All Lower School students have two music assemblies each year for an invited audience.  Age-appropriate material is used for these performances. Much classroom time is spent on preparing the students for each event.

Specific Grace Church School performance ensembles include:

The GCS Chorus:

The GCS Chorus is a non-auditioned group comprised of fourth and fifth grade students. The GCS Chorus presents two major concerts each year—A Holiday Choral Concert in December and a Spring Choral Concert at the end of the school year. The GCS Chorus also participates in Grace Church School's Thanksgiving Service, Christmas Pageant and Early Childhood/Lower School Closing Exercises.

The GCS Singers:

The GCS Singers is an elective offered in the fall and spring terms.  Any sixth, seventh and eighth grade students may audition for the group. The Fall GCS Singers present a Holiday Choral Concert in December, and they also participate in Grace Church School's Thanksgiving Service and Christmas Pageant. The Spring GCS Singers present a Spring Choral Concert at the end of the school year.

A highlight of the Fall GCS Singers term is holiday caroling at Beth Israel Hospital's Pediatric Floor and at The Jewish Guild for the Blind's Guild School.

The GCS Orchestra:

The GCS Orchestra brings students together from the three different instrumental music classes offered at Grace Church School:  flute, violin and cello. The Orchestra meets after school and is typically composed of 10 to 12 student Upper School students. They present a Spring Concert at the end of the school year.

The Guitar Elective Band:

Guitar lessons are offered to Upper School students as an elective. It is usually a small group of three to four students. Most years, they perform as a band for school assemblies, chapels and occasionally for outside functions.

Early Childhood Music and Dance at GCS