Music Director - Prince of Peace Catholic Church - Lake Villa - Vic

Music Director
- Prince of Peace Catholic Church
- Lake Villa
- Vic I

The Archdiocese of Chicago, the third largest in the United States, serves more than 2.2 million Catholics in 216 parishes in Cook County and Lake County, a geographic area of 1,411 square miles. The Archdiocese, pastored by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, has more than 13,000 employees in its systems and ministries, including Catholic Charities, the region’s largest nonprofit social service agency.

The Archdiocese also has one of the country's largest seminaries. The Archdiocese’s 150+elementary and secondary schools comprise one of the largest
U.S. private school systems. Its schools have received 96 U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Awards.

The Director of Music facilitates the music for all liturgical celebrations. These responsibilities include directing and planning regularly scheduled liturgies on weekends, holy days, and other celebrations during liturgical seasons; directing, scheduling, and rehearsing all music assemblies; conducting church choir; recruitment and formation of cantors and music volunteers; scheduling music and instrumentalists at weekend Masses, onHolyDays and seasonal liturgies; music for Faith Formation program;

supervision of audiovisual equipment; and music for funerals, weddings, and quinceñeras.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The following duties and functions, as outlined herein, are intended to be representative of the type of tasks performed within this classification. They are not listed in any order of importance. The omission of specific statements of duties or functions does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

A Pastoral Musician as a Professional Musician
Commitment to professional development is a mutual responsibility of the musician and the parish. To maintain a competent level of professionalism, the responsibility of the
pastoral musician includes:

• Practices to improve or maintain skills in voice, conducting, and the instruments upon which the musician is expected to perform.
• Research and mastery of liturgical music
• Pursues educational advancement in musical skills that relate to the parish's need (e.g., organ, choral directing, vocal pedagogy)
• Keeps current with official statements and documents on music, liturgy, and developments in the pastoral field
• Studies various liturgical and musical publications
• Member of professional organizations and attendance at national and area conferences and workshops
• Periodic coursework in the field of pastoral liturgy and liturgical music.

Pastoral Musician as Administrator
The responsibility of the pastoral musician as an administrator involves:

• Makes liturgical music policies in conjunction with the Liturgy Commission and pastoral staff, taking into consideration Diocesan and national guidelines
• Formulates a music budget for the parish worship program.
• Develops and maintains a liturgical music library of various styles and genres for assembly, choir, cantor, and instrumentalists.
• Maintains the parish's musical instruments.
• Mak…