Organist/Accompanist/Pianist
Title: Organist/Accompanist
Classification: Part-time contractor
Supervisor: Pastor
Compensation Range: $200-300 per Sunday played
Start Date: September 13th, 2026
Contact: thekeystonechurch@gmail.com
Obligations: Sunday morning worship, 10:30am, at least 40 Sundays per year; rehearsals with worship team, Sunday mornings, 9:00am, on Sundays played; occasional opportunities to provide accompaniment for special services, weddings, and funerals, compensated at the same rate as Sunday morning worship, i.e. Lenten vespers, Ash Wednesday, Christmas Eve.
Summary: In collaboration with the pastor and the worship leader, enhance the worship experience of Keystone United Methodist Church by providing preludes, postludes, and special music, and accompaniment on congregational hymns and choral anthems.
Details:
- Selection and preparation of musical pieces for worship preparation (preludes) and conclusions (postludes) and occasional in-service pieces (offertories).
- Collaboration with the pastor and worship leader once per quarter year in selection and planning of congregational hymns and songs.
- Transition between classical organ music, traditional Christian hymns on piano and/or organ, and modern Christian praise music on piano and/or keyboard.
- While the position technically reports to the pastor, the majority of the responsibility for selection of music, personal practice, and participation in corporate rehearsal is the musician’s, providing freedom and flexibility, but also requiring self-volition and accountability.
- Compensation is based on each individual “performance,” to take account of hours spent in practice, preparation, and the worship service accompanied.
About Keystone UMC: Keystone United Methodist Church is a whole-heartedly open, affirming, and inclusive Christian community practicing blended worship to account for the diverse and intergenerational nature of our congregants which means that, on any given Sunday, our worship experience might include Isaac Watts from the 17th-Century and Lauren Daigle from earlier this year. We intentionally avoid violent or militaristic musical imagery and do our best to celebrate the diversity of God (anyone in sacred music knows this can be difficult).