Jason Jeffrey

• Worked with and maintained good working relationship with pastor in bringing their parish mission and vision to life in parish.
• Identified and recruited potential choir members and cantors.
• Prepared, coordinated and distributed music to cantors, choirs, and music groups by church season.
• Record individual choir parts (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) and create iMovie and upload to Youtube. Each choir section receives separate Youtube playlist link, which contains all of music in order, with just their own part being played and sung by me. This is done for Parish choir and Diocesan Choir.
• Prepared, coordinated and distributed information about schedule of Masses and upcoming events in our parish (At beginning of each church season) so that music ministries can put on their calendars, and be involved with our parish and/or participate or volunteer to help in other ways than music.
• Searched for and hired highly qualified pianists and organists for any Mass that I was not able to play for and maintaining good professional relationships with them.
• Searched for and hired highly qualified instrumentalists for important Feast days (ex. trumpet and/or trombone for Christ the King, Assumption, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Triduum; string and chamber orchestra players for Christmas Midnight Mass, etc., and maintaining good professional relationships with them over the years. They were hired staying within budget, of course)
• Plan music for weddings and funerals and communicate with each family or couple to achieve this. Also hired other musicians, if requested, and made sure each service was covered, if I was not able to play for them.
• Maintenance of church instruments/music and mic stands and cables and sound system.
• Helped to implement our current upgraded sound system, which now has capability of being adjusted with iPad. I use this during Mass in between playing to adjust sound and volume levels when necessary, among other beneficial improvements.
• Prepare for and rehearse with English adult choir each week, incorporating choral exercises and training, prayer, scripture, and sometimes preparing special choir pieces for Preparation of the Altar/Presentation of Gifts.
• Work with our 11:00 am folk group and 1:00 pm Coro. Maintaining good relationship with them inside and outside of church, planning music, covering for their Masses, if their pianist is not available, or hiring substitute.
• Start and organize Cathedral Concert Series, which is year-round. Concerts are on Friday nights at 7:00pm, featuring classical music, ranging from solo piano recitals, chamber music with piano and cello and violin, clarinet quartets, voice and piano/opera recitals, brass quintet performances. I play for most, but not all of them. With help of volunteers, put together a reception to be enjoyed immediately after concert for fellowship. All musicians are local to Stockton community.
• Summer Concert Series-A subset of Cathedral Concert Series. Once month on Friday nights in June, July, and August, featuring local live bands, most of who have connection to our church community. Music ranges from rock, jazz, soul, funk. Food is selected and sold by different ministry in our church.
• Work with Communications director on advertising for Concert Series and Lessons and Carols/Concert before Christmas Midnight Mass and anything music related that needs advertising.
• Work with Business Manager on hiring instrumentalists for Mass/performers for Concert Series and on music budget for resources/equipment/books/trainings/seminars/choir clinicians
• Attend staff functions, meetings, and maintain good working relationship with staff members.
• Practice daily on piano and organ when preparing for weekend Mass.
• Diocesan Choir Director: Worked with Director of the Office of Worship from Diocesan office on selecting music for Priest and Deacon Ordinations, Chrism Mass, Installation Mass of our current Bishop, Priest and Deacon funerals.

a) Recruit members from different choirs in our diocese to form the Diocesan Choir.

b) Manage choir and choir rehearsals and distribution of music.

c) Hire and secure organist and instrumentalists for the events. Working with the Director for the Office of Worship on budget.

d) Conducted the choir and instrumentalists for a few years for these.

e) Now, I have someone conducting the choir for this, so I accompany on the organ (but still do a-c)

• Handled requests for specific musical selections.
• Scheduled rehearsals with other musicians when needed.
• Collaborated with performers and directors to determine and achieve desired sound.
• Hired for many Catholic churches as substitute for weddings, funerals, and Masses within Diocese of Stockton.
• Hired to play for many violin and string studios' recitals and rehearsed with each student.
• Hired to play for various choirs and choral groups both in town and out of town. Music includes variety of styles, including traditional choral, to jazz, rock, to gospel.
• Hired to play for musicals at local theaters in town and out of town under direction of pit director.
• Hired to play organ for weddings and funerals.
• Hired to play to accompany music major instrumentalists at University of the Pacific for their "juries" or finals.

All of these experiences have helped me become a more well-rounded musician. This experience I bring to the church.

• Practiced selected music to accompany for Saturday evening Mass and Sunday morning Mass.
• Played for Saturday evening and Sunday morning Mass.
• Accompanied choir on piano for choir rehearsals.
• Directed choir from piano.
• Planned music for Masses.
• Hired instrumentalists when needed.