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Shelbyville, Indiana The First Presbyterian Church in Shelbyville, Indiana is looking for a part-time organist to play for the Sunday morning 10:30 AM worship service for two Sundays each month. The two Sundays may be chosen by the organist and agreed to by the Director of Music. The basic responsibilities include preparing a Prelude, Offertory & Postlude as well as playing for the hymns in the morning service. The selections may be classical, traditional, or contemporary. On rare occasions you may be asked to accompany the choir for their anthem. They rehearse before the morning service so an extra trip would not be required. The organ is a 37 rank, three-manual Schantz pipe organ that was installed in 1959 and, in 2007, had some additional work done on it. The pay is $125 per service, negotiable for experience. This is a warm, welcoming, laid-back church with about 130 people in worship every Sunday that are looking for someone of any age or experience to join in and add to our Sunday morning worship experience. Contact Cynthia Morningstar at cbmorn@hotmail.com or 317-392-7805 if you are interested. ORGANIST POSITION - FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA The First Presbyterian Church of Martinsville, Indiana announces an opening for organist beginning August 30, 2009. First Presbyterian has a long musical association with the IU Jacobs School of Music. Dr Jan Harrington, professor emeritus of conducting is the Director of Music and Dr. Chris Young served here as organist for 11 years. For the last year and a half, Adam Burnette was the organist; several IU School of Music Majors serve as Choral Scholars and Music Assistants. The church is approximately 30 minutes from the IU School of Music. The church has a small, but well-voiced, 2-manual Reuter Pipe Organ (19 ranks). (See attached specification list.) The selected candidate must be able to function on a professional musical level both in the variety and quality of service music provided, the ability to accompany anthems in rehearsal and services, and, most importantly, be able to provide excellent and creative hymn playing for congregational singing. The organist duties are listed as follows: Provide organ music and special music accompaniment for all Sunday services as well as Ash Wednesday and Maundy Thursday services. The Sunday services absolutely include the fourth (4th) Sunday in Advent, Christmas Eve, Easter and Palm Sunday. Currently there is one Sunday Morning Service at 10:00. Play rehearsals once weekly with the Chancel Choir (Thursday Nights 7:30-8:45) and a warm-up rehearsal on Sunday morning during the usual Late Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring Choir seasons. Provide wedding and funeral music for in-church services, when available, according to Session guidelines and for a fee which is Session-approved. The current organist fee for a wedding rehearsal and wedding is $200.00. Work in cooperation with the Pastor and Music Director in planning unified and well-structured worship services. Provide guidance to the church regarding the condition and needs of our organ and pianos. Notify, as early as possible, the Music Director, Pastor, Worship & Music Ministry Moderator and Office Administrator regarding absences and, in consultation with the Director of Music, take responsibility for finding substitutes when absent. For each twelve months of service, the church shall provide three paid vacation weeks, four paid professional days to be taken on Sundays, and sick leave for one rehearsal and Sunday per year. Vacation weeks, professional days, and sick leave shall not accumulate from year to year. Absence in excess of the allocated vacation weeks, professional days and sick leave shall result in a proportionate reduction in salary. Interested musicians should submit a brief resume and letter of intent directly to Dr. Jan Harrington at harringt@indiana.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until a candidate is identified. Job Postings are posted as a courtesy to churches and organists in our area. If you would like to add your ORGANIST job related posting to this area please email the webmaster from the link on the main page. Unless requested, listings will be removed after a period of 120 days. |
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