Violist Team Member

Renovare Music is seeking a full-time Violist Team Member to join our rapidly growing, faith-based 501(c)3 nonprofit. Ideal candidates will demonstrate a vibrant Christian faith and a passion for participating in God’s Kingdom work on earth through using their professional skills and experiences to further Renovare’s vision and mission.

Renovare Music is a dynamic chamber ensemble bridging divided communities and creating restorative experiences through music, storytelling, and relationships. Renovare offers approximately 80 interactive concerts and worship events annually, creates original Documentary Songs with community members, and leads two weekly programs teaching violin, viola, and cello at area prisons in Northeast Ohio.

Responsibilities:
○ Perform interactive concerts and lead worship in a wide variety of settings (e.g. concert halls, prisons, churches, homeless shelters). Public speaking by all ensemble members is required. Some singing ability is ideal but not required.
○ Be punctual and prepared for regular rehearsals.
○ Co-write Documentary Songs with community members. Some singing is required in the songwriting
process. (Documentary Songwriting training will be provided.)
○ Teach and prepare materials for string classes held in correctional facilities. Guide Oberlin Conservatory
students as they assist Renovare in teaching these classes.
○ Provide input to the Artistic Director in planning creative and compelling programming.
○ Communicate, coordinate, and schedule programming activities with community partners.
○ Participate in regular meetings with the Renovare team, community partners, stakeholders, etc.
○ Participate in fundraising, marketing, administrative tasks, and other organizational needs as assigned.