Organist​/Choir Director

Organist/ Choir Director

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport

• Part‑time position
• Salary commensurate with experience
• Familiarity with Roman Catholic service and liturgical traditions is important; being a practicing Roman Catholic is not required.

• Play for all Holy Days of Obligation
• Play for weddings and funerals (separate remuneration as set by agreement between musician and pastor)
• Coordinate music for special liturgical services as needed

• Soloist currently sings at all three weekend Masses, Holy Days, weddings, and a substitute is arranged when unavailable.
• Singing by the organist is not required but may be helpful.

• Recruit members of the congregation for adult and children’s choirs.
• Re‑establish choirs to participate in one weekly service (September‑June)
• Determine and schedule choir rehearsal times as needed.
• Plan the music program and select choral repertoire for the liturgy.
• Rehearse and prepare the choir for the planned liturgical services.

• Attend Liturgy Committee meetings – 1 hour, once a month.

• Church organ: Current 2‑manual Allen organ. Scheduled to be replaced by a larger instrument (soon); the new organ will be from ‘Meta Organworks’ with 5 manuals and roughly 20 organ sample sets (French, German Baroque, Spanish, Aeolian‑Skinner, Casavant, etc.).
• Chapel: Electronic piano (Clavinova) in good working order.
• Music room: Located behind the chapel; direct access from the church.
• Parish Hall: Connectedɓre the church. Includes a stage and an upright piano.

• Opportunity to produce musical pageants and special performances.
• Possibility of collaboration with Religious Education programs for special events.

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