Our Lady of Peace Parish
Position Overview
- Part-time position
- Salary commensurate with experience
- Seeking a professional While the candidate is not required to be a practicing Roman Catholic, familiarity with the Roman Catholic service and liturgical traditions is important.
Primary Responsibilities Liturgical Music
- Play organ/piano for all weekend Masses:
- Saturday: 4:30 PM
- Sunday: 8:30 AM and 11:00 AM
- Play for all Holy Days of Obligation
- Play for weddings and funerals *separate remuneration as set by agreement between musician and pastor
- Coordinate music for special liturgical services as needed
Vocal Participation
- A soloist currently sings at all three weekend Masses, Holy Days, weddings, and Soloist arranged for substitute when she is not available.
- Singing by the organist is not required, but may be helpful
Choir Leadership – Currently no active choirs.
- Recruit members of the congregation for:
- Adult choir
- Children’s choir
- Re-establish choirs to participate in one weekly service (September-June)
- Determine and schedule choir rehearsal times, as needed
- Plan the music program+ select the choral music for the liturgical
- Rehearse/prepare the choir for the planned
Planning & Collaboration
- Attend Liturgy Committee meetings* 1 hour 1x a month
- Participate in discussions related to:
- Liturgy planning
- Pageants, Plays
- Special parish events
Facilities & Instruments
- Church organ:
- Currently a 2-manual Allen organ
- Scheduled to be replaced with a larger instrument *soon*!
- New Instrument: new organ will be from ‘Meta Organworks’ consisting 5 manual with approximately 20 organ sample sets Consider samples such as French, German Baroque, Spanish, Aeolian-Skinner, Casavant, etc.
- Chapel:
- Electronic piano (Clavinova) in good working order
- Music room:
- Located behind the chapel
- Direct access from the church
- Parish Hall:
- Connected to the church, Includes a stage and an upright piano
Additional Opportunities
- Opportunity to produce:
- Musicals, Pageants
- Special performances
- Possibility of collaboration with Religious Education programs for special events
To apply for this job email your details to Jenna.right@olopct.org
