Part-Time Choir Accompanist – Elevate Rehearsals

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

St. Catherine University invites applications for a part-time Music Accompanist in the Music Department, supporting cocurricular music and helping develop the choir under the Director of Cocurricular Music.

The role includes accompanying the University Choir at warm-ups, rehearsals and concerts, offering high-level musical support, and collaborating on rehearsal direction and repertoire choices while maintaining professional communications with students and the director.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience as an accompanist needed.

Responsibilities

• Play full and sectional accompaniment; provide high-level musical instruction assistance in notes, rhythms, and phrasing, as needed.
• Accompany University Choir during warm-ups, rehearsals, at concerts, and other special events.
• Collaborate with the director on decisions regarding rehearsal direction, hiring/auditioning soloists and extra musicians as needed, recruitment initiatives, and aesthetic choices within chosen repertoire.
• Maintain a high level of professionalism in all communications with students and the director.

Skills

Experience as accompanist

Education

Bachelor's degree

Masters degree

Job description

St. Catherine University invites applications for a part-time Music Accompanist in the Music Department, supporting cocurricular music and helping develop the choir under the Director of Cocurricular Music.

The role includes accompanying the University Choir at warm-ups, rehearsals and concerts, offering high-level musical support, and collaborating on rehearsal direction and repertoire choices while maintaining professional communications with students and the director.