Diocese of St. Augustine is hiring: Director of Music in St Augustine

Director of Music

Reports to: Pastor

FLSA: Salary Exempt

Full-Time - including weekends and evenings

GENERAL SUMMARY: The Music Director is responsible for leading and coordinating all aspects of the music ministry at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine. This role is responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing music for liturgical celebrations and requires the ability to lead and inspire both volunteer and professional musicians. A deep understanding of the Roman Catholic liturgy is required.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Administrative

• Communicate effectively with parishioners, parish musicians and Cathedral Staff.
• Plan all liturgical music and repertoire for all Sunday Masses, Funerals, and special parish liturgies to be scheduled. This planning is to be done with the support of Sacred Scripture, the Revised General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 3rd Typical Edition, the Liturgical Documents of the Vatican Council, directives of the USCCB, "Sing to the Lord" and other local liturgical music guidelines of the Diocese of St. Augustine.
• Develop a yearly budget to reflect the needs of the music program of the Cathedral Parish. This budget will reflect the administrative functions and printing needs of the music office; the maintenance and tuning of the parish's piano and two organs; provisions for professional development of the Cathedral organist and music director; the purchase of new music and when needed, new parish hymnals; funds for the hiring of substitute organists and instrumentalists; the purchase of appropriate copyright licenses.
• Plan choral music repertoire for choirs to reflect the weekly Scripture Readings and/or the Seasonal Feast Day suggestions with consideration abilities of the choirs.
• Collaborate with Cathedral organist and cantor(s) in the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours.
• Collaborate with Cathedral Parish School to ensure weekly School Masses have appropriate liturgical music.
• Recruit members of choirs and ensembles.
• Plan effective choral rehearsals with the goal of providing the parish with Cathedral Quality choral experiences.
• Organize and keep rosters of choir members, cantors, instrumentals, choral and instrumental music library inventories. Order new choral music for choirs as the need arises.
• Schedule Cantor Assignments for Sunday Masses and Funerals.
• Represent the Cathedral Parish in all daily communication from those seeking musical advice and direction. Be of service to other Diocesan musicians seeking support and/or advice.
• Work in collaboration with City officials in the use of Cathedral facilities and events.
• Oversee maintenance of Choir Gallery, rehearsal room and music office.
• Organize and recruit artists and schedule the First Friday Art Walk Concerts held in conjunction with the First Friday Art Walk of the City of St. Augustine.
• Advertise and promote such events via the media.
• Foster Organ concerts on the Cathedral's two organs. Advertise and promote such events via the media.
• Represent the parish and supervise the use of Cathedral facilities by the St. Augustine Community Chorus, The St. Augustine Music Festival, and other local entities and schools scheduling concert times in the Cathedral.
• Keep records and reporting of all gifts to music department and money received from the sale of concert tickets and donations from the First Friday Art Walk Concerts.
• Negotiate and reimburse artists for their time and talent in providing music for recitals and concerts.
• Attend all staff meetings and Liturgy Committee Meetings scheduled throughout the year.
• Collaborate on Worship Aids and Programs for different concerts, liturgies, and events throughout the year.

Performance

• In collaboration with the Cathedral Organist, schedule the musical coverage of all Cathedral's daily and weekend Masses and special events throughout the year. Be available for funerals and weddings when necessary.
• Teach, rehearse and direct all choral music for the three Cathedral Choirs, as well as the Cathedral Women's Schola.
• Have strong organ skills, especially in improvisation, accompaniment, and service playing.
• Promote the development of authentic liturgical music using Gregorian Chant, Renaissance polyphony, organ music, hymnody and contemporary song.
• Play the organ and direct ensembles from the bench at the same time when needed.

Diocesan Liturgies

• This position is a parish music director position. However, since the Diocese of St. Augustine does not have a director of music nor a diocesan choir, the responsibilities for diocesan liturgies taking place in the Cathedral (and sometimes in other venues) currently falls on the Director of Music for Cathedral Parish and the Cathedral Organist; in which case, all appropriate administrative and performance activities are expected.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in music or a related field with excellent organ/piano skills, vocal technique, and choral conducting skills.
• Five years of work experience as a Director of Music in a Catholic Parish preferred.
• Experience with musical instrumentation, preferably with music writing and composition.
• Familiarity with music technology; including sound systems, digital scores, live-
• stream, recording.
• Broad musical knowledge of styles including standard and modern Catholic music, traditional hymns, and Praise and Worship style of music.
• A prayerful person of faith committed to personal and professional growth, with extensive knowledge in and love for Catholic liturgy.
• Faithfully adheres to the teachings of the Catholic Church.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with clergy, staff and volunteers.
• Able to direct/supervise the music ministry team: assistants, cantors, choirs, and accompanists.
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office, Publisher, Music writing/editing software).

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively

present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, vendors, employees, and the public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers,

common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and

interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to

interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal

with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an

employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; climb stairs; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Our Choir Gallery/ Loft, where the Music Director directs the choir, is on the second floor and is only accessible by a steep staircase.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee

encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations

may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Flexibility to work evenings and

weekends, when necessary, and ability to travel and drive one's own vehicle to various diocesan locations.