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The price for Affliates and Individual Members is 50p (excluding VAT) per word (or abbreviated word) and number, in both announcement and address. This includes a listing on the RSCM website for up to three months. The price for Friends and non-members is double the above. There is an additional optional charge of £10 for a highlighted advert and a premium position on the RSCM website. Closing date two months before publication. Send to cmq@rscm.com
Holy Trinity Church, Lyne and Longcross, (near Chertsey, Guildford Diocese) Wearelooking oraninspiring and dedicated Organist and
Choir Leader to lead our small and enthusiastic robed choir and playthepipeorgan orourmain Sunday Service at 10.00am. We areo centraltraditionaland
our worship is based upon the Eucharist. A monthly in ormal All-age service also plays an important part in our communal li e and worship. Working with the Vicar, we would love to see
our ministry in music grow and develop urtherandalthough rooted in the choral tradition, wehavebenefted romagentle evolution into more contemporary styleso worship.
The duties are a weekly Sunday morning service and a weekly choir practice (recently changed
rom a Thursday evening to a Friday but this is negotiable with the choir) and additional services on an occasional basis. An enhanced DBS check will be required. More details are available romRev’dLaurence Gamlen, 01932 872534 or 07939 094851 lolgamlen@gmail.com. Our website is lyneparish.org.uk
St John the Baptist, Devizes. Robes required. Expanding choir wishes to purchase at least 10 sets o cassocks and surplices, blue (royal), mixed lengths 46’’ to 56’’. Cassocks: polyester,double ront,shoulder
astened, closed collar buttoned up, no belt. Surplices: poly cotton, ull length, gathered at neck. Please contact Chris Totney: christotney@ gmail.com or 07811 629062.
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Do share your copy among the other musicians in your church, pass it round the vestry or sta room and encourage others to becomeFriendsorMemberso the RSCM and receive their own copy.
CLASSIFIED
ADS
VACANCIES
pipe organs (in good condition),
an electronic organ, a piano and
a keyboard. We seek an organist
and choirmaster who is enthusiastic about enhancing the quality o worship through music and who has a commitment to maintain and
urther enhance our choral tradition. Salary at RSCM recommended rates plus ees. For urther in ormation see the Parish Website: www.eastharptree. org/church.html In ormal enquiries welcome. Please contact Rev’d Karen Spray unitedparish@revdkaren.org.uk, Tel. 01761 452017 or Dr Andrew Day monksilverdays@gmail.com,
Tel. 01761 221500.
Director of Music. The Parish of Winchco be.Wewishtoappointan inspirational Director of Music who will continue to develop the musical lieo theparish,leadthechoirand play orservices.StPeter’s,Winchcombe has a strong musical tradition. There isanenthusiasticrobedchoiro over
ortymembersranging romchildren to adults. It sings at the parish communion and choral evensong. There is also a music group which leads more contemporary worship. The Director o Music will primarily be based at St Peter’s, but will also oversee the music o the other churches in the parish including the chapel at Sudeley Castle. Winchcombe is an ancient Cotswold Town with a strong sense
o communityandanannualFestival o MusicandArts.Therichcultural lieo Cheltenhamisjustsevenmiles away. For more details please contact the Reverend John Paul Hoskins on 01242 603640 or johnpaul@ winchcombeparish.org.uk. The closing date orapplicationsis15June2018.
Director of Music and Assistant
for Worplesdon Parish
We are a lovely parish on the outskirts o GuildordinSurrey,withtwo church buildings, committed choir and estival singers, and a small group o instrumentalistsready ornew challenges.Wehavetwomanual organs in the parish; one pipe, one electronic. We are RSCM a fliated. Director of Music: Suited to an
experienced organist, choir leader
and teacher, to play at Sunday services and other major estivals, and some special occasions. Stipend c.£5,000. Assistant to the Director of Music: Ideal or a musician seeking to increase their knowledge and experience, yet confdent to take the lead in Sunday services and to deliver a variety o styles o traditional and contemporary music. Stipend c.£3,000. For both positions experience and skill in working with children is essential. Both positions have the opportunity
or additional income through teaching, weddings and unerals. We see music as an essential and growing part o our worship, and seek two motivated individuals who are ready to grow with us as we ‘Live in love and move in power’. Please contact: rector@worplesdonparish.com
Director of Music and Organist,
St Lawrence Eastcote
We are a church who has a growing congregation o all ages, open catholic worship, a choir with all our parts, an active music group, a broad tradition – 358 to 2018AD. We are looking or someone who is a committed communicant Christian, genuinely open to music old and new, is able to helpusdevelopourmusic orworship, is willing to strengthen what exists and explore potential. Job Description: Fr Chris Rankine 020 3665 2029 or chris-eastcote@sky.com
Organist/ Director of Music at St. Oswald’s Church, Norbury SW16 3SB We are looking or an inspiring and dedicated Director of Music who will play the organ and lead and develop our small but enthusiastic robed choir, which is augmented or special services and estivals. Working in conjunction with the Vicar, you will
urther develop and shape the musical li e o this vibrant Parish. This is a rewarding post in a Parish where the contribution o all types o music is greatly appreciated. Starting rom summer 2018. For urther details please see our website: www.stoswalds.org. uk, or contact the Vicar, Rev’d Alison Brunt at rev.alison@outlook.com.
The Parish Church of St
Bartholo ew,Burwash,EastSussex We are seeking to appoint a new Director of Music /Organist. We have avarietyo Sundayservicesat10am and Evensong at 6pm once a month plus occasional special services, weddingsand unerals.Well maintained 2-manual pipe organ,
a growing, enthusiastic robed choir. The church is a fliated to the
RSCM and remuneration will be based on its guidelines. Please contact Rev’d Sally Epps. Email: sallyaepps@ btinternet.com Tel 01435 882301.
StJa es,Ha ptonHill
(Kensington /London Diocese)
St James’s seeks an Organist / Choir Director to support and strengthen our musical worship. The success ul candidate will have a vision to sustain, and enrich, our current music –‘Ancient and Modern’. We are looking
or someone who will encourage the congregation’s singing and will play with skill and sensitivity our fne, and newly re urbished, 3-manual Bishop’s organ on Sundays during the 9.30 Sung Eucharist. They will also enthuse and develop the willing robed choir, which sings monthly and rehearses twice a month. The church is a fliated to the RSCM and remuneration will be based on its guidelines. There are approximately 12 weddings and 12
unerals/ memorial services each year. Closing Date or applications: Friday 29 June. Further in ormation rom Rev Derek Winterburn, the Vicarage, 46 St James’s Road, Hampton Hill, TW12 1DQ. Tel: 020 8241 5904 E-mail: vicar@stjames-hamptonhill.org.uk
WANTED
United Parish of East Harptree with West Harptree and Hinton Blewett This United Parish in the Chew Valley near Bristol/Bath/Wells seeks to appoint an Organist and Choir aster
rom autumn 2018 when the current postholder leaves to study organ at theRoyalAcademyo Music.RSCM
a fliated our part choir. Sunday morningsungEucharist(orFamily Service) held in each village by rotation. Choral evensong once a month.Thechoirperiodicallyenjoys cathedralvisits.Widerepertoire rom Tudor polyphony, through the choral romantic period to contemporary music. The churches possess two
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Co petent Singers & Organists Required – Poscimur – Small, Friendly, Robed, Adult, SATB Choir, RSCM
a fliated – sings in Cathedrals –
UK Wide Membership ... Contact Catherine Thomas on 020 8857 9375; catherine.thomas@poscimur.co.uk; www.poscimur.co.uk
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