Goodloe Memorial Unitarian Universalist Congregation
in Bowie, MD
Seeks Part-Time Choir Director
Preferred qualifications: A Music degree or Major with Choral training or comparable experience, as well as training and experience to carry out the duties described below.
Contract period: Ten months work (mid-August to mid-June)
Compensation: Up to $5,000 for a ten-month period.
Responsibilities: The choir director at GMUUC supervises choir activities and other music related activities as defined below.
The program and duties include:
1. Worship: Collaborate with minister or other service leaders in the creation of worship services; choose anthems and hymns in consultation with minister/service leaders/accompanist; communicate and arrange for musicians at services; design and implement special musical worship services in conjunction with choir members; support and develop the experience of congregational singing;
2. Adult Music: Encourage singers/musicians to join the choir(s); rehearse with adult choir once a week on a weekday evening; Sept-June, and lead choir on Sunday mornings, approximately twice monthly; recruit and prepare choir for special services, such as memorial services, installations and other state occasions. Serve as choir's lead contact in congregation's pastoral ministry. At choir director's discretion, he/she may create ad hoc choirs or musical groups to expand the musical experiences available to adult musicians.
3. General Duties: Work with lay leaders to plan program activities that will enrich congregational life and reach out into the community. In collaboration with congregation's staff and leaders, cast a vision for the future of GMUUC's music program. Maintain contact with music colleagues in other churches and with the wider denomination through involvement in the Unitarian Universalist Musician's Network and/or other professional and denominational organizations. Maintain and cultivate music library, and maintain music budget and spending for music program. Maintain congregation's musical instruments and attachments (carrying cases, etc.)
Please send your resume to Steve Buckingham at president@goodloeuu.org and/or Rev. Cynthia Snavely at minister@goodloeuu.org.