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Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Pastoral Musician as Person of Faith: Takes responsibility for nurturing his or her own faith in order to nurture the faith of others.
Pastoral Musician as Professional Person: Commitment to professional development is a mutual responsibility of the musician and the parish.
To maintain a competent level of professionalism, the responsibility of the pastoral musician includes:
- Practicing to improve or maintain skills in voice, conducting, and the instruments upon which the musician is expected to perform.
- Researching and mastering liturgical contemporary music.
- Pursuing educational advancement in musical skills that relate to the parish's need (e.g., piano/guitar, band instrumentation, vocal pedagogy).
- Keeping current with official statements and documents on music, liturgy, and developments in the pastoral field.
- Studying various liturgical and musical publications.
- Membership in professional organizations and attendance at national and area conferences and workshops.
- Periodic coursework in the field of pastoral liturgy and liturgical music.
- Ability to work on weekends, and occasional weeknights.
Pastoral Musician as Liturgical Minister: The responsibility of the pastoral musician as a liturgical minister involves:
- Selection of all music associated with the contemporary music Masses.
- Serve as a member of the Worship Team on staff, planning creative and musical elements at weekend and special events.
- Coordinate the details of the contemporary bands, arranging music, leading rehearsals, scheduling musicians, planning team events, and more.
- Champion the band’s sound by audio balancing and mixing, as well as providing vision, direction and feedback for audio and visual experiences.
- Coordinating with the Faith Formation Director in the preparation of 1st Communion and Confirmation.
- Membership in professional organizations and attendance at national and area conferences and workshops.
- Periodic coursework in the field of pastoral liturgy and liturgical music.
Pastoral Musician as Administrator: The responsibility of the pastoral musician as an administrator involves:
- Assist with formulating a music budget for the parish worship program.
- Developing and maintaining a liturgical contemporary music library of various styles and genres for assembly, bands, cantor and instrumentalists.
- Assist with maintaining the parish's musical instruments.
- Making recommendations for the purchase of new instruments, sound equipment, hymnals and music supplies.
Requirements:
REQUIREMENTS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s or master's degree in music or its equivalent is preferred.
- Musical leadership requires skills in the following areas: keyboard, voice and conducting. Skills and experience may be required in other areas such as contemporary instrumental ensembles, orchestration, composition and familiarity with musical styles of various cultures within the community.
- A thorough understanding of Roman Catholic liturgical theology and praxis.
- Knowledge of the history and repertoire of sacred and contemporary music.
Organizational/Interpersonal Skills:
- A high level of organizational and interpersonal skill.
- Attention to detail and working well with others.
Language/Communication Skills:
- The ability to read and analyze routine correspondence and compose appropriate responses; ability to respond effectively to common inquiries from internal and external sources; ability to effectively present reports and information to constituents.
Mathematical Skills:
- Must have the ability to apply appropriate mathematical concepts and operations to establish and maintain budgets.
Reasoning Ability:
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establishes facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Personal Qualities:
- A practicing Catholic knowledgeable of Catholic liturgy whose music selections appropriately reflect Catholic doctrine.
- A willingness to keep informed of liturgical pastoral developments and participate in continuing education for musical expertise.
- A sense of prudent balance of enthusiasm and patience, and an ability to work in collaboration with others.
- Bilingual in both English and Spanish languages is a plus.
Knowledge/Skills and Abilities:
- Cooperate with and implement directives from supervisor.
- Proficient in piano and/or guitar.
- Develop the musicianship of cantors and other musicians.
- Nurture musicianship of the youth.
- Lead and animate the community's sung prayer.
- Work in collaboration with other ministers of the parish.
Physical Requirements:
- The ability to sit and stand for long periods of time.
- Must be able to reach, grasp, feel, hear, and see up close and from afar.
- Must be able to use basic office computer hardware and peripherals, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Must be able to communicate verbally and in written form.