Plan, prepare, play, and direct music for five Sunday Masses:

5:15 PM on Saturday and 5:15 PM on Sunday - simple sung Masses with one singer

10 AM - low Mass with some music

11 AM - Extraordinary Form Missa Cantata with full schola

12:30 PM - Ordinary Form high Mass (with full schola for important Sundays)

Plan, prepare, play, and direct music for the following other days:

December 8, Ash Wednesday, Ascension, August 15 and November 1: Ordinary Form high Mass with full schola, 6 PM

Christmas: 5:15 PM Vigil, 10 PM Mass in the night, then 10 AM, 11 AM, and 12:30 PM as on Sundays. Octave of Christmas is the same, but without the 10 PM Mass.

January 21, the feast of Saint Agnes: Vespers and Ordinary Form high Mass with full schola, 5:15 PM

Holy Week: Tenebræ on Wednesday at 6 PM (men's voices)

Thursday at 5:15 PM (full schola)

Friday from noon till 3 PM (schola), then 3:10 PM (schola) and 5:15 PM

Saturday at 8 PM (schola)

Closing of Forty Hours (Tuesday after Corpus Christi), Sacred Heart, and November 2: Ordinary Form high Mass with schola, 5:15 PM

Other Masses as determined by the Pastor: These have included memorial Masses for September 11 and for former Pastors, as well as Masses for special occasions such as anniversaries or visiting groups.

Play for simple Vespers and Benediction service three weekdays (traditionally Wednesday through Friday) at 5 PM.

There has been a concert series with offerings including Lessons and Carols, organ recitals, instrumental ensembles, and choral programs both with the schola and with visiting groups. These have usually taken place on Wednesday evenings. Duties here include fund-raising, advertising, planning, furniture moving, conducting, singing, playing, and hosting. There are volunteers to assist with many of these areas.

Keep careful records of expenses for singers, players, music, organ maintenance, etc. Work with parish staff to ensure that all financial obligations are met in a timely manner.

Prepare the printed programs for most of the services and other musical events described above.

Play for all weddings and funerals, and plan them as required with the parties involved. These are compensated directly, in addition to the salary. (There is also some opportunity to do extra work for the New York Purgatorial Society and the Legio Mariæ, or for visiting groups.)

Assist clergy as requested with singing their parts of the liturgy.

Resources

schola: four professional singers (SATB) and volunteers (presently two); repertory is mainly chant and polyphony; rehearsal on Sundays from 9:15 - 10:45 AM.

organs: 2-manual, 41-rank Mander tracker and 3-stop Klop chamber organ

The acoustic is ideal for church music.

The church provides a computer, photocopy machine, and other office equipment. Volunteer help is available for large projects.

Requirements

Exceptional ability to play the organ for voluntaries, hymns, chant accompaniments, and choral accompaniments (continuo)

Thorough practical knowledge of Gregorian chant and polyphony, and the ability to sing them.

Working knowledge of ecclesiastical Latin

Extensive knowledge of and experience with Catholic liturgy (Acquaintance with the Extraordinary Form would be very helpful.)

Salary

Approx. $40,000 annually, plus benefits (medical, life insurance, pension, etc.)

3 weeks paid vacation.

Weddings and funerals are compensated separately, at $350 and $250 each, respectively.

Please submit inquiries to The Reverend Richard Adams, Pastor

The Church of Saint Agnes

143 East 43rd Street

New York, NY 10017

(212) 682-5722

ChurchofStAgnes@aol.com

When applying, please include cover letter, curriculum vitæ, sample recordings, printed programs demonstrating liturgical planning skills, and a list of three references (a priest, a professional musician, and one other person) to be contacted by the search committee.