Music: Listen To Us!

  • Lessons & Carols 2009

    An annual tradition at St. Mark's is to start the holiday season with the wonderful ceremony of Lessons & Carols. Enjoy our students performing in Belmont Chapel.

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  • St. Mark’s School Choir

    The fifty-five members of the St. Mark’s School Choir rehearse twice each week and perform for major Chapel services and concerts during the year. The Choir, led by Music Director Thomas Berryman, sings a wide range of music from traditional to harmonic singing to Sting. In recent years the Choir has joined with leading choral groups from Harvard, Dartmouth, Williams, University of Massachusetts and Boston University in festival concerts in our Class of 1945 Hall. The Choir has traveled to Japan (2000), England (2002), Italy (2005), Spain (2007), Germany (2009) and we are currently planning a trip to France in March, 2011. Auditions for new members are held in the fall.

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  • The Cat’s Meow

    The Cat’s Meow is a female a cappella pop group whose members are auditioned from the Choir each fall. The Cat’s Meow performs concerts for the school and community and hosts groups from ten schools and colleges at our annual Wick Festival each February.

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  • Octet

    The Octet is a male a cappella pop group whose members are auditioned from the St. Mark’s School Choir each fall. The Octet performsconcerts for the school and community and join with other schools for the annual Wick Festival in February.

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  • St. Mark’s Jazz Band & Rhythm

    We have a lively program for rhythm and jazz players at St. Mark’s. Directed by Dan Fox, the St. Mark’s Jazz Band rehearses once each week and includes wind, brass, and rhythm players. Stephen Fell directs rhythm groups once a week. Our students enjoy playing custom arrangements and benefit from workshops offered by guest professionals from the Boston jazz and popular music communities.

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  • Chamber Players

    St. Mark’s Chamber Players, led by Janet Underhill (winds) and Steven Laven (strings) rehearse twice each week. The thirty members of the Players rehearse and perform separately as Strings and Winds, and often collaborate with the School Choir. Our student players have benefited from regular workshops and master classes with members of the Boston Symphony and the Lydian and Muir quartets. Members of the Players have joined the Choir in travel to Japan (2000), England (2002), Italy (2005), Spain (2007), Germany (2009) and we are currently planning a trip to France in March, 2011.

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