Director of Music Job in Kenya - All Saints’ Cathedral Church Nairobi

Job Title: Director of Music 

Location:
 ASC Church 

Reports to:
 Worship Minister

General Purpose of the Job
 

The Director of Music should work to ensure that the music program is of the highest quality in providing music for the worship services and for the church and community as a whole.

Stimulate, strengthen and broaden the music program of the church, and to coordinate and administer all music-related programs for the church and envision and develop a church-wide music program with an emphasis on congregational involvement, education and spiritual growth.

Key duties and Responsibilities 
  • Serve as the primary organist and choir director of the Cathedral and its schools.
  • Direct of supervise the direction of performing musical ensembles of the parish, including supervision of the assistant organists.
  • Collaborate with the Provost and staff, as needed, to plan regular and special service; appropriate to the lectionary and the season of the Church Year.
  • Facilitate the education of the congregation in the liturgy and music used in services.
  • Offer liturgical-musical support to any church groups as requested.
  • Serve as staff liaison to the church liturgy and music team.
  • Hire, supervise and coordinate professional/or volunteer, as needed to ensure a program of highest quality of music.
  • Prepare and account for the music budget, and coordinate the other budgetary needs of related liturgy and Music Committees.
  • Maintain the music library.
  • Maintain the use of musical instruments, equipment and facilities.
  • Coordinate all fine arts programs for the church including concerts by church music groups, non church groups/organization and individuals wishing to offer programs using the church facility and which benefits the church.
  • Continuously lead in identification and recruitment of choristers and instrumentalists.
  • Provide leadership for all choirs.
Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree in music or its equivalent.
  • Proficiency in playing the organ.
  • Over 3 years experience in choir director.
  • Born again Christian preferably Anglican.
Interested applicants are requested to apply before 8th July 2011 to.

The Provost
All Saints Cathedral Church
P. O. Box 40539 - 00100
Nairobi

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