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Music at St. Mark's
Music at St. Mark's has a long and strong tradition. The music directors office holds a collection of hundreds of Choir Anthems, Bell Choir pieces and books of sacred music spanning almost 100 years! For our regular Sunday services we currently rely on The Hymnal 1982, Wonder Love and Praise and Lift Every Voice and Sing II. St. Mark's holds a license to print pieces in our weekly bulletin, to make participating in service music as easy as possible.
Typically, during the year the Senior Choir joins our music minister to lead our hymns in four part harmony and regularly prepares an anthem to perform during communion. Occasionally our Bell Choir performs a prepared anthem, and once a month our Youth Music Ministry take over the music platform to lead in catchy and easy to sing worship music.
We love to have as many people participate as possible, which is why all our groups are non-committal. You do not have to commit to participating every Sunday, just on the Sundays and rehearsals that you can attend. Music is a great way to both participate in service and give back to our fellow parishioners.
We always welcome instrumentalists to join in our Sunday services as well, and we are blessed to currently have a flute player for most Sunday morning services. Anyone who is interested in joining any of our music ministries can email the office or talk to our music minister, Esther Zabinski.
Senior Choir
After many months of a COVID ban on singing in doors, and a delightful summer of getting out and having fun, the senior choir is ready to come back to sing our favorite hymns and anthems on Sunday mornings. Anyone is invited to join us again, simply talk to Esther or send an email to the office letting them know you are interested! All voice types and experiences are welcome and encouraged to join. Senior Choir meets on Wednesday evenings from 7:30-8:30 in the choir room (downstairs) at St. Mark's. We sing most Sunday mornings at the 9:30 service, meeting at 9:00 to warmup and robe. This is NON-COMMITTAL, you do not need to come to all rehearsals or be present for all services to join the choir. Send an email to the office or speak to Esther after service if you have questions or are ready to join.
Bell Choir
The Bell Choir at St. Mark's is looking for new talent! We are very grateful for the youth that have joined us over the years, but many of them have gone off to college and will not be able to join us this year. We are an established bell choir so any members who would like to join would be more comfortable if they already know how to read music. You don’t have to be able to play, but at least be able to follow along in a music score. You do NOT need any experience actually playing the bells, we can teach you that part. If you are interested in playing in the bell choir but don’t know how to read music, please come talk to Esther. We would be happy to start a beginner bells group if there is enough interest. Rehearsals are not set yet since we don’t know who might be able to join us. If you are interested in joining the bell choir, or know someone who is, please send an email to the office or talk to Esther after service.
Music at St. Mark's has a long and strong tradition. The music directors office holds a collection of hundreds of Choir Anthems, Bell Choir pieces and books of sacred music spanning almost 100 years! For our regular Sunday services we currently rely on The Hymnal 1982, Wonder Love and Praise and Lift Every Voice and Sing II. St. Mark's holds a license to print pieces in our weekly bulletin, to make participating in service music as easy as possible.
Typically, during the year the Senior Choir joins our music minister to lead our hymns in four part harmony and regularly prepares an anthem to perform during communion. Occasionally our Bell Choir performs a prepared anthem, and once a month our Youth Music Ministry take over the music platform to lead in catchy and easy to sing worship music.
We love to have as many people participate as possible, which is why all our groups are non-committal. You do not have to commit to participating every Sunday, just on the Sundays and rehearsals that you can attend. Music is a great way to both participate in service and give back to our fellow parishioners.
We always welcome instrumentalists to join in our Sunday services as well, and we are blessed to currently have a flute player for most Sunday morning services. Anyone who is interested in joining any of our music ministries can email the office or talk to our music minister, Esther Zabinski.
Senior Choir
After many months of a COVID ban on singing in doors, and a delightful summer of getting out and having fun, the senior choir is ready to come back to sing our favorite hymns and anthems on Sunday mornings. Anyone is invited to join us again, simply talk to Esther or send an email to the office letting them know you are interested! All voice types and experiences are welcome and encouraged to join. Senior Choir meets on Wednesday evenings from 7:30-8:30 in the choir room (downstairs) at St. Mark's. We sing most Sunday mornings at the 9:30 service, meeting at 9:00 to warmup and robe. This is NON-COMMITTAL, you do not need to come to all rehearsals or be present for all services to join the choir. Send an email to the office or speak to Esther after service if you have questions or are ready to join.
Bell Choir
The Bell Choir at St. Mark's is looking for new talent! We are very grateful for the youth that have joined us over the years, but many of them have gone off to college and will not be able to join us this year. We are an established bell choir so any members who would like to join would be more comfortable if they already know how to read music. You don’t have to be able to play, but at least be able to follow along in a music score. You do NOT need any experience actually playing the bells, we can teach you that part. If you are interested in playing in the bell choir but don’t know how to read music, please come talk to Esther. We would be happy to start a beginner bells group if there is enough interest. Rehearsals are not set yet since we don’t know who might be able to join us. If you are interested in joining the bell choir, or know someone who is, please send an email to the office or talk to Esther after service.