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Nick Strimple, Professor of Music at USC's Thornton School and Music Director at Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church, discusses the roles and duties that a church's music director might take on in various denominations, from knowing a classical repertoire and specific hymnal to running a mariachi Mass to writing grant proposals to putting on chamber music concert series, and how to acquire the skills necessary for the job. He also discusses some resources available to church musicians who want to network, learn new skills (organ, choral conducting), or find employment in the field.