Immediate Opening for Tenor Section Leader, Dallas, TX

Church of the Incarnation, Dallas, has an immediate opening for a Tenor Section leader. The position requires a strong and dedicated musician with excellent sight-reading skills. Most weeks, between September and the end of May, include a Wednesday evening rehearsal and three Sunday services. In addition, the Christmas, Lent and Easter seasons are replete with extra services, and the choir sings weddings, funerals, ordinations, occasional recitals and also a yearly dinner theatre fundraiser. As a section leader, you are responsible for knowing your music, assisting your section, solo singing, punctuality and also for providing substitutes, if you are out. Compensation is in the form of a monthly stipend, plus a per appointment fee for additional services and rehearsals, such as Evensong, Compline, weddings, funerals, Lessons and Carols, Good Friday, Maundy Thursday, concerts, recitals, etc. Fundraising and donor support also enable section leaders to travel with the choir on overseas choir tours.

Church of the Incarnation is one of the largest Episcopal congregations in the US and supports an excellent, well-known music program. The choir regularly performs sung masses, major works, canticles, and music ranging from early chant to recent compositions. The choir just returned from the UK, singing weekly services at Lichfield Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. The choir also has a solid library of recordings, ranging from the music of Gibbons to Langlais. Gerre Hancock will be in residence in November, leading workshops with the choir and conductions a choral mass and Evensong. John Fenstermaker will clinic with the choir, in a similar fashion, in the Spring.

For an audition, please reply to this ad, or contact our new Choirmaster/Organist, Christopher Berry, at 214-521-5101.

For additional information on the choir, please see the following sites:

http://www.incarnation.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=47225&PID=709...

http://www.myspace.com/churchoftheincarnationchancelchoir

http://music.jasonawbrey.com/coti/