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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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Blessing of the Animals

Blessing of the Animals

Our pets bless us every day; let’s take a moment to bless them!
Music 2024-2024 season

Trinity Church Announces 2024–2025 Music Season

From medieval to modern, spiritual to political, don’t miss revelatory performances from our new music season.
Compline

Compline

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

Trinity Talks

Novelist Edwidge Danticat joins us on October 22 to discuss "Brother, I'm Dying," a poignant memoir about how her immigrant Haitian family’s bonds of love survived distance, loss, and tragedy.

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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.
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FeaturedOctober 3, 2024St. 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.
MusicOctober 2, 2024

Bach at One: Magnificat

Considered one of Christianity’s greatest statements of hope, the Magnificat is arguably Bach’s most popular choral work. Combining colorful orchestration with a large choir, the jubilant Magnificat is based on the Canticle of Mary from Luke’s gospel and centers on God’s love for the poor, humble, and oppressed.  

Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; led by Avi Stein, organ 

 

MusicOctober 1, 2024

Pipes at One: Dr. Kristina Ziema Rizzotto

Dr. Kristina Ziema Rizzotto is a sought-after organist, composer, and pianist who has performed her original sacred and secular works around the globe. She is the director of music at Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church in Minneapolis and was previously the organist at the Benedictine Abbey of Rio de Janeiro, built in 1590 and home to one of the oldest organs in South America. Her popular YouTube channel features more than 350+ organ, piano, and choral recordings. 

Jazz at One: Vuyo Sotashe
MusicSeptember 30, 2024

Jazz at One: Vuyo Sotashe

Award-winning South African jazz vocalist Vuyo Sotashe opens the Jazz at One season. He has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center and was one of the first male singers to place in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Vocal competition.  

This season’s Jazz at One, Long Walk to Freedom, is inspired by Nelson Mandela and the 30th anniversary of South African democracy. Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS. 

Pipes
MusicSeptember 24, 2024

Pipe Organs

In 2015, Glatter-Götz Orgelbau of Pfullendorf, Germany, with Manuel Rosales as tonal designer, were engaged to envision a new instrument for the nave of Trinity Church.

The new organ is conceived along the lines of its predecessors, a united instrument of 113 independent stops between chancel and gallery sections. The chancel has 28 stops across Great, Swell, Positiv, Solo, and Pedal. The gallery’s 85 stops are apportioned among Great, Swell, Choir, Rückpositiv, Solo, and Pedal. Watch the behind the scenes of building this great instrument.
Tiny Concerts: Three Parts Upon a Ground
MusicSeptember 19, 2024

Tiny Concerts: Three Parts Upon a Ground

Hear Johann Pachelbel’s much-loved Canon in D major the way it was meant to be heard. Presented in its original instrumentation, with three violins, the piece is paired with a lively but oft-forgotten jig the composer wrote to complement it. The evening’s lineup spotlights the canon and includes pieces by Giovanni Gabrieli as well as Three Parts Upon a Ground by Henry Purcell.  

Robert Mealy, Jacob Ashworth, Ravenna Lipchik, violins; Ezra Seltzer, cello; led by Avi Stein, organ 

MusicSeptember 8, 2024

Community Hymn Sing

Join us for a community hymn sing featuring beloved favorites (including Psalm 100 and All Creatures of our God and King) and new arrangements (reworkings by Trinity organist Alcée Chriss III of Blessed Assurance and Great Is Thy Faithfulness). With music by Margaret Bonds, Janet Yieh, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sterling Procter, and others. This event will be livestreamed.

Trinity Choir; NOVUS brass and percussion; Alcée Chriss III, organ 

Melissa Music Press Release
MusicSeptember 3, 2024

Trinity Church Announces 2024–2025 Music Season

Trinity Church announces its 2024-2025 season, featuring programming encompassing social, political, personal, and spiritual themes, and music from the medieval era to the modern day.
Jazz Evensong with Theodicy Jazz Collective
MusicJuly 21, 2024

Jazz Evensong with Theodicy Jazz Collective

Join us for a special jazz evensong featuring Theodicy Jazz Collective and members of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Bringing together sounds from jazz and gospel and rhythms from Latin America and Africa, the collective’s music is a shout for joy, a cry for hope, a call to action — and a constant prayer. 

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