Catholic Musician Organist Keyboardist and Cantor

1. Background

1.1. The Command Religious Program (CRP) focuses on the provision of worship services for spiritual growth and development for all military personnel and their family members.

2.1. Command Religious Program requires Musician/organist and cantor support for the delivery of musical support as Musician/Organist and Cantor for the Roman Catholic Masses onboard MCINCR-MCBQ at the Marine Memorial Chapel and for special/seasonal Masses, as well as funeral and memorial services.

3.1. The Musician/organist and cantor, the Musician, shall be responsible for all music associated with worship and provide instrumentation for all music (preludes, postludes, congregational music offertories, anthems, choral music, and service music). The Musician/organist and cantor/Musician shall coordinate with and recommend to the Catholic Priest on all instrumental music and songs for each Mass/service, as well as, the special/seasonal Masses/services.

There will be a 10 – 15 minute prelude before the Mass.

3.2. The Contract/Musician shall be responsible for all music and choir rehearsals associated with the Catholic Masses/worship. The Musician/organist and cantor/Musician shall provide instrumentation for weekly scheduled choir rehearsals (times to be determined by the Catholic Priest), soloist rehearsals when they are part of the musical program and seasonal/special rehearsals, as required. For this contract a rehearsal is defined as a period of time no less than one (1) hour during which the Musician/organist and cantor/Musician rehearses that music in preparation for public use in the Catholic Chapel programs (which includes both Masses).

3.3. The Musician/organist and cantor/Musician shall recommend and provide instrumentation for funerals and memorial services for active duty Marines, for active duty Marine Corps Base Quantico personnel, and/or for family members of active duty MCINCR-MCBQ personnel of the Catholic Faith, as needed.

3.4. The Musician/organist and cantor/Musician shall provide recommendations to the Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) concerning the proper maintenance of the chapel organ and pianos.

3.5. The Musician/organist and cantor will provide in advance the music plan for all regular and special/seasonal Masses/services, when possible. For Masses/services scheduled on short notice, the plan of instrumental music will be passed to the Musician/organist and cantor/Musician as soon as possible.

3.6. The Musician/organist and cantor shall provide in all instruments, other than the organs and piano in the Marine Memorial Chapel (MMC) or designated worship location on MCINCR-MCBQ Quantico.

The Musician/organist and cantor agrees to provide instrumentation (or appropriate substitute) and soloist accompaniment when required for scheduled Catholic Chapel Wedding Masses. Since weddings and wedding rehearsals are not part of the Chapel Program, fees for the services are not covered within the contract. Fees for these services will be provided by the wedding couple and in accordance with published wedding guidelines.

3.7. The Musician/organist and cantor shall recommend music and provide instrumentation for funerals and memorial services for active duty Marines, for active duty Marine Corps Base Quantico personnel, and/or for family members of active duty MCINCR-MCBQ personnel of the Catholic Faith, as needed. For non-Marine Corps Base Quantico personnel and/or family members, fees for this service will be provided by the family or funeral home.

There will be a 15 minute prelude before each funeral/memorial service.

3.8. The Musician/organist and cantor shall show flexibility with regard to musical selection and be willing to include both contemporary and traditional music in the preparation of all worship Masses/services.

3.9. The Musician/organist and cantor shall show flexibility with regard to volunteers who play instruments other than the piano or organ and welcome the accompanists and or instrumentalists.

4.1. The Musician/organist and cantor shall have the following qualifications:

4.1.1. Written evidence of at least five (5) years of current experience as an…