[Magdalen] Further musings...

[Grace Cangialosi]

Speaking as a former church music director, I can only say that flexibility
in this position is highly desirable! Sounds as if you're on the right
track there...
Grace

On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 9:19 AM, sheila ketler via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> Hello everyoneChristmas will be interesting to say the least. The director
> of music is organist at an Anglican parish she got the job I applied for.
> The only reason I am at St. Denis is because she can't play the morning
> Masses on a Sunday due to her other job. She plays one Mass only and that
> is the Sunday afternoon one but she gets all of the funerals and all of the
> weddings.I know she has been at the church for 15 years and is contracted
> with the Anglicans for one year. Worst-case scenario is if they don't renew
> contract (it is up in November...) at which time I will be politely shown
> the door.. So I may be worryingunecessarily I may not even be there
> then...We have 3 organists currently... one does Saturday afternoon Mass
> (and he is a great sub organist I use him when I goaway on weekends..) Then
> I do two Sunday morning services.. and then the t hird one does the last
> service.It will be up to the new priest how he will handle Christmas... It
> is up to her to staff it but I will speak with her privately as I prefer to
> do the morning and late afternoon services she will be in Welland in the
> morning she could do the lateafternoon one but then she will do two evening
> services in Welland so the midnight mass is up for grabs...No idea how this
> will play out - Father Ben begins next Sunday and I will be away... no idea
> how many changes he is going to bring...
> I am just working along as we go along... not making plans as one never
> knows how things will shape up...
> Sheila
>



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Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

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