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Through revelatory music and groundbreaking conversations with authors and thinkers, Trinity’s free programming brings our audiences new ways of seeing, and being, in the world. From classical and modern masterpieces to innovative jazz, Trinity’s musical programs are “the top of musical life in New York” (The New York Times). And our Trinity Talks, at the intersection of sacred and civic life, deepen our understanding on issues of religion, social justice, and community.

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James McBride

Trinity Talks with James McBride

Author James McBride joins Trinity Talks to discuss themes explored in his “New York Times” bestselling novel, “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. ”
Summerlee with Christian Wiman

An afternoon with Christian Wiman

Wiman joins Summerlee Staten, Trinity’s executive director of Faith Formation and Education, to discuss how even in the most turbulent, challenging times, we can cultivate a capacity for wonder.
Music Press Release 2025 Spring

Trinity Announces Spring Music Season

Trinity’s spring lineup—featuring world-renowned artists and emerging voices—embodies the church’s focus on peacemaking and celebrates the transformative power of art to inspire change and healing.
Edwidge Danticat

Trinity Talks with Edwidge Danticat

Watch the award-winning novelist discuss “Brother, I’m Dying,” a poignant memoir about her family’s decision to flee violence in Haiti and seek asylum in America.
Compline

Compline

Set in the tranquility of St. Paul’s Chapel, 30 minutes of chant-based improvised music by Trinity Choir.

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Discovery 2025 Spring season
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Discovery Adult Education

Discovery is Trinity’s education series for adults interested in how Scripture and theology can inform, shape, and enrich our lives.
Compline by Candlelight art with a candle and the words, Compline: find some peace and choir
FeaturedApril 29, 2025St. Paul's Chapel

Compline by Candlelight

Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. There’s nothing to do but listen, breathe, and be.
Portrait of composer, Jessica French
MusicSharlene BreakeyApril 10, 2025

Trinity’s New Music Passion

A Good Friday commission from acclaimed composer Jessica French puts a fresh spin on an old story — and helps Trinity fulfill an ambitious musical mission.
MusicApril 8, 2025

“My God, I Love Thee”

“My God, I Love Thee,” a choral anthem by Nigerian-American composer Shawn E. Okpebholo.
Trinity TalksApril 3, 2025

A conversation with author James McBride

Author James McBride joins Trinity Talks to discuss themes explored in his New York Times bestselling novel, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. 
Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden
MusicMarch 30, 2025

Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden

Hear Trinity Youth Chorus take on the challenging and dramatic Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden by Johann Sebastian Bach. Accompanied by the period instruments of Trinity Baroque Orchestra, the young musicians perform Bach’s arrangement of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s famous Stabat Mater for soprano and alto voices, with text from Psalm 51. Trinity’s version is adapted to include the Trinity Youth Chorus tenor and bass voices.  

 Trinity Youth Chorus; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Melissa Attebury, director 

Lenten Meditations: Remorse to Redemption 
MusicMarch 20, 2025

Lenten Meditations: Remorse to Redemption 

Trinity Choir leads the audience through the Lenten journey, from Ash Wednesday’s reminders of human mortality to the redemption of Christ’s death on the cross. Focusing on countertenor, tenor, and bass voices, this performance includes powerful, contemplative works by Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Jonathan Woody, and John Sheppard. 

Trinity Choir; Thomas McCargar, conductor 

Trinity TalksMarch 19, 2025

An afternoon with Christian Wiman

The poet Christian Wiman shares reflections from his recent book, “Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair. ”
Musical Multitudes
MusicMarch 6, 2025

Musical Multitudes

Experience two ensembles at the top of their craft performing together. Downtown Voices and chamber chorus Amor Artis take on a set of monumental works: Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir, a deeply spiritual and intricate composition; Thomas Tallis’s Spem in Alium, a 40-part Renaissance motet; and Orazio Benevoli’s Missa Tu es Petrus (for four choirs), featuring opulent Baroque textures and counterpoint.

Directed by Ryan Brandau and Stephen Sands. With Trinity Baroque Orchestra. 

Jazz Icons: Gary Bartz
MusicFebruary 16, 2025

Jazz Icons: Gary Bartz 

Join us for an epic evening of free jazz with saxophonist Gary Bartz. The two-time Grammy winner was recently named 2024 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. He currently teaches at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and has made 45 solo albums and performed with an astonishing array of jazz greats. His band includes Marc Cary (piano), James B. King Jr. (bass), Eric Kennedy (drums), and Paul Bollenback (guitar).  

 

Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS

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