MUSIC AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Vacancy: Organist and Director of Music at the First Baptist Church of Boston, Massachusetts

The First Baptist Church of Boston is looking for its next Organist and Director of Music. This is a part-time position ($12,000 per year package, with 4 Sundays off per year) which requires playing the organ at our Sunday 11:00AM service. Rehearsal with the choir (over half of whom are paid professionals) traditionally has been Sunday mornings at 9:30AM, although this is negotiable. Additional services at which the Organist would be expected to play include a Christmas Eve service, Maundy Thursday, occasional events that we host, and short selections during our Quarterly meetings. Playing at weddings and memorial services would provide additional income, as would other initiatives that you might develop in agreement with the Trustees of FBC-Boston. The Organist/Director would be expected to attend meetings of the Music Committee and Quarterly business meetings, and to have regular meetings with the Senior Pastor, who is the supervisor for the Organist/Director. One of the joys of this position is getting to play on a grand 1871 Hook and Hastings organ, and the ability to put together a music program at the church with your own unique stamp in dialogue with the Senior Pastor and the Board of Trustees. There is parking available at the church, and we are easily accessible from the Copley stop of the Green Line on the T. All applications, which should include a cover letter and cv/resume should be sent via email to the Senior Pastor, The Rev. Dr. Stephen Butler Murray at revdrmurray@yahoo.com. If you do not have access to email, you may send your applications to him at The First Baptist Church of Boston, 110 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02116. It is expected that finalists will be invited to serve as a guest organist and to interview with the search committee following the worship service on an upcoming Sunday in October or November. Our hope is to have a new Organist and Director of Music in place for the Advent season of 2010, although the start date is negotiable.

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