Play piano for special non-Sunday services such as Christmas Eve (3 services), Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday (1 service), and Good Friday (1 service).Accompany Rejoice Choir rehearsals on Thursday nights (7:30-8:45pm) from September through the first week in June.Provide titles and composers for use in the Sunday bulletin.Collaborate with Music Director to select appropriate repertoire for piano preludes, postludes, and offertories as needed for worship.Worship schedules may change from time to time. Serve as the primary church accompanist for one Sunday morning service weekly (10:30am).Work directly with the Minister of Music in planning music for Sundays.Ability to pass a criminal background check.Reasonable accommodations may be requested for disability or religious reasons by filing the Oregon health Authority (OHA) exception form for medical or religious accommodations. Luke employees are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Flexible and adaptable to changing worship styles, schedules, the demands of COVID-19 and the needs of a growing, diverse congregation.Team player who is open to suggestion and willing to take direction.
Luke and familiarity with the liturgical year
Strong sight-reading and keyboard skills with experience playing piano for worship services, weddings, funerals, and choir rehearsals.Luke emphatically welcomes everyone, including people of all sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions as well as those who may have been excluded because of race, color, differing ability, age, economic status or any other human-created barrier to acceptance. Luke Lutheran Church in Portland, Oregon, seeks a highly skilled piano accompanist to support Sunday worship and other special services choir, vocal ensemble and soloist rehearsals and performances special concerts weddings, funerals and other special events.