Listen to St. Andrew’s Academy Choir sing Byrd’s Agnus Dei live in Pepperdine!






Past Articles and Pictures of the St. Andrew’s Academy Choir


Choir Sings Live for BBC

Choir Festival in Bishop, California

Summer Mini-Tour

St. Andrew’s Sings in Canada

Summer 2008 South East Choir Tour

St. Andrew’s 2008 American Music Concert

Choir and Symphony in 2007

Choir in Pepperdine & with Symphony

Listen to the St. Andrew’s Academy Choir performance at the Ascending Voice, International A Capella Festival

Making a Joyful Noise


The St. Andrew’s Academy Choir sings every day of school and has been doing so since the founding of St. Andrew’s Academy.  The choir sings choral matins to begin the school day every morning and evensong every afternoon to close the day.  Choir rehearsal happens just before lunch, and students are even caught singing in the hallways.




Perhaps the best explanation of the St. Andrew’s Academy Choir and the success they’ve had is not found in the great musical accomplishment of the individual students, nor in their profound training, nor in the amazing sound they produce.  The best explanation may be the oft-repeated phrase of those who hear them sing:  “It’s so obvious that they love to sing!”


Singing is foundational to St. Andrew’s Academy, and the students have always worked hard to be better at it, day after day.  The choir has sung up and down California, in the Pacific Northwest, in the Chicago area, on the East Coast and throughout the South East.  Our Choristers have filled Churches and halls with music in Canada and in Italy and most recently, on our trip to England in the early summer of 2010, where they not only sang services and concerts, but sang live on BBC Radio.


The Choir has produced three CDs over the years: 1. Make a Joyful Noise: Evensong with St. Andrew’s Academy Choir (out of print); 2. Byrd’s Mass in Three Voices; 3.  American Choral Music.  The choir, with Alumni joining, recorded a traditional plainsong morning prayer service during Christmastide.


In 2007, the St. Andrew’s Academy Choir was invited to join the festivities and to perform at Pepperdine University’s “Ascending Voice International A Cappella Music Festival.”  The Choir was the only representative of the Anglican choral tradition and the youngest choir by far at the festival.  To hear the choir’s performance, please follow this link:  <http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/pepperdine.edu.3278824727>