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AAM seeks Mentoring Institution to host 2026–2027 Gerre Hancock Internship

Association of Anglican Musicians
Posted Sep 18, 2025

The Association of Anglican Musicians is seeking a Mentoring Institution to host the 2026–2027 Gerre Hancock Internship. This 10-month paid internship offers a young church musician the opportunity to be mentored within one of the Episcopal Church’s great music programs.

  • A successful Mentoring Institution applicant must:
    • Abide by The Episcopal Church’s fair employment practices (including but not limited to withholding taxes, FICA, contribution toward health insurance),
    • Make a commitment to match or exceed AAM’s salary Grant ($20,000),
    • Provide benefits to the Intern, including health insurance, in parity with other full-time lay employees within the Mentoring Institution,
    • Provide housing to the Intern. Housing must be safe, private, and within a reasonable commuting distance from the Mentoring Institution.
  • In return, AAM commits to:
    • make a Salary Grant in the amount of $20,000,
    • Underwrite an additional $7,500 (paid directly to the Mentoring Institution) for costs related to the Intern’s benefits and/or housing.
    • Reimburse up to $3,000 for expenses related to interviewing the final Internship candidates,
    • Provide an invitation to play a recital, complimentary registration, up to six nights’ accommodation at the Conference hotel, and up to $500 to cover transportation costs to attend the annual AAM Conference in the year concluding the Internship, provided the ten-month term has been fully served and the Conference is held in the United States,
    • Provide a $300 travel subsidy (paid directly to the Intern) to play the AAM Gerre Hancock Intern Recital, hosted each January at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.
    • Provide a waiver for any AAM membership dues owed by the Intern during the Internship year.

For more information and to apply by October 15th, please visit www.anglicanmusicians.org/internship. Contact Stephen White (internship@anglicanmusicians.org), Chair of the Internship Committee, with any questions.