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St. John’s Episcopal gets a dose of pop this year when musician CARY PIERCE, one-half of the alternative-rock band Jackopierce, joins the school as its artist-in-residence. Between putting on summer concerts in Chicago and Martha’s Vineyard, Pierce fills us in on his hopes for the students of St. John’s.

Didn’t Jackopierce break up a while back?

We broke up in 1998. We [Jack O’Neil and I] didn’t speak for about a year, but we got back together in late 2002. In 2008 we released a record, “Promise of Summer”. We played 25 shows last year, coast to coast, so we are going pretty strong. We don’t tour; we just do shows.

Where in Dallas do you live?

I live in the Highland Park area. I went to SMU, but I also lived in Lake Highlands for a while, off Goforth, and I lived in East Dallas for some time, in the M Streets.

Do you have kids of your own?

My sons Jordon, 9; Jaron, 3; and Elijah, 10 months.