Our 300-family congregation seeks a part-time music director to lead our choir and instrumental ensemble and plan music for Shabbat, holidays, and special services. The director will rehearse weekly, arrange music, and collaborate with our rabbi and cantorial soloist.

We are a Reform congregation with a long musical tradition, a 20-voice volunteer choir, and a community that loves to sing.

• Choral conducting or vocal ensemble leadership experience
• Proficiency in piano, guitar, or other accompaniment
• Familiarity with Jewish liturgical music

• Degree in music or equivalent experience
• Experience composing or arranging Jewish music
• Ability to read Hebrew

Temple Emanu-Shalom has served Cleveland’s east side for over a century. We are a Reform congregation of about 820 households, which makes us one of the larger congregations in the region, with the staffing and committee structure that implies.

Music is our signature. We maintain a volunteer adult choir, a paid professional quartet for the High Holidays, and a commissioning fund that has premiered new liturgical work most years since 1998. Our organ was rebuilt in 2019.