Director of Music
CatholicJobs.com · Reston, VA · 1 mo ago
Art & Creative$75k–$85k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment only, with sections for headings where content exists. Use for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, duplicated lines, application instructions. Preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Job: Director of Music at St. John Neumann Catholic Church Reston, VA.
- Job ID etc removed.
- Posted date etc maybe not needed? Probably not needed as it's metadata; we can drop.
- Category Music Ministry Terms Full-Time Employee Experience 5-10 Years Education Undergraduate Degree Base Pay Salary (some weird). We'll extract meaningful.
- Description: "St. John Neumann Catholic Church (SJN) seeks a dynamic and engaging Director of Music to provide, organize, and/or coordinate music for all weekend and Holy Day Masses and other special liturgies at St. John Neumann Catholic Church. This position reports to the SJN Pastor and is defined as Full-Time with benefits: * Meaningful work * service oriented and respectful work environment * work-life balance * generous leave, including paid FML * medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 403(b) and retirement plans."
- Regular Duties and Responsibilities: list bullet points.
- Skills, Experience, And Knowledge Requirements: list bullet points.
- Resources at SJN include two baby grand pianos, a Rodgers organ in the church with 9 ranks of Ruffati pipes, and another Rodgers organ in the chapel.
- Salary Range: $75,000-$85,000
- Start Date: Flexible
- About The Employer: description of parish.
We need sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must only include sections when posting has real specific content.
Let's map:
- About the role: Could be the introductory paragraph describing the role. That's substantive.
- Responsibilities: The "Regular Duties and Responsibilities" list.
- Requirements: maybe "Experience 5-10 Years Education Undergraduate Degree" but also "Two-three years' experience working in a liturgical music environment." and "Bachelor of Music or similar experience." Also "Excellent keyboard skills - piano and organ." etc. Might be overlapping with Skills.
We need to separate Requirements vs Qualifications vs Skills. The instruction says use those headings if content exists. We can decide to put:
- Requirements: maybe the experience and education requirements (5-10 years, undergraduate degree). But also "Two-three years' experience working in a liturgical music environment." and "Bachelor of Music or similar experience." Might be considered qualifications.
- Qualifications: maybe the knowledge of liturgical guidelines, etc.
- Skills: keyboard skills, communication, interpersonal, vocal/choral technique, conducting, familiarity with Spanish-speaking ensembles.
But we need to avoid duplication. Let's extract distinct bullet points.
From "Skills, Experience, And Knowledge Requirements":
- Excellent keyboard skills - piano and organ. Must play hymns and service music in a singable manner.
- Two-three years' experience working in a liturgical music environment.
- Bachelor of Music or similar experience.
- Knowledge of church liturgical music guidelines, especially as outlined by Vatican II. Must be familiar with the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of vocal, choral technique, and choral conducting.
- Familiarity in working with Spanish-speaking ensembles.
Also earlier: "Experience 5-10 Years Education Undergraduate Degree" maybe a summary.
We could treat "Experience 5-10 Years Education Undergraduate Degree" as a brief requirement line.
But we must not invent placeholders.
We have Benefits: listed as bullet points after "Full-Time with benefits: * Meaningful work * service oriented and respectful work environment * work-life balance * generous leave, including paid FML * medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 403(b) and retirement plans."
Pay: Salary Range: $75,000-$85,000
Schedule: Not explicitly given besides Full-Time. Could infer Full-Time schedule but not specific hours. The instruction says never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It does state Full-Time but not schedule details. Should we include Schedule? Probably not, because no specific schedule like "Monday-Friday 9-5". So we omit Schedule.
We also have Start Date: Flexible. That could be considered Schedule? Not exactly. Could be under About the role or maybe a separate section? Not among allowed headings. Could be included in About the role paragraph.
We also have Resources at SJN include... That could be part of About the role or maybe a separate section like Resources but not allowed heading. Could incorporate into About the role.
We also have About The Employer description. That could be About the role? Actually About the role is about the job; About the employer is separate but we don't have a heading for About the employer. Could incorporate into About the role or maybe a separate section like About the Employer but not allowed. So we could merge into About the role or maybe a separate paragraph after responsibilities.
We need to avoid duplication: The posting has "Job Description" repeated twice at start; we should only include once.
We must remove boilerplate like "Send applications or inquiries to: pkwapniewski@saintjn.org" (application instructions) and privacy/security notice, Terms of Service, Report This Listing, etc.
Also remove "Similar Job Listings" section.
Now craft HTML.
We'll have:
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, duplicated lines, application instructions. Preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Job: Director of Music at St. John Neumann Catholic Church Reston, VA.
- Job ID etc removed.
- Posted date etc maybe not needed? Probably not needed as it's metadata; we can drop.
- Category Music Ministry Terms Full-Time Employee Experience 5-10 Years Education Undergraduate Degree Base Pay Salary (some weird). We'll extract meaningful.
- Description: "St. John Neumann Catholic Church (SJN) seeks a dynamic and engaging Director of Music to provide, organize, and/or coordinate music for all weekend and Holy Day Masses and other special liturgies at St. John Neumann Catholic Church. This position reports to the SJN Pastor and is defined as Full-Time with benefits: * Meaningful work * service oriented and respectful work environment * work-life balance * generous leave, including paid FML * medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 403(b) and retirement plans."
- Regular Duties and Responsibilities: list bullet points.
- Skills, Experience, And Knowledge Requirements: list bullet points.
- Resources at SJN include two baby grand pianos, a Rodgers organ in the church with 9 ranks of Ruffati pipes, and another Rodgers organ in the chapel.
- Salary Range: $75,000-$85,000
- Start Date: Flexible
- About The Employer: description of parish.
We need sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must only include sections when posting has real specific content.
Let's map:
- About the role: Could be the introductory paragraph describing the role. That's substantive.
- Responsibilities: The "Regular Duties and Responsibilities" list.
- Requirements: maybe "Experience 5-10 Years Education Undergraduate Degree" but also "Two-three years' experience working in a liturgical music environment." and "Bachelor of Music or similar experience." Also "Excellent keyboard skills - piano and organ." etc. Might be overlapping with Skills.
We need to separate Requirements vs Qualifications vs Skills. The instruction says use those headings if content exists. We can decide to put:
- Requirements: maybe the experience and education requirements (5-10 years, undergraduate degree). But also "Two-three years' experience working in a liturgical music environment." and "Bachelor of Music or similar experience." Might be considered qualifications.
- Qualifications: maybe the knowledge of liturgical guidelines, etc.
- Skills: keyboard skills, communication, interpersonal, vocal/choral technique, conducting, familiarity with Spanish-speaking ensembles.
But we need to avoid duplication. Let's extract distinct bullet points.
From "Skills, Experience, And Knowledge Requirements":
- Excellent keyboard skills - piano and organ. Must play hymns and service music in a singable manner.
- Two-three years' experience working in a liturgical music environment.
- Bachelor of Music or similar experience.
- Knowledge of church liturgical music guidelines, especially as outlined by Vatican II. Must be familiar with the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of vocal, choral technique, and choral conducting.
- Familiarity in working with Spanish-speaking ensembles.
Also earlier: "Experience 5-10 Years Education Undergraduate Degree" maybe a summary.
We could treat "Experience 5-10 Years Education Undergraduate Degree" as a brief requirement line.
But we must not invent placeholders.
We have Benefits: listed as bullet points after "Full-Time with benefits: * Meaningful work * service oriented and respectful work environment * work-life balance * generous leave, including paid FML * medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 403(b) and retirement plans."
Pay: Salary Range: $75,000-$85,000
Schedule: Not explicitly given besides Full-Time. Could infer Full-Time schedule but not specific hours. The instruction says never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It does state Full-Time but not schedule details. Should we include Schedule? Probably not, because no specific schedule like "Monday-Friday 9-5". So we omit Schedule.
We also have Start Date: Flexible. That could be considered Schedule? Not exactly. Could be under About the role or maybe a separate section? Not among allowed headings. Could be included in About the role paragraph.
We also have Resources at SJN include... That could be part of About the role or maybe a separate section like Resources but not allowed heading. Could incorporate into About the role.
We also have About The Employer description. That could be About the role? Actually About the role is about the job; About the employer is separate but we don't have a heading for About the employer. Could incorporate into About the role or maybe a separate section like About the Employer but not allowed. So we could merge into About the role or maybe a separate paragraph after responsibilities.
We need to avoid duplication: The posting has "Job Description" repeated twice at start; we should only include once.
We must remove boilerplate like "Send applications or inquiries to: pkwapniewski@saintjn.org" (application instructions) and privacy/security notice, Terms of Service, Report This Listing, etc.
Also remove "Similar Job Listings" section.
Now craft HTML.
We'll have:
About the role
St. John Neumann Catholic Church (SJN) seeks a dynamic and engaging Director of Music to provide, organize, and/or coordinate music for all weekend and Holy Day Masses and other special liturgies. The position reports to the SJN Pastor, is full‑time, and includes benefits such as meaningful work, a service‑oriented and respectful environment, work‑life balance, generous leave (including paid FML), and medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 403(b) and retirement plans. The role also offers a flexible start date and access to SJN’s resources, including two baby grand pianos, a Rodgers organ in the church with 9 ranks of Ruffati pipes, and another Rodgers organ in the chapel.
Responsibilities
- Plan music selections and lead music from the piano/organ for some of the six weekend liturgies.
- Prepare, rehearse, and lead music at Holy Day Masses, funerals, penance services, and other special liturgies/services (monthly Taize Prayer, annual Lessons & Carols, concerts, etc.).
- Rehearse the St. John Neumann Chorale (Sunday 9:30) and cantors (various masses).
- Coordinate with accompanists and the directors of the Women's Ensemble, Bell Choir, Contemporary Ensemble, and Hispanic Music Groups.
- Hire and rehearse professional musicians for major holidays and Taize Prayer.
- Supervise sound system operation.
- Collaborate with the Coordinator of Liturgy and oversee the Music & Liturgy Assistant on planning SJN liturgies, supervising the scheduling of cantors, choirs and accompanists, and maintaining the register for all Convalidation and marriages that occur at SJN.
- Oversee ongoing development of SJN singers and accompanists and recruit new musicians.
- Prepare the music department annual budget.
- Oversee the organization of the music library and volunteers who manage and catalogue the library.
Requirements
- 5‑10 years of experience in a liturgical music setting.
- Undergraduate degree (Bachelor of Music or equivalent).
Qualifications
- Two‑three years' experience working in a liturgical music environment.
- Knowledge of church liturgical music guidelines, especially as outlined by Vatican II, including familiarity with the General Instruction of the Roman Missal and Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship.
Skills
- Excellent keyboard skills – piano and organ, able to play hymns and service music in a singable manner.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of vocal, choral technique, and choral conducting.
- Familiarity working with Spanish‑speaking ensembles.
Benefits
- Meaningful work
- Service‑oriented and respectful work environment
- Work‑life balance
- Generous leave, including paid FML
- Medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- 403(b) and retirement plans
Pay
Salary range: $75,000 – $85,000 per year.
We omitted Schedule. Check for duplication: Requirements and Qualifications overlap somewhat; but we kept distinct. Might be okay. We need to ensure we didn't include any boilerplate. We removed application instructions, similar listings, etc. Check that we preserved all substantive info: The intro paragraph includes reporting to pastor, full-time, benefits list, flexible start date, resources. Did we include flexible start date? Yes we mentioned "flexible start date". Did we include resources? Yes we included two baby grand pianos, Rodgers organ etc. Did we include "Experience 5-10 Years Education Undergraduate Degree"? We captured as Requirements. Did we include "Two-three years' experience working in a liturgical music environment."? We placed under Qualifications (maybe duplicate). Could also be under Requirements but okay. Did we include "Bachelor of Music or similar experience."? Under Requirements. Did we include "Knowledge of church liturgical music guidelines..."? Under Qualifications. Did we include "Excellent keyboard skills - piano and organ. Must play hymns and service music in a singable manner."? Under Skills. Did we include "Excellent communication and interpersonal skills."? Under Skills. Did we include "Knowledge of vocal, choral technique, and choral conducting."? Under Skills. Did we include "Familiarity in working with Spanish-speaking ensembles."? Under Skills. Did we include "Regular Duties and Responsibilities" list? Yes under Responsibilities. Did we include "Oversee ongoing development of SJN singers and accompanists and recruit new musicians."? Yes. Did we include "Prepare the music department annual budget."? Yes. Did we include "Oversee the organization of the music library and volunteers who manage and catalogue the library."? Yes. Did we include "Supervise sound system operation"? Yes. Did we include "Collaborate with the Coordinator of Liturgy and oversee the Music & Liturgy Assistant on planning SJN liturgies, supervising the scheduling of cantors, choirs and accompanists and maintaining the register for all Convalidation and marriages that occur at SJN."? Yes. Did we include "Hire and rehearse professional musicians for major holidays and Taize Prayer."? Yes. Did we include "Coordinate with accompanists and the directors of the Women's Ensemble, Bell Choir, Contemporary Ensemble, and Hispanic Music Groups."? Yes. Did we include "Rehearse St. John Neumann Chorale (Sunday 9:30) and cantors (various masses)."? Yes. Did we include "Prepare, rehearse, and lead music at Holy Day Masses, funerals, penance services, and other special liturgies/services (monthly Taize Prayer, annual Lessons & Carols, concerts, etc.)"? Yes. Did we include "Plan music selections and lead music from the