Contact:
Parish Office
Email:
office@kewbenefice.org
Phone:
02083321324
Address:
St Philips and All Saints, 41 Atwood Ave
Locality:
kew
Postcode/Zip:
TW9 4HF
Musical Requirements:
St Philip & All Saints (the Barn Church), Kew
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
We are seeking a Director of Music who will work collaboratively with our Vicar to grow and develop music at St Philip & All Saints: to enhance our worship, encourage and enable our congregation through music, and further our outreach in our wider community.
St Philip & All Saints (The Barn Church) is a friendly and inclusive church in Kew (Diocese of Southwark) which appreciates a breadth of church music from traditional to modern. We have a Forster and Andrews 1894 two-manual organ and blowing plant, maintained by Henry Willis & Sons, and a grand piano. We are known as The Barn Church because the building is built from the timbers of a 17th-century barn from Oxted in Surrey, making for a very beautiful and unique church! See our website https://barnchurchkew.uk. We are walking distance from Kew Gardens Underground and Overground Station and bus routes, and (a bit further) from Richmond Station. Free parking also available.
We are seeking someone with the necessary skills to be:
1.a competent organist and pianist to play at our weekly Sunday morning services, Holy Week and Christmas, and occasional offices when available.
2.a choir director
3.a worship band director
Other details:
The role would suit a creative, enthusiastic and imaginative musician who can nurture our (unrobed) choir and help us develop our existing worship band which aims to encourage and involve our young people and older children.
The Director of Music will be employed by the PCC, and will be paid according to the scale set by the Royal School of Church Music.
For more information, including a Job Description (which details remuneration and fees) and Person Specification, contact our parish office at: office@kewbenefice.org If you would like an informal conversation about the role, please contact the Vicar, the Reverend Dr Melanie Harrington-Haynes revmelanie.kewbenefice@gmail.com
Applications to be received by: Friday 31 May
Auditions and interviews will be held on: Tuesday 11 June
Appointment subject to Enhanced DBS check