Director of Music

The Episcopal Church of St. Mary in Falmouth, Maine (10 minutes from Portland and 2 hours from Boston) welcomes applications for a Director of Music. We seek an exceptional organist and choir director with a master’s degree or equivalent experience who is skilled in preparing, conducting, and accompanying an experienced and dedicated choir with paid section leaders. The applicant should be familiar with and understand the liturgy of the Episcopal Church and the role of music in supporting worship. The individual should have expertise in traditional and modern choral and organ repertoire. Candidates must possess a high level of leadership, organization, courteous communication skills, and must be able to work collaboratively with clergy and other church leaders.

Core duties and responsibilities include: playing the organ and leading the choir during one weekly Sunday service, programming liturgically appropriate hymns and musical repertoire, collaborating on occasional special services (e.g., Choral Evensong, All Souls Requiem, Lessons and Carols, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week etc), supervising routine maintenance of St. Mary’s instruments, consulting with clergy for funerals and weddings held at the parish, maintaining section leader relationships, stewarding the music library, and exploring opportunities for musical events (e.g., concerts, new liturgical offerings like Compline, etc).

This position is 25 hours a week. Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Benefits

Paid time off
Continuing education

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until December 7th.