Catholic Organist

Key Responsibilities

• Provide organ and piano accompaniment for:

  • Sunday 0900 and 1215 Catholic Masses

  • Holy Days of Obligation (including vigils)

  • Special liturgies and seasonal services

  • Funerals and memorial services (as required)

• Perform:

  • 5-minute prelude before Mass

  • 3-minute postlude after Mass

  • 15-minute prelude for funerals/memorials

• Coordinate music selections with the Priest in accordance with:

  • Roman Gradual

  • General Instruction of the Roman Missal

• Rehearse with choirs, cantors, and soloists.

• Prepare and submit monthly music plans in advance.

• Support major liturgical celebrations, including:

  • Ash Wednesday

  • Holy Week (Tenebrae, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil)

  • Confirmation Mass

  • Corpus Christi & Christ the King Processions

  • Children’s Nativity Play

• Provide recommendations regarding maintenance of chapel organ and pianos.

• Provide substitutes when unable to perform.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years current experience as a Catholic organist in a parish or military chapel.

• Minimum 4+ years organ performance experience.

• Formal organ training (college-level training acceptable).

• Basic-level certification from the American Guild of Organists (AGO).

• Ability to sight-read, transpose, and harmonize music.

• Experience accompanying choirs, cantors, and soloists.

• Strong knowledge of Catholic liturgy and Church calendar.