Performance Groups

  • Witness

    St. Mark’s School Choir

    The sixty-five mixed voices of the St. Mark’s School Choir rehearse twice each week and perform for major Chapel services and concerts during the year. Highlights this year include our annual Service of Lessons and Carols, Gospel Night, a Spring Sing with three other schools, choral evensongs in February and April and our End of Year Concert in May. The Choir sings a wide range of music from traditional to harmonic singing to even Sting. In recent years, the Choir has traveled to Japan (2000), England (2002), Italy (2005), Spain (2007) and Germany (2009). Auditions for new members are held in the fall.

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  • Ordinary Day

    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 join with other schools for the annual Wick Festival.

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  • Viva la Vida

    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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  • Zoot Suit Riot

    St. Mark’s Jazz Band

    The St. Mark’s Jazz Band rehearses twice each week and includes wind, brass, and rhythm players. Performances this year include the annual Cutler Festival and workshop, a March after dinner concert; and the End of the Year Concert in May. Klezmer artist Glenn Dickson presented a coaching session in February for the Jazz Band. Auditions for the Jazz Band are held in the fall.

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  • Vicarious-Tool, arr. Fred Sladkey

    Chamber Music Program

    Our active Chamber Music program at St. Mark’s includes the 30 member Chamber Players and numbers of duos, trios, and quartets of strings, winds, and keyboard. Highlights of the year include a Fall Parents’ Weekend Concert, a December concert, Lessons and Carols, a February chamber music and our End of the Year Concert in May. Members of the Chamber Players have recently traveled with the Choir to Japan (2000), England (2002) and Italy (2005), Spain (2007) and Germany (2009).

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  • O Mistress Mine by Matthew Harris

    St. Mark’s Singers

    Selected members of the Choir are invited to form the St. Mark’s Singers, a mixed voice group specializing in a wide range of a cappella music.

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