Music

 OPENINGS

 

Director of Music Ministry 

ORGANIST/PIANIST/ACCOMPANIST

  1. Written application and resumé, video (with sound) performing a short piece on either organ or piano, and interview.
  2. Professional competence on both organ and piano.
  3. Professional competence demonstrated at:
    1. An audition consisting of one prepared organ piece; one prepared piano piece; one prepared church hymn; one prepared choir accompaniment piece; sight-reading a church hymn and one accompaniment piece.
    2. One choir rehearsal.
    3. One worship service (paid at regular rate).
  4. Education and/or experience in liturgical music for church services.
  5. Ability as an accompanist for choirs, instrumental groups, and soloists, using classical, modern or ethnic liturgical music.
  6. Ability and readiness to follow the direction of the Pastor.
  7. Possess a theological orientation compatible with that of the United Methodist Church.

DUTIES:

  1. Provide musical accompaniment for all worship services.
  2. Rehearse weekly with the Chancel Choir for Sunday worship services.
  3. Receive supervision from the Pastor.
  4. Coordinate with Music Director, Pastor, and Worship Committee to provide own music for preludes, offertories, and postludes.Music selections will be coordinated with the theme of the worship service.
  5. Attend monthly meetings with the Pastor, paid staff, and a Staff-Parish Relations Committee representative. Attend monthly meetings with Pastor and Worship Committee to plan the next three months of church service.
  6. Play for other special services or events including but not limited to, Christmas Eve, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday.
  7. Play for funerals, weddings, and other irregularly scheduled events, as requested, if available. Additional remuneration will be paid.
  8. Supervise the care and use of organ and piano, and recommend needed repairs to the Worship Committee and/or Music Director.
  9. Attend, if possible, regional workshops for church organists, at church expense.
  10. Spend at least one hour of orientation for use of the Johannus organ, at church expense.
  11. Find organist/pianist/accompanist substitutes when needed, in consultation with the Music Director.
  12. The regular workweek is ten hours, paid at a rate of $30.00 per hour.Work hours will be submitted using the St. Paul’s UMC time sheet.

 

SICK LEAVE:

  1. Paul’s UMC provides sick leave for personal illness, injury, personal disability, and medical appointments. 
  2. Employees receive 40 hours per year, starting at date of hire.Sick leave expires at the end of each twelve-month period.

Sick leave cannot be used prior to the time it is credited at the start of each twelve-month period.

  1. Call-in leave notification is to be made as soon as possible, but in no event later than thirty minutes before than the beginning of their workday.
  2. Sick leave may be used on an hour-by-hour basis.
  3. Sick leave may be used when the employee is required to provide care for children, parent, spouse or registered domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, sibling or a designated person which will be limited to one per year.

 

VACATION LEAVE:   

  1. Paul’s UMC does not provide paid vacation leave for employees working less than twenty hours per week.Paid vacation leave is not provided for the organist/pianist/accompanist position.
  2. Paul’s UMC provides the organist/pianist/accompanist two weeks of unpaid vacation leave, if desired.It is preferred that the organist/pianist/accompanist schedule their unpaid vacation leave during the period when the Chancel Choir is on vacation (usually July/August).