The Evensong Choir

This ensemble consists of advanced Choristers and members of the Schola of the Choir School, plus 12–20 auditioned adult singers. They offer Choral Evensong in the English Cathedral tradition on the first Sunday of the month at 4:30 p.m., October through May. They also sing occasional special liturgies at Christmas and in Holy Week. Approximately every three years, this choir travels on pilgrimage to the U.K. to serve summer residencies in English cathedrals, most recently to Lincoln and Durham in the summer of 2025. (Note: The adult singers of the Evensong Choir are required to also be members of Saint Mark’s Cathedral Choir or Compline Choir or be professionally engaged as singers or directors in other churches on Sunday mornings.)

Canon Michael Kleinschmidt (mkleinschmidt@saintmarks.org)

Learn more about Evensong at Saint Mark's.

Upcoming Events

Choral Evensong

Choral Evensong on All Saints' Day and the Eve of All Souls' Day Saint Mark's invites one and all through eventide prayers and praise to celebrate all the saints and remember all whom we love but see no longer. The Evensong Choir will offer a boldly declamatory setting of the Songs of Mary and Simeon by the 19th-century English composer, Charles Villiers Stanford (the setting in C major, his own favorite among his several settings of those canticles); and the … Read More

Choral Evensong

Choral Evensong on the Second Sunday of Advent This ancient practice of singing evening prayers is offered by an intergenerational choir on the first Sunday of the month, October through May. More information is available at saintmarks.org/evensong.

Choral Evensong

Choral Evensong on the Second Sunday after Christmas This ancient practice of singing evening prayers is offered by an intergenerational choir on the first Sunday of the month, October through May. More information is available at saintmarks.org/evensong.