A position has opened at Scarborough Bluffs United Church for an organist/choir director, to begin when it can be mutually arranged.

We are a smallish but viable and open-minded congregation that values the music part of worship highly.  Our sanctuary is well known for its acoustics (several choirs perform here);  we have a Sohner grand piano and an Ahlborn Galanti organ with three manuals and a full pedalboard.  We have a large library of anthems as well as Voices United and More Voices.  Our SATB choir members can all read music and sing well.  Both congregation and choir are open to many genres of music, as long as it enriches and/or enlivens the worship service.
We expect the music leader to work collaboratively with other staff (minister, office administrator) and volunteers (the choir, the worship committee).   We also hope he/she/they will help and challenge the choir, both on regular Sundays and those times of the year calling for special music (Christmas, Easter, etc.)  We expect a 1.5 - 2 hour choir practice weekly, Sunday warm-up, and use of both the organ and piano for preludes, postludes, and offertories.  The organist/choir director is also expected to attend any Worship Committee meetings (two or three times a year, usually on Sunday after the service).

The contract is from September 1 to June 30, with the option of playing in the summer on a per diem basis.  Remuneration will be in line with the RCCO guidelines.  We anticipate a work week of 10 - 12 hours on average, over the year.

For more information, please contact Margaret Gillespie at 416-431-4421, or by e-mail:   marjo.stragill@gmail.com.  The church address is 3739 Kingston Rd. Scarborough, M1J 3H4.  The website is scarboroughbluffs.org.  The telephone is 416-267-8265.