Music Director (Full-Time)

Middleburg Heights, OH - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 65000 - 70000

Posted on: 3 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

St. Bartholomew parish one that is oriented towards reverence transcendence and beauty is seeking a skilled and devoted full-time Director of Sacred Music to lead our liturgical music program. Reporting to the Pastor the Director of Sacred Music will cultivate a worship experience that draws parishioners into the beauty and mystery of Christ through the Churchs rich musical heritage. This role demands a collaborative leader with exceptional musical talent and a passion for fostering reverence in liturgy.

Key Responsibilities

Liturgical Music Leadership: Select and direct music for weekend Masses school liturgies funerals weddings and other sacramental celebrations prioritizing sacred music within the Churchs tradition to enhance reverence.
Collaboration: Work with families couples and school staff to plan liturgies that reflect the parishs orientation towards reverence ensuring music deepens the spiritual experience. The Director of Sacred Music is also expected to plug into and engage the wider parish through relational ministry and presence.
Choir and Ensemble Development: Recruit train and direct parish choirs (adult youth school and/or childrens) and collaborate with instrumentalists to build a vibrant music ministry that upholds liturgical excellence.
Musical Performance: Provide expert accompaniment on organ and piano delivering technically proficient and spiritually sensitive performances for all liturgies.
Traditional Expertise: Promote the Churchs musical tradition educating and inspiring a modern congregation to encounter Christs beauty through sacred music.
Administration: Manage music budgets maintain instruments schedule rehearsals and ensure compliance with copyright regulations as well as coordinating required maintenance and repairs.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelors degree in Sacred Music Liturgical Music or related field (Masters preferred).
Musical Skill: Exceptional proficiency in organ piano and vocal talents with experience in traditional liturgical repertoire as well as fluency and capacity for contemporary liturgical music.
Liturgical Knowledge: Expertise in Catholic sacred music including chant (proper antiphons) sequences traditions with the ability to communicate its theological depth to todays faithful.
Leadership: Proven ability to inspire and lead choirs and instrumentalists fostering a reverent and beautiful music ministry.
Communication: Strong interpersonal skills to engage parishioners families and school staff conveying the faiths beauty through music.
Faith: Practicing Catholic committed to the Churchs mission and the pastors vision.

Work Schedule
Full-time including weekends some weeknight evenings and occasional holidays with flexibility for funerals weddings and special liturgies.

Compensation
Range: $65000.00 - $70000.00

Contact: Please submit cover letters and resumes to: Fr. Patrick Schultz at ext. 13 14865 Bagley Rd. Middleburg Heights OH 44130

Required Experience:

Director