Contact:
Daniel Battle
Email:
musicdirector@birminghamoratory.org.uk
Address:
The Oratory,
141 Hagley Road
Locality:
Birmingham
Postcode/Zip:
B16 8UE
Musical Requirements:
Person type
• We are looking for an organist who can show aptitude in a formal liturgical setting.
• It is desirable that he/she should have a music degree or higher diploma in music.
• It is desirable that he/she should have some knowledge of accompanying plainchant using chant notation as found in the Graduale Romanum and Liber Usualis.
• A high standard of organ playing is necessary and a knowledge of choral conducting is desirable.
Roles and responsibilities
• The Assistant Organist will report to the Director of Music in the first instance. Above the Director of Music is the Prefect of Music.
• He/she will work with the Director of Music mainly at the Traditional Latin Mass and Vespers & Benediction on Sundays.
• He/she will be available for major feast days and special services which are unique to the Oratory. Midweek services are usually at 7:30pm.
• He/she will occasionally deputise for the Director of Music.