2021-2022 Executive Board
Dean: Lynnli Wang, lynnwang@iu.edu
Sub-Dean: David Boeckh, daboeckh@iu.edu
Secretary: Jihye Choi
Members-at-Large: Diana Chou, Nicholas Stigall, James Walton
Faculty Advisor: Marilyn Keiser
Upcoming Events:
October 29: Annual SPOOKTACULAR Organ Concert, 7 pm at St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Bloomington — costumes encouraged!
February 5: Choralfest — A concert of choral and organ music performed by students of the IU Organ Department. 8pm in Auer Hall
Alumni Speaker Series: Select Wednesdays at 12:20 pm via Zoom. Details to come.
Past Events:
Positions Available:
Position: Music Director
Church: St. Mark’s UMC, Carmel, IN
See attached job description:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uLo6gJrjfgCLXJdLTwaKth8OEkDT7-Wm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102600813519158454803&rtpof=true&sd=true
Position: Organist
Church: First Baptist Church, Bedford, IN
Contact: Frank Battaglia, Music Director, 812-583-3427, battagliaf@comcast.net
Position: Accompanist
Church: Old Bethel United Methodist Church, Indianapolis
See attached job description:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JlgaUlVteotmW8i9gUNPGHEuXhNCdoS-/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102600813519158454803&rtpof=true&sd=true
Position: Organist
Church: Christ Lutheran Church of Irvington, Indianapolis
See attached job description:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mvDp6dryUw1A7t9N0dygZTxzsz1X2e78/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102600813519158454803&rtpof=true&sd=true
Position: Organist/Accompanist
Church: Hopewell Presbyterian Church, Hopewell, IN
See attached job description:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EA6kcksACR2Q8jg1VXvOauwdrKjdY1bu/view?usp=sharing
Position: Accompanist
Church: Central Christian Church, Seymour, IN
Central Christian Church is looking for an accompanist for Sunday morning worship services. This person’s primary duties would be accompanying the Praise Team on Sunday mornings and certain Special/Seasonal services. Other duties would include the following: 1) Participate in weekly rehearsal for Sunday service; 2) provide occasional communion music; 3) participate in special church functions as requested.
Contact: Neil Gardner, neil@centralseymour.org
Position: Organist
Church: Irvington Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis
See attached job description: https://docs.google.com/file/d/11fSv4dmJiAcy2AK8LltzsmwApcRh4XHG/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msword
Position: Organist/Pianist
Church: St. Christopher Catholic Church, Indianapolis
“I am seeking to hire an organist (or pianist) to play at our 5:30 PM Mass on Saturdays on an ongoing basis. I know Indy is a bit of a hike but I wanted to reach out to you and see if any students or alumni living in the area might be interested. The individual would only be required to attend the Mass, no weekly rehearsals. Music includes Catholic Mass settings and congregational hymns.”
Contact: Peter Kadeli, pkadeli@iu.edu
Position: Director of Music and Organist
Church: North Christian Church, Columbus, IN
See attached documents:
Position: Organist
Church: Calvary Episcopal, Louisville, KY
“Our Search Committee has decided to split the job and has already hired a Director of Music who is a choir director. We, however, need a fine organist to play on our Casavant organ who is familiar with Anglican liturgy. We have a semi-professional choir with 8 paid singers and 12-14 volunteer singers. I hope you will let your students know about this opening as soon as possible. Thank you.”
Contact: Sandra Cherry, sandracherry@bellsouth.net, 502-777-9200
Position: Director of Music and Worship Arts
Church: Trinity UMC, Lafayette, IN
See attached job description.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YRppXkhUCrl4C0wvqbf-bY1STKVV4R3E/view?usp=drivesdk
Position: Choir Director
Church: Bedford First Christian, Bedford, IN
Contact: Christie Maxwell, max4plus1@gmail.com
Position: Organist/Choir Director
Church: St. David’s Episcopal Church, Bean Blossom, IN
See attached job description.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13BbJJzEvB5yYdRYknCmZlqrcO1n6jIoB/view?usp=drivesdk
Position: Organist
Church: First United Methodist, Columbus, IN
”Located a scenic 45-50 minute drive east of Bloomington through the rolling hills and forests of Brown County (can you tell I like the commute?). The organ is a 3-manual Moeller kept in good condition, and has a lot of versatility for different repertoire. Job responsibilities include playing for the Sunday service (currently at 10:00am, might be changing) and accompanying choir rehearsals on Thursday evenings. The position is salaried, and includes 4 weeks of paid vacation per year.”
Job description: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14uPOYKKrko-F10gcDRXrmNwVDo0TGzmq/view?usp=drivesdk
Contact: Erik Matson, ejmatson@iu.edu
Position: Organist
Church: Brown County Presbyterian Fellowship, Nashville, IN
“This small but vibrant congregation just purchased a lovely Allen organ (model MDS-16), and we are searching for a skilled organist to play it for Sunday morning services. Any other services (e.g. weddings, funerals, and holiday worship services) are entirely optional for the organist. A PhD alumnus in piano at Jacobs, Sean Cavanaugh, serves as the church pianist already; we hope that a new organist will be willing to work collaboratively with him. Compensation is very generous, plus mileage.”
Contact: Rev. Dr. Scott Seay sseay@cts.edu
Position: Director of Music for Traditional Service
Church: St. Mark’s Lutheran, Evansville
“We are looking for someone to join our team and help us grow our traditional service. This individual will lead our service by accompanying the congregation on piano or organ or both. Our prayer is that we find someone called to lead worship and upon finding that individual we will create a job description together. Compensation will be commensurate with experience and the hours needed to fulfill the job description that we create together.”
Contact: Pastor Don, pastor@stmarksevansville.org or 812-476-3018
Position: Organist
Church: Speedway Christian Church, Indianapolis
See attached job description: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rOlJmRJgBMAE1YXUs782SFbWM4QHjQpL/view?usp=drivesdk
Position: Organist
Church: First United Methodist Church, Noblesville, Indiana
To apply, please send vita and letter of application to: Dr. Jeffrey Wright, Director of Music First United Methodist Church 2051 Monument Street Noblesville, IN 46060 or e-mail to: jewright@anderson.edu
Position: Music Director
Church: St. Margaret Mary’s and St. Patrick’s, Terre Haute
Job description: https://docs.google.com/file/d/15VBJ9Lj6QzvGpRwMwcMANVggtH4V3BxY/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msword
Position: Choir Director
Church: St. Paul’s Episcopal, Evansville
“Our choir encompasses many volunteers with degrees in music, college interns, and a resident composer. We regularly recruit choir members from area universities to sing as choir interns as part of our ministry. Our organist is a gifted professional who has been a part of St. Paul’s for years and plays a pipe organ with 17 ranks. Our most recent choir, pre-pandemic, numbered around fifteen. Our 8:00 Service is spoken; the 10:30 Service is choral.”
Apply by sending a cover letter and CV/resume to the Rev. Holly Rankin Zaher at therevhrz@gmail.com.
Position: Organist, choir accompanist
Church: Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church
Address: 3932 MiCasa Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46237 Off I-65 just north of Southport and Gray.
Contact: Pastor David Shadday, 317-439-3782 davidshaday@gmail.com
Position: organist, part-time
Church: Southport Presbyterian Church
Contact: Dave Heasley, 317-714-9015, dheasley@southportpres.org
Position: Music Director
Church: St. Anthony Catholic Church
Address: 337 N. Warman Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46222
Phone: 317-636-4828
Services: Saturday, 4 PM, English; 6 PM Spanish Sunday, 8:30 AM, Spanish; 11:30 AM, English Instrument: grand piano, old pipe organ
Contact: David T. Sheets, Business Manager, 317-543-7740 e-mail: saintanthonybusiness@gmail.com
We are looking for a bilingual musician to lead our youth and adult choirs and coordinate our mass music. Position is part-time, about 20 hours/week, including weekday office hours and the weekend masses.
Position: Organist/Music Director
Church: St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Indianapolis
Part-Time Church Organist/Music Director for Sunday worship service 9 am – 11 am
Competitive Salary with additional pay for special services, Funerals, Weddings, etc. Knowledge of Episcopal Liturgy, Service Music, and Hymnals is a benefit, however, not required. Email Resume/Vita and Contact Information to:
The Rev. Rebecca Nickel, Rector. Welcomesttimsindy.org.
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, IN 46227. www.sttimsindy.org
Position: part-time organist (or pianist)
Church: Trinity Anglican Church, Connersville
Address: 518 N. Eastern Ave., Connersville, IN 47331
Instrument: mid-century, 13-rank Wicks pipe organ which has just been serviced and tuned.
Service: Sunday morning, when church opens in the future. We hope to find the right candidate to fill our church with the glorious sound of worship.
Contact: Rev. Richard Ross Tarsitano, Vicar, trinityanglican.connersville@gmail.com
Staff Title: Associate Organist
Church: Friedens United Church of Christ, Indianapolis
Job Summary: The Associate Organist will provide professional level accompaniment for the music ministry of Friedens United Church of Christ every other week to provide the Principal Organist some flexibility and work/life balance.
Contact: Interested parties please submit cover letter and resume to: Organist Search Committee Friedens United Church of Christ, Office@friedensucc.org
Position: Organist
Church: First Presbyterian Church, Bedford
Duties: “Sunday mornings for choir rehearsal, then a short service. That’s usually 9:30am-12pm. There is a choir director there too, so they wouldn’t need to run any rehearsals. Right now the pay is $150/service, but that is subject to change.”
Contact: Anthony Ferreira, 135anthon@gmail.com (413)-887-1922
Position: Organist
Church: Arlington Methodist Church, Bloomington
Contact: Pastor Rose, rose.sparks@inumc.org