Music & Events

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 

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. 

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

Trinity Choir, led by director Melissa Attebury, presents a stirring collection of works created in the crucible of World War II. Showcasing the power of music to confront tyranny, honor voices of courage, and transform our darkest hours, the program culminates in Francis Poulenc’s choral masterpiece, Figure humaine. Composed in secret during the Nazi occupation of France and set to text by poet Paul Éluard, this hymn to freedom moves from introspective grief to defiant triumph, ending with a resounding final declaration: “Liberté.” 

Program 

Benjamin Britten, Advance Democracy  
Ilse Weber, Wiegala  
Elsa Barraine, Prelude 
Jacob Beranek, Abendgebet  
Francis Poulenc, Un soir de neige 
Kim André Arnesen, Even when He is silent 
Francis Poulenc, Figure humaine 

Trinity Choir; Melissa Attebury, director 

Trinity’s holiday extravaganza of carols and other festive works features the combined power of all Trinity’s vocal groups — Trinity Choir, St. Paul’s Chapel Choir, and  Downtown Voices — in addition to NOVUS brass and percussion, The Choirs of the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), and, of course, Trinity’s congregation.

This concert will be livestreamed.