The human voice is the preeminent instrument of church music. It is fitting then, that our choirs are at the heart of the music ministry. Our three choirs offer opportunities for people of all ages both in Spanish and in English.
The St Mark’s Children’s Choir is for kids grades 1st through 5th. Children learn music fundamentals and faith stories in a fun and loving environment and lead in worship monthly. Co-directed by Anne Windholz and Seth Luna.
Rehearsals resume on September 11th
Rehearsals:
Wednesdays 4:30-5:00 pm
St Mark’s Singers is a mixed choir for high school-aged and adults. The choir sings anthems weekly at the Sunday 10:30 am mass and monthly Choral Evensong.
Rehearsals:
Thursdays 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Sundays 9:30 am before the service
Coro de Alabanzas is a dynamic Spanish language choir for adults, middle school-aged and older, and instrumentalists. The Coro leads the music at the 1 PM service every Sunday. Weekly rehearsals include music theory and ear training. The Coro sings alongside the other choirs on various occasions throughout the church year.
Rehearsals:
Wednesday 6:30-8:00 pm
The pipe organ at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church was custom designed and built for our parish by the firm of J. W. Walker & Sons, Ltd. of Brandon, Suffolk, England. It arrived for installation on Shrove Tuesday of 1991 and was blessed and first used in services at the Great Vigil of Easter of that same year.
While the organ is designed with electric stop action, the keyboard action is mechanical, or tracker. This means there is a direct physical link between the player and the pipes, and not an electrical one, as is usually the case.
At the time of installation the two manuals and pedal were served by 20 stops, or voices, comprising 26 ranks, or sets of pipes voiced as a unit.
The case is made of American Red Oak with hand-carved pipe shades depicting the four Gospel writers in their traditional symbols: an angel for Matthew, a lion for Mark, an ox for Luke and an eagle for John.
The gold-leaf inscription on the case is in Latin and is taken from the final verse of Psalm 150: “Let everything that breathes praise the Lord.”