The St. Luke's Trebles
Do you know a child who loves to sing? Discover the St. Luke's Trebles!
Join us for a rehearsal, or contact our Director of Music, Andrew Lewis, for more information.
About the Trebles
For generations, our acclaimed children’s choirs have enriched young lives and instilled a lifelong love of music. The St. Luke's Choir School offers accessible and rigorous music education and performance opportunities to children ages eight through eighteen from all backgrounds and faith traditions.
Utilizing the renowned Royal School of Church Music curriculum, our talented staff instructs children in music theory, history, proper vocal technique, and performance skills. Choristers experience the English cathedral model of choral singing as they join the adults in mature, challenging, and rewarding music-making.
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The St. Luke's Choir School is a supportive community of peers all committed to the same goal. Choristers emerge from the program well prepared for future formal study in music if desired but equally ready to pursue successful futures in any other areas because of the skills and characteristics they cultivate in the Choir School. Our choristers emerge from the Choir School with not only a lifelong appreciation of music but also the capacity for leadership, commitment, focus, attention to detail, patience, and teamwork.
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Grounded in the belief that music can tear down cultural barriers and build perspective, tolerance, and respect, we welcome talented young singers from all faiths and backgrounds. The choir includes children of many religious traditions and reflects the socioeconomic, geographic, and religious diversity of the Chicago area. Our program is entirely tuition-free!
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Our choristers sing great works of art and receive amazing opportunities! Every three to four years, conditions permitting, the Choir travels to England to perform and experience firsthand the roots of the Anglican choral tradition. Our choristers also enjoy retreats at Wisconsin's Camp Anokijig. In recent years, our choristers have performed with the University of Chicago, Loyola University, and the professional ensemble Bella Voce.
Regular Schedule
The Trebles rehearse on Mondays at 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Thursdays at 6:30 – 8:00 pm, and each Sunday morning at 8:45 am.
Our Staff
Andrew Lewis, Director of Music
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Profiled by John von Rhein in the Chicago Tribune as “the inspiring conductor, scholar, and educator,” Andrew Lewis is Director of Music & Choirmaster at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Evanston, Artistic Director of Bella Voce and the Bella Voce Sinfonia, Music Director of the Elgin Master Chorale, Artistic Director of Opus 327 NFP, a member of the conducting faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and is Assistant Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. He has been a guest lecturer at Concordia University Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, the Lectures in Church Music series, Garrett Theological Seminary, and formerly taught the conducting course at DePaul University. He has been a guest conductor with the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus and has appeared on several occasions as a guest conductor with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Lewis’s performances with Bella Voce, the Elgin Master Chorale, and the Elgin Symphony have been broadcast nationally on WFMT 98.7. He has music degrees from Northwestern University and the Eastman School of Music. Mr. Lewis has three sons who are growing up in the music program at St. Luke’s and, like the other parents, is daily in awe of and grateful for the tremendously positive impact this rigorous program and nurturing community has had on his children.
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Meg Cutting, Organist
Meg Cutting was an Organ Scholar at St. James Cathedral in Chicago from 2020-2022, during which time she worked with their intergenerational Cathedral Choir as well as the chorister program, which is grounded in the Royal School of Church Music. She is a concert organist, organ and piano teacher, and church musician. Meg is a bi-vocational, working by day on the administrative side of a local private equity firm, while weeknights and weekends are dedicated to her work as a musician. The committee was deeply impressed with Meg’s excellence as an organist, an accompanist, and a professional.
Meg holds a Master of Music in Organ Performance from the Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music. During her time there, she studied organ with Martin Jean, organ improvisation with Jeffrey Brillhart, and choral conducting with Jeffrey Douma. She also holds a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied in the studio of Nathan Laube. Meg has developed a passionate interest in the music of twentieth-century French organ composers, such as Messiaen and Alain. She resides in Chicago with her partner Max.
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