OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG CHRISTIAN MUSICIAN Contact A new monastic community living according to the Rule of St Benedict; serving the community of Abergavenny. For more information, please contact: Canon Mark Soady, Prior St Mary’s Priory Church Monk Street Abergavenny NP7 5ND Monmouthshire Tel: 01873 858787 [email protected]www.holywellcommunity.wordpress.com Twitter: @HolywellCom Prayer We keep a regular pattern of daily prayer, either as a community or as individuals. Lauds, Sext and Vespers are public and are held daily in the Priory church. Daily Prayer Lauds: 08.15 Sext: 12.00 Vespers: 16.30 Mass Tues, Thurs, Fri: 08.30 Sat: 09.00 After Lauds on Wednesdays we practice Lectio Divina and on Saturdays we reflect on a section of The Holy Rule. Compline is said privately.
An exciting new opportunity for a young Christian musician
Since its establishment, the Holywell Communi-
ty’s unique blend of prayer, worship and service
has not only allowed the lay members to chal-
lenge their personal sense of vocation, but has
also strengthened and deepened the spiritual
life of the parish.
At the start of its third year, we are offering a
young composer or performing musician the op-
portunity to establish the new role of Lay Concen-
tor within it. The role will combine being the lead
musician within the community, participating as a
full member of the community (in terms of its life
of prayer and service), with time and space being
allocated to concentrate on developing and refin-
ing the individual’s musical and/or compositional
skills
This person will have made a conscious decision
to work as a musician within a specifically Chris-
tian context, but may not be considering a calling
to the ministry.
What is a Concentor?
The word comes from the Latin
“concentio” which has a number of
meanings, including “music”, “harmony”
and “singing together”.
For our purposes, we envisage someone
who will:
work as a full member of the com-
munity, helping to lead its prayer
life through their music;
contribute to the musical life of the
wider parish as a part of the team
of musicians;
wish to benefit from daily time and
space to refine and develop their
particular musical / compositional
skills;
relish the opportunity to respond to
the liturgical needs of the church,
both as a performer, composer and
director.
What can we offer you?
St Mary’s has significant resources in terms of its buildings and instruments, its choral tradition, music staff and the opportunity to work with young people. The range of liturgical situations would allow the opportunity to compose and try out new material on a regular basis; providing the church with new and innovative music that would strengthen and deepen its worshipping life.
The on-going chance to experience full-time mo-nastic life and daily saying of the psalms will pro-vide a deepening of personal faith and under-standing of the rhythm of scripture.
The music staff at St Mary’s have considerable experience of producing and performing new mu-sic, and in advising and tutoring young musicians in their craft. This provides the opportunity for any young musician to benefit from the coaching the staff can provide, as well as the chance to develop their own conducting and performing skills, as appropriate.
