Musica Sacra
Director of Music Position-Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, Greensboro NC
Musica Sacra, Greensboro, North Carolina, us, 27497
Director of Music Position - Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church, Greensboro NCOur Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church, Greensboro, North Carolina, a parish of approx. 2000 families, is seeking a full-time Director of Music. The Music Director is an exempt position with full benefits and a base pay of $55-65k annual salary. The new Music Director will continue to develop the sacred music program with the heart and mind of the Church, and to work directly with the pastor in an advisory capacity to ensure the reverent celebration of the Holy Mass.
Minimum Qualifications:Minimum of an undergraduate degree in music with organ performance or choral conducting.Skilled in organ performance and knowledgeable in Gregorian Chant and simpler forms of English chant.Capable of conducting, training, and catechizing cantors and choirs.Must live the Catholic Faith with interpersonal, organizational, and administrative excellence.Graduate degree or equivalent training and/or experience in music, especially as it pertains to organ performance and/or choral conducting is highly desired.Experience with Tridentine Form of the Mass and its musical and liturgical tradition is preferred.Spanish proficiency and willingness to develop a Spanish choir is desired.Experience working with and developing children’s choirs is preferred.Competent vocalist and proficient with Microsoft Word and Publisher or equivalent is desired.
Responsibilities:Assist at or coordinate music for the 5 weekend Masses: Saturday 5PM, Sunday 9AM, 11AM, 1PM Tridentine Form Latin Mass, and 5PM Mass in Spanish.Coordinate the weekly 8:45AM School Mass, 20-30 funerals, and approx. 10-20 weddings (English and Spanish combined) each year, along with occasional Quinceañera.Seasonally coordinate 3-4 annual First Holy Communion Masses and 2-3 Confirmations, as well as all Solemnities and their Vigils.Hold, schedule, and coordinate weekly and other regularly scheduled rehearsals for cantors and volunteer choirs.
The church is blessed with wonderful acoustics, a magnificent Kleuker organ, and a recently fully updated sound system (2015-16). The organ and acoustics complement the beautiful gothic architecture of this historic Greensboro Catholic Church dedicated in Honor of Mrs. Julian Price Bryan.
For further information or to apply, please contact MaryAnn DiPaola at mdipaola@olgchurch.org.
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Minimum Qualifications:Minimum of an undergraduate degree in music with organ performance or choral conducting.Skilled in organ performance and knowledgeable in Gregorian Chant and simpler forms of English chant.Capable of conducting, training, and catechizing cantors and choirs.Must live the Catholic Faith with interpersonal, organizational, and administrative excellence.Graduate degree or equivalent training and/or experience in music, especially as it pertains to organ performance and/or choral conducting is highly desired.Experience with Tridentine Form of the Mass and its musical and liturgical tradition is preferred.Spanish proficiency and willingness to develop a Spanish choir is desired.Experience working with and developing children’s choirs is preferred.Competent vocalist and proficient with Microsoft Word and Publisher or equivalent is desired.
Responsibilities:Assist at or coordinate music for the 5 weekend Masses: Saturday 5PM, Sunday 9AM, 11AM, 1PM Tridentine Form Latin Mass, and 5PM Mass in Spanish.Coordinate the weekly 8:45AM School Mass, 20-30 funerals, and approx. 10-20 weddings (English and Spanish combined) each year, along with occasional Quinceañera.Seasonally coordinate 3-4 annual First Holy Communion Masses and 2-3 Confirmations, as well as all Solemnities and their Vigils.Hold, schedule, and coordinate weekly and other regularly scheduled rehearsals for cantors and volunteer choirs.
The church is blessed with wonderful acoustics, a magnificent Kleuker organ, and a recently fully updated sound system (2015-16). The organ and acoustics complement the beautiful gothic architecture of this historic Greensboro Catholic Church dedicated in Honor of Mrs. Julian Price Bryan.
For further information or to apply, please contact MaryAnn DiPaola at mdipaola@olgchurch.org.
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