Choristers
Choristers is for reading-ready and older children. Children learn music and faith fundamentals and lead in worship monthly.
Rehearsals:
Wednesdays 4:30-5:15 p.m.
The Choirs of St Mark's
We foster joy and excellence in our musical tradition, offering choirs for people of all ages both in Spanish and in English.
St. Mark's Singers
St. Mark's Singers is a mixed choir for high school-aged children and adults. They sing every week at Sunday 10:30 a.m. service, as well as present regular Choral Evensong.
Rehearsals:
Thursdays 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Sundays 9:30 am before the service
Coro de Alabanza
Coro de Alabanza is a dynamic Spanish language choir for adults, middle school-aged and older, and instrumentalists. The Coro leads the music at the 1 p.m. 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 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Our Organ
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.”