
13807 Poplar Tree Rd.
Chantilly, VA 20151
703-814-7992
jlaird@sttimothyparish.org