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Diocese of Bridgeport

Office of Human Resources

Organist/ Choir Director

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

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