Music

The Choir Program

Music has played a significant part in the life and ministry of Grace Church since its founding. Affiliated with the Royal School of Church Music, the Grace Church endeavors to provide the finest quality training for the offering of music in worship. The Parish Choir rehearses from 7:30 until 9:00 p.m.  on Wednesdays, September through June.  All of the members of the Parish Choir are volunteers, and membership is open to all.

The Choir School at Grace Church

The newest addition to our program is the Choir School, opened in January 2007. Young people in grades 2-6 are provided a quality music education which includes singing, sight-reading, handbells, and drumming. The school is directed by Mark Engelhardt and an audition is required. The Trebles of the Choir School at Grace Church sing Evensong on the first Wednesday of each month October through May, and participate in Choir Festivals and concerts through the year. Tuition is $125 per academic semester, and scholarships are available.

You may view the brochure for season 2009-2010 by clicking the Brochure:HERE.  

Persons interested in our Parish Music program and the Choir School are encouraged to contact Mark Engelhardt, or to call the parish office.
 

Music at Grace: 

In addition to our regular ongoing choral program, Grace Church is pleased to offer other unique opportunities for music in our community.

Ensemble-in-Residence:
  Coro Stella Maris

The outstanding North Shore-based choral ensemble, specializing in Early Music and  directed by Amelia LeClair, rehearses each week at Grace Church and performs at least once each year at Grace Church. Click on the picture to visit Coro's website to see their entire schedule.

Music Together: 

an internationally recognized early childhood music program for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and the adults who love them.

First offered to the public in 1987, it pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum that strongly emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement. Music Together classes are based on the recognition that all children are musical. All children can learn to sing in tune, keep a beat, and participate with confidence in the music of our culture, provided that their early environment supports such learning.

Music Together, taught by Teresa Ines Coelho, is offered this year at Grace Church on  Saturday at 9:30 am. Click on Teresa's picture to learn more about her and the program.

Sacred Music in a Sacred Space

A Series of Sunday Vespers, 
Choral Evensongs and Lessons & Carols
 
2009-2010

Sung at 4:00 pm
Sherry Reception following

Sunday, November 8 - Vespers
Sung to Honor Those Who Have Died Defending our Country

Magnificat in E Flat & "Requiem" - John Rutter

The Parish Choir
Henry Dalby, Treble Soloist              Mark Dirksen, Guest Organist
Mark Engelhardt, Conductor

Sunday, November 29 - Vespers
Sung upon the First Sunday of Advent

Psalm 122 & Canticles in B Flat - Henry Purcell

Coro Maris Stella, Ensemble-in-Residence
Amelia LeClair, Director

Organ Prelude Concert
Mark Engelhardt, Organist

Sunday, December 6 - Choral Evensong
Sung upon St. Nicholas Day

A traditional Anglican Choral Evensong
sung by the Trebles of the 
Choir School at Grace Church
Mark Engelhardt, Organist and Director

Sunday, January 10 - Lessons and Carols
A Community Service of Lessons & Carols for Epiphanytide

The traditional service of Lessons & Carols
modeled after the service of King's College, Cambridge (UK)

The Parish Choir
The Trebles of the Choir School at Grace Church
Mark Engelhardt, Director

Sunday, May 23 - Festival Choral Evensong
Sung upon Pentecost Sunday

A Festival Service featuring the combined choirs of 
MagnificatBoston, The Parish Choir &
The Trebles of the Choir School at Grace Church
Mark Engelhardt, Director
Michael Salvatore, Associate Director

Mark T. Engelhardt is Lay Associate and Director of Music at Grace Church. He previously served as  Organist and Director of Music for the Episcopal Cathedral of Saint Paul, Boston, and Music Consultant for the Diocese of Massachusetts. He has held positions in New York, Kansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. He studied organ with Richard Heschke, James Higdon, and Peter Sykes, and choral conducting at the Royal School of Church Music in England.

For more information about Mark, go to his biography page.