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Live in the Quad, 2021 spring concert

The choral department at Saint Mary’s School encourages all singers to find their voices.

The Saint Mary’s choral program is open to girls at a beginning level or a more advanced level. Our Chorale performs over 40 concerts a year at many campus and community events and has has been invited to perform in exciting performance venues like Carnegie Hall in New York City, Symphony Hall in Chicago, and in 2022 at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. Saint Mary's Chorale also collaborates with other regional schools to provide additional performance experience.

Saint Mary's Chorale Invited to the National Festival of the States Concert Series, 2022 - Nashville, TN

Saint Mary's Chorale has been invited to Nashville, TN, to participate in the National Festival of the States Concert Series, with the culminating performance held at the GRAND OLE OPRY where we will walk in the footsteps of country music's superstars and get an exclusive look at what happens behind the scenes of the show that made country music famous!

 

Saint Mary’s School Chorale in concert with Woodberry Forest School Chapel Choir and Consort in Saint Mary's historic chapel.


Meet Ms. Moran:

Jennifer Moran Music

Academic Chair,​​​​​​ for Visual and Performing Arts, Instructor of Voice, and Director of Music
Joined Saint Mary's in 2003
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Saint Mary's announces $6 million lead gift for Blanche Robertson Bacon Performing Arts Center

Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh, North Carolina, has received a gift of more than $6 million as part of the Saint Mary’s Forever campaign for the creation of The Blanche Robertson Bacon Performing Arts Center. The gift is being made in honor and memory of alumna Blanche Robertson Bacon, a member of the school’s high school Class of 1953 and the junior college Class of 1955, by members of her family.

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Black Box Dance Theatre offers impactful collaboration in Seminar Program

Saint Mary’s School seminar program integrates what we know girls need, with what we know of the changing world girls will be facing, to provide relevant, forward-looking, real-world opportunities to prepare girls for college and life. In collaboration with Saint Mary’s Seminar faculty, Black Box Dance Theatre is working with our students to provide innovative programming to explore topics relevant to the areas of focus as well as current events for each grade level.

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Dance Class Virtual

If I had a nickel for every time that someone in the last month has asked me, “How are you teaching chorus online?”, well… I’d have LOTS of nickels. My response has varied from an indignant “Of course, I do!” to a kinder, “It’s different, but we are still singing and sharing music every day. Why wouldn’t we?” I got the giggles in a recent Zoom meeting with Director of Dance Ms. Yount and some others last week when a friend said, “How are you, Lisa?  Are y’all still dancing?”  Ms. Yount backed up so the camera captured her entire living room with every piece of furniture pushed to the walls and stacks of CDs next to an 80’s boom box. Yes! The dance goes on!

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