Bass Staff Singer Position Available, St. Peter’s Episcopal, St. Louis

Bass Staff Singer Position Available

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Ladue

110 N Warson Rd

St. Louis, Mo.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church is seeking a bass Staff Singer to provide leadership and support in the St. Peter’s Choir. The Choir has a history of commissioning new music, and several such pieces are recorded on their recent CD A Year in Saint Louis is on the Regent label. The Choir will make a new recording this season. The Choir has sung in England on multiple occasions.

Expectations

• Weekly Thursday rehearsals from 7:15-9:15 p.m.
• Weekly Sunday rehearsal & service from 9:45 a.m. to approximately 11:30 a.m.
• Major feasts and fasts of the liturgical year including, but not limited to services on All Saints, Christmas Eve*, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday*, Easter Day, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday
  *undergraduate students would be encouraged but not required to sing
• Services of Lessons and Carols (Advent and/or Christmas)
• Choral Evensong and other major choral services, as announced
• Choral concerts (up to two a year) and other community performances
• Occasional extra rehearsals for these and other major services as announced

Musical Abilities

• Excellent sight-reading ability, ear training, vocal technique
• Fluency with different styles of choral music
• Knowledge of and/or experience with the Anglican choral tradition preferable but not required.

Leadership

The successful applicant will serve as a collegial member of the Choir as a whole.

• Work with other basses to form a unified section sound
• Perform solos as requested

Compensation

• $40 per call,  (typically $80 a week)
• Paid monthly.

Please e-mail resume/C.V. and cover letter to:

Mr. David Sinden

Organist and Director of Music

(314) 993-2306 ext. 105

Applications will be considered until a suitable candidate is found.