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- Title
- Director of Music
- Name
- Trinity Episcopal, Staunton, VA., Augusta Parish
- Address
- 214 W. Beverley St.
- City
- Staunton
- Zip
- 24402
- State
- VA
- Phone
- (540) 886-9132
- Fax
- (540) 885-3096
- Email
- templelm@jmu.edu
- Website
- http://www.trinitystaunton.org
- Time Type
- full-time
- Hours
- 35-40
- Date listed
- 2010-04-19
- Description
- Trinity Church (Augusta Parish) is an Episcopal Church located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in a small city of 25,000 where the arts are highly valued. The surrounding county has an additional population of 100,000 people. The parish dates back to 1746 and currently has 600+ members. The parish is strongly committed to Christian education and outreach missions, in addition to supporting a vibrant music program. We maintain three Sunday morning services (two in the summer months): an early service (Rite I) without music; a mid-morning service (Rite II) with a musical ensemble of guitars, violin, flute, and piano; and a traditional late-morning service (alternating Rites I and II) with organ and choir, as well as other special services on holy days. A Taize service is held monthly.
The Director of Music is responsible for continuing a long tradition of music excellence by overseeing the musical life of the Parish and especially with providing and directing choral, organ, and other instrumental music for the late-morning Sunday service and other special services. The music director is supported by several semi-professional volunteer or part time paid musicians. Choirs include a 35-voice, all-volunteer parish choir, choir of men and boys, and graded choirs for children and youth. We seek a well-trained church musician with excellent choral directing and organ skills, and someone who is interested in evolving hymnody and liturgical music. The Director of Music should be a person of prayer and devotion to the mission of God in the community of the Church.
Trinity Church has a 32 stop Taylor and Boody mechanical action organ installed in 2000, a 9 foot Chickering grand piano (recently restored) in the sanctuary, a 5 foot Mason and Hamlin grand piano in the choir room, and a 5 octave set of Whitechapel handbells. The Director of Music has control over the use of these instruments by others, free access to them at all times, and full use of them for the teaching of students. The organ is maintained by the builders, whose shop is located in Staunton (www.taylorandboody.com).
Please send a CV, letter of interest, names/contact information of three professional references as email attachments.
- Compensation
- negotiable
- Contact name
- Dennis Case
- Available
- september
