St Paul Lutheran Church: Organist

Musician is needed in Niceville, United States.

This job has been crawled from the web.

Client: St Paul Lutheran Church

Location: Niceville, United States

Contract: Contractor

OVERVIEW OF POSITION

Provide weekly organ accompaniment for one service per week at a St. Paul Lutheran Church in Niceville, FL.

St. Paul Lutheran Church is seeking an organist to play for their 830 AM service.

The organist will be expected to select and play a prelude and postlude for the service, and also play hymns and liturgy selected by the Director of Music.

Responsibilities:

• Select and play prelude and postlude for the service
• Play hymns and liturgy selected by the Director of Music
• Run through hymns with the choir prior to the service

The position requires playing for the Sunday service and Festival days (Christmas Eve).

Other events (Wednesday evenings in Lent, funerals) are not part of the agreement but may be available as separately-compensated events; these would require mutual agreement between the organist and the director of music.

Compensation:

Compensation will be on a per-service basis:

• $225 per Sunday Morning/Christmas Eve service
• $150 per Wednesday/funeral service

The church has a Rodgers electronic organ ca. 2004.

The organ meets AGO standards and has a wide range of stops available.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A high level of proficiency as an organist
• Follower of Jesus Christ

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with playing Liturgical service
• AGO membership
• Personal collection of organ selections for use in Church setting
• Familiarity with Lutheran style of hymnody and liturgy

REFERENCES

At least three references are required who can speak to the candidate’s proficiency and experience as a Church organist.

Pay: $225.00 per week