"The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament."
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), quoted by Robert Craft
Mr. John Martin Marks, Director of Music and Organist
Click to listen to Grace & St. Peter's Choir
Agnus Dei - Missa Brevis - Andrea Gabrieli
From the The Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross through the Feast of Corpus Christi, Solemn High Mass is celebrated on Sundays at ten o'clock A.M.
The parish choir, a mixed-voice ensemble under the direction of John Martin Marks, sings a setting of the ordinary, plainsong propers, and anthems or motets at the offertory and during communion.
Repertoire ranges from the fourteenth to twentieth centuries with particular emphasis on British composers from Tallis to Leighton.
The office of Evensong is sung on three or four Sundays a year and is often preceded by a short recital on the 1922 Austin organ of 3 manuals and over 60 ranks.
Olivia Hartman (Soprano)
Jennifer Laurent-Andersen (Soprano)
Lien-Ying Liu (Soprano)
Stephanie Miller (Soprano)
Megan Amoss (Mezzo-Soprano)
Erica Hamby (Mezzo-Soprano)
George Bareford (Tenor)
Mark Blackwell (Tenor)
Todd Harland-White (Tenor)
Eberhard Froehlich (Baritone)
Ralph Gaston (Baritone)
James Miller (Baritone)
Stephen Heaver (Bass)
October 3
Missa Secunda - Hans Leo Hassler
Psalm 117 - Heinrich Schütz
O Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem - Herbert Howells
October 10
Mass in A Minor - Claudio Casciolini
Insanae Et Vanae Curae - Franz Joseph Haydn
Cantate Domino - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni
October 17
Missa a 4 voci - Giovanni Grossi
O Almighty God - George Barcrofte
Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord - Edmund Hooper
October 24
Missa L'Hora Passa - Ludovico Grossi de Viadana
The Pharisee And The Publican - Heinrich Schütz
Psalm 84 - Heinrich Schütz
October 31
Short Communion Service In The Phrygian Mode - Charles Wood
Expectans Expectavi - Charles Wood
O Most Merciful - Charles Wood

Additions by Austin, Crossan-Savage, and Lewis & Hitchcock
Stephen P. Bartley, Curator of the Organ

GREAT (enclosed with Choir)16 Quintaton GRAND CHORUS (Available on Great or Choir)(Unenclosed)8 Open Diapason CHOIR (Enclosed with Great)8 Geigen Principal |
SWELL (Enclosed)16 Lieblich Gedeckt PEDAL (Partially enclosed)32 Resultant Cymbelstern |
Grace and St. Peter's welcomes inquiries from performers looking for a performance space with great acoustics and unique ambience. Please contact the Director of Music at jmarks15@gmail.com if you would like to discuss the possibilities.
Grace & St. Peter's Church
707 Park Avenue (at Monument Street)
Baltimore, Maryland (MD) 21201
410-539-1395 | gracestpeter @ aol . com
The Rev'd. Frederick S. Thomas, SSC, Rector
Mr. John Martin Marks, Director of Music and Organist