Director of Music and Arts (Scottsdale, AZ)
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church will be excited to welcome onto its staff a faithful, experienced, skilled, and innovative Director of Music and the Arts to oversee an already successful inter-generational program and take us in new directions. Our Director will work closely with and under the supervision of our Senior Pastor and will supervise music staff. We value our “relaxed traditional” style, which describes our Sunday morning worship experiences. We also desire to expand those experiences through innovation and experimentation. Depending on how she or he chooses to shape our program, our Director will influence hires in organ performance, children/youth programming, contemporary worship, other instrumental or vocal professionals, and concert series management.
Our growth areas include reinvigorating and expanding programs in music and arts for children and youth, welcoming younger singers into our Chancel Choir, strengthening contemporary and alternative worship opportunities, broadening our musical styles to include American and international genres not regularly represented, and rethinking our musical outreach to the community in ways appropriate to our time. Organizational and people skills necessary to take responsibility for a program of this scope will be expected, as will a desire to work with a talented, well-trained, and theologically moderate pastoral staff. We additionally assume that our Director will be a person of sincere faith, expressed in ways congruent with a theologically diverse congregation in the Reformed tradition.
We seek someone appropriately trained, seasoned, and excited by the strengths and prospects we describe. We are open to persons with extensive experience in our areas of strength and vision as well as persons with requisite skills and vision who may be earlier in their career. Our organ is behind the choir, meaning one cannot conduct our choir from the organ. For that reason, we assume that our successful candidate will be primarily a choral conductor with ancillary skills, but we are also open to a couple sharing duties or other configurations. Pinnacle is open to diversity in its professional staff and does not discriminate in areas not related to position expectations.
To apply, please send a letter, c.v. or relevant resume, accompanying material of your choosing (such as audio or video of conducting/performing/worship leadership, or links to online examples), and three to five names for us to contact as references. Semi-finalists may be invited to provide additional information. Finalists will visit Scottsdale for an extended interview. Please send application materials electronically or make inquiries or nominations to:
Ms. Lisa Boswell, Executive Assistant to the Pastor
Pinnacle Presbyterian Church 25150 N. Pima Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85255
lboswell@pinnaclepres.org | 480-585-9448