Director of Music - Atonement Academy, San Antonio, TX Job at Musica Sacra in Sa
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Director of Music - Atonement Academy, San Antonio, TX
The Atonement Academy
15415 Red Robin Road,
San Antonio, TX 78255
Position Vacancy: Director of Music
Job Summary
The Director of Music will oversee the music department consisting of over ten performing choirs and two Gregorian chant ensembles that perform on a rotational basis for daily Mass, and the curriculum used to instruct the students. All students in the school have choir every day, with the exception of the Pre-kindergarten classes, which have music class twice a week.
Responsibilities
- Direct several choirs; assign other choirs and classes to assistant director.
- Play the organ for daily school Mass, Stations of the Cross (Lent), and occasional Evensongs throughout the year or assign organist duties to other staff as needed.
- Oversee two Gregorian Chant ensembles (Men’s Schola & Women’s Schola).
- Oversee the preparation for annual upper and lower school Christmas and Spring concerts; prepare Honor’s Choir students musically for annual All Soul’s Requiem with the Parish Adult Choir.
- Establish calendar designating when choirs will sing for daily Mass and once per month for the Sunday 9am Mass in coordination with the Parish Music Director; distribute calendar to faculty before the 1st of each month.
- Maintain and oversee the budget for the music department.
- Maintain the choral music and liturgical propers library.
- Create weekly hymn sheets, gospel acclamations (tracts during Lent), and graduals for daily school Mass.
- Create monthly Altar Server/Greeter Calendar for daily school Mass.
- Sponsor and prepare students for the TMEA (Texas Music Educators Association) Middle School and High School Choirs, the TPSMEA (Texas Private School Music Educators Association) Children’s Honors Choir, Solo & Ensemble Competition, and Concert & Sight-Reading Competition, and other competitions as appropriate.
- Ensure that the choral program maintains an active involvement in the community.
Minimum Qualifications
- Be a practicing Catholic.
- Hold Bachelor’s degree in music with an emphasis in voice, piano, or organ and teaching certificate or credential.
- Preference will be given to candidates who have experience playing the organ.
Instruments
3-manual, 50 rank Casavant pipe organ and 1-manual, 7 rank Laukhuff organ (chapel).
Salary
Commensurate with experience. Medical and other benefits offered.
Application Process
Please email a cover letter, resume, and unofficial copy of your transcripts to the Human Resources Department. hr@atonementonline.com
About the Employer
Our Mission Statement: The Atonement Academy strives for excellence in the physical, the intellectual, and the spiritual virtues through a challenging course of classical and Catholic education.
Top Academy Honors:
National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
Cardinal Newman Society
Catholic Education Honor Roll
Ranked # 1 on Niche.com "Best Catholic Schools in San Antonio"