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Position: Part-Time Accompianist
Closing date for receipt of application:
Open until Filled
Salary: Commensurate with Experience.
The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
is seeking a new pastoral musician-accompanist for liturgies
and rehearsals beginning September 2010. We seek a dynamic,
reliable musician who is an excellent performer with strong
communication skills, excellent sight reading skills, and
accompanying experience.
Responsibilities Include:
Accompanying
weekly rehearsals of the Immaculate Conception Church choir,
playing parts and/or accompaniment as needed, Leading sectional
rehearsals from time to time as needed, Leading rehearsals
if/when the director is unable to attend and providing
accompaniment for liturgies, prayer services, funerals and
weddings
Qualifications: Technical and musical mastery of the
piano, Organ skills strongly desired, Strong sight-reading
skills,
Prior accompanying experience, preferably including choral
accompanying, Experience reading open score preferred, Ability
to collaborate effectively with director, cantors and choir
members,
Experience/knowledge
of Roman Catholic tradition
Additional Information: Rehearsals Thursdays, 6:30-8:30;
Weekend liturgies, Saturday 5:30 p.m., Sunday 8:30 a.m. and
11:00 a.m.
Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience
Immaculate Conception Church Choir is a vibrant church choir
embracing good liturgical practices in a post Vatican II era
with approximately 50 singers and instrumentalists, located in
Hampton, VA. Our church choir and cantors are
dedicated to empower the faithful assembly to participate fully
and actively in prayer through quality liturgical music,
covering a wide range of periods, styles and languages AND
consisting of music written by great composers of history as
well as works by contemporary composers.
In addition, the choir performs various octavos, motets,
folk songs, spirituals and music for special occasions.
To apply, please send an email detailing your interest and
qualifications to Teresa Cobarrubia Yoder Music Director, email
tmyoder@aol.com
or call 757-240-8409. Employment application:
http://www.richmonddiocese.org/human/apply.htm
