******Application cutoff date is September 30, 2009*************

Director of Music. The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist and the parish of St. Mary of the Annunciation in historic Charleston, South Carolina, seek a full-time Music Director. We desire a degreed professional who is a practicing Roman Catholic with parish experience. Strong organ skills are required. Conducting experience along with familiarity with the corpus of sacred choral literature is important.

The ideal candidate will have experience with traditional Catholic music, sacred polyphony, Gregorian chant, the best of new sacred music, and organ. The successful candidate will have an excellent knowledge of the sacred liturgy. Computer skills are also important.

The cutoff date for applications is September 30, 2010.

This Cathedral parish of approximately 800 families and St. Mary’s parish of 300 families offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience, plus full benefits. The current Cathedral organ is a 25-rank Bedient Opus 22 tracker pipe organ. The current St. Mary’s organ is an historic Jardine, built in 1874 and restored in 1980.

Please direct inquiries to:
Fr. Gregory B. Wilson
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
120 Broad Street
Charleston, SC 29401
843-724-8395
frgregorywilson@gmail.com