Come and become the organist at Roskilde Cathedral and become part of a large ambitious church and music community

We have a position available for 27-30 hours per week

Roskilde is an exciting university town in ongoing development and expansion. The city, despite its close proximity to Copenhagen, has a clear independent profile as a cultural entrepreneurial city with a strong focus on the music life with institutions such as Roskilde Festival, the regional singing power center ”Roskilde Synger”, Roskilde Cathedral's choir school, the concert venue Gimle, two local music associations, the Church Music College and Roskilde Cathedral's own concerts.

The parish council places high value on the cathedral's music life and supports the music financially – both for church services and concerts. There is a large and lively music life and a well-founded choir school with teaching in singing, piano and ear training.

For the vacant position, an organist is sought who can maintain their own high professional level and has a sense of collaboration and an interest in contributing to developing a church musical life in the 21st century. The parish council expects qualifications at the highest level regarding concert playing and liturgical playing.

The liturgical duties include high masses, prayers, evening hymns, thematic services, ordinations, church actions, services for Roskilde Diocese, services in cooperation with local associations, organizations and institutions, and finally Roskilde Cathedral is the royal house's funeral church. The organist will be the primary accompanist for the Boys' Choir and the Children's & Junior Choir. The concert life in the Cathedral is extensive and well attended.

At the Cathedral, in addition to the posted position, there is a cathedral organist who is the leader of the music area and a 2nd and 3rd organist. The Cathedral Choir consists of 12 church choir singers. Roskilde Cathedral's choir school consists of a children's and junior choir, a girls' choir with a girls' choir conductor (60%) and a boys' choir with a boys' choir conductor (80%). In addition there is an Adult Choir.

The staff of the Cathedral parish (churches and cemeteries) (approximately 60) have a good, collegial collaboration. The parish has a group of 6 priests.

The planning of the daily work and the Cathedral's concert activities takes place in good dialogue between the church's organists and cantors with the cathedral organist as the senior responsible to the cathedral's priests and the parish council.

Places of service

Cathedral Church, Gammel Vor Frue Church, Østre cemetery chapel and care homes attached to the parish.

The Cathedral's instruments

Information about the Cathedral's instruments can be found on the parish's website at www.roskildedomkirke.dk

For further information, please feel free to contact: Cathedral Organist Bine Bryndorf at email [email protected] phone 2326 9470 or administrative manager Jette Nørrekær Lund [email protected] or 4264 4699.

Or on the Cathedral's website www.roskildedomkirke.dk

Application is sent to

Applications are to be sent electronically to [email protected] and must be in the parish council's hands no later than Monday 14 December 2026 at 12:00.

Auditions and interviews can be expected in week 1 of 2027. Invitations to interview will be sent in week 52 of 2026.

References will be obtained prior to appointment.

Salary and terms of employment

The position is between 27 – 30 hours per week. The final number of hours is agreed at the time of employment.

The employment of a church musician will be covered by the Common Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and CO10 and the collective agreement between the City, State and Ministry of Church and CO10 – Central Organization of 2010 for church functionaries with core tasks such as sexton, church and cultural worker or church musician and the accompanying protocol for church musicians.

The employment of an organist with a degree in “Church Musician with Organ and Choir Direction” or an organist with PO degree is covered by the Agreement between the City, State and Ministry of Church and CO10 – Central Organization of 2010.

Organists with a church music master's or bachelor's degree are covered by the protocol to the academic collective agreement on the contract employment of DOKS organists and permanent teachers at church music schools concluded between the Academics and the City, State and Ministry of Church.

The agreements can be viewed on the Folkekirken intranet

The annual salary for applicants with a church music master's degree (DOKS) is agreed according to the new pay-AC scale. That is a gross salary between DKK 363,169 – 442,529 per year (current Danish kroner).

There is a on-call obligation attached to the position. The on-call allowance amounts annually to between DKK 46,727 – 72,573 (current kroner). Placement and on-call allowance are awarded according to seniority.

The annual salary for applicants with church musician education in organ and choir direction (formerly PO organists) is agreed according to the agreed base pay grade system. Base grade 1 is DKK 350,435 per year (current kroner) and base grade 2 is DKK 368,189 per year (current kroner). Placement occurs by seniority.

There is an on-call obligation to the position. The on-call allowance amounts annually to 29,666 (current kroner) for service at 1 church/37,941 (current kroner).

Salary, OK allowances and on-call allowances are quotas in accordance with the position's employment fraction.

Child attestations will be obtained in connection with the employment.