ALTO I - STAFF SINGER OPENING
SEPTEMBER 2025
2025-26 SEASON
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
60 N. KENT ST., ST. PAUL, MN 55102
St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, St. Paul, MN is seeking an ALTO I Staff Singer to begin in the parish choir in September 2025.
Staff singers are paid $73 per call and can expect approximately 90-95 calls per season with additional compensation for concerts and offerings on the Winifred Bean Sacred Music Series. The season runs from September through end of May.
Rehearsals are held Wednesday evenings from 7:15 to 9:15pm and the choir is called at 9am on Sunday mornings in preparation for the 10am Rite II Holy Eucharist. Additional rehearsals and liturgies such as Choral Evensong, Choir Concerts, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, the Annual Staff Singer Recital, and Ecumenical Choral Vespers are outlined in the choir calendar.
The choir is made up of roughly 30 singers with 8 staff singers and has recently led a Choral Evensong Residency at Canterbury and St. Albans Cathedrals in the UK and led a Eucharist for the 2024 National Conference of the Association of Anglican Musicians held in the Twin Cities.
2025-26 Season Highlights include performances of John Rutter's Requiem and Vivaldi's Gloria as well as a visiting choir offering of Choral Evensong at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, Minneapolis. The choir retreat will be held in Duluth, MN early September.
Please email Richard Gray, Director of Music, at richard.gray@stjohnsstpaul.org for more information about the position, how to send in materials, and scheduling an audition. (Please note that Richard will be on sabbatical leave from June 1 through September 1 and auditions/interviews will be held outside of that time period.)
