I'm convinced it's disingenuos double-speak for "Can you be all things to all people practically, and not get P.0.'d about it?"
And frankly, given the vagaries of a pastor's gig these days, it's all too human to hope for such a Candyman/woman.
It should give every CMAA purest pause before answering the question.
This "job," no matter how a pastor envisions it, requires a skill set that, nice person or not, very few will have going into the interview.

Well then, Gavin, my young and much respected friend of afar, it will remain to you just a job, not an adventure (to borrow the the old Army cliche.)
How does one reconcile the Christ who cared for His Mother to the care of his disciple, but yet also came to rip the bonds of a mother and father from a child (presumably because of difference of creed and faithful adherence), or the Master who understood why it was important to have his feet annointed by oil and tears of a sinner woman, but told the earnest young rich man he didn't have a chance of entering heaven?
Unless you're Bill Mahrt, gifted with a very unique skill set, you ought to realize that your calling and your gig require you to instantaneously make WWJD decisions that, at the moment you abhor, but give you more time to implement the beauty and wisdom of the Church into common parish experience.
I'm exhausted, I just did two Confirmations with Bp., who trumps the GIRM 24/7 anytime he shows up. It's just this simple: it's his (celebrant/pastor/bishop) way or look down the highway.

I'll say this: whenever I see words like "vibrant", "diverse" or "committed to the vision of Vatican II", I move on. There's nothing to see here; nothing new; been there, done that, paid the bills for medical and emotional treatment for the damage done to me at the hands of "Vat II visionaries."

I'd rather be dirt poor and serve a parish that seeks fidelity to the received traditions than spend one more day convincing stiff-necked dissident liberals that the Church doesn't mean what they think it means when it speaks of "reform."

They might has well just write CMMA musician's need not apply.

I heard Msgr. Wadsworth once say "The liturgy is something we receive from the Church and not something we make for ourselves."

I love that quote. Anyone know if he is quoting another source or if those are his own words?

It means there's a clear opportunity to have a conversation in topic that can be fruitful in terms of text and subtext. It's better than not having that clear opportunity. One thing worse than having no job is having a job that's an awful fit. If the only vision you have for Vatican II is your own (no matter how much you say it's that of the Church itself, something that tends to be in the cognitive-spiritual blindspots of liturgical musicians across the spectrum...), maybe it's not worth that opportunity. Otherwise, I wouldn't conclude in advance what the vision intended necessarily is; sometimes, we can be pleasantly surprised. Considering that God as revealed loves to operate by surprise, we should seek out opportunities where we might just be surprised.

Melofluent-well said. Thank you for that! It is a process that takes much time and patience.

the conspiracy of Beauty and Goodness. :)

wow... we have certainly wandered far from truth... unfortunately the state of things, Scott.

Well, if one doesn't have to put oneself out much for the interview, it might be a good evangelistic opportunity. Bring your copies of SC and MS, talk about Vatican II...you won't get hired, but the next job posting might be more honest.

^ MJO... you do that way too often! (And I usually think if it was worth being deleted than I probably would have enjoyed reading it... ;-) )

One of the clues to a music program is its library (if it is that organized....another thread perhaps). The library of music will answer so many questions that committees cannot often answer. I asked in my current position interview to see the library and they looked at me rather odd. But I learned a lot. Be careful what you read as Samuel has noted...

http://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/6932/how-do-you-organize-your-church-music-library-do-you-collect-scores-after-each-mass/p1
or this one might be more applicable

If Earl Grey is indeed seeing this more than once maybe we should start paying attention. Never having come across the phrase before myself, I would have felt encouraged at this sly tweak to the usual "spirit of" and be eager to explore: is it the 'let a thousand flowers blossom' vision of dedicated music directors empowered to make the call that a Gibbons anthem, a Bach chorale or a Burgess gradual might be more apt than the Rossini propers? Or (more likely, but pleasing to my protestant ancestors) is the paradigm one of a singing congregation? I wouldn't necessarily write them off unless they had said "practice of V2".

Kevin's advice to check the library is spot on.