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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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The Most Rev. Marinez Bassotto and the Rev. Phillip A. Jackson in Trinity Church in New York City

Bishop Marinez Bassotto Visits Trinity

The Most Rev. Marinez Bassotto, presiding bishop of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil, joins as guest preacher.
TYC 20th Anniversary

Trinity Youth Chorus celebrates 20 years

For two decades, Trinity Church has brought the gift of music to young people through the Trinity Youth Chorus.
Portrait of composer, Jessica French

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.
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. ”
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.
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
FeaturedMay 23, 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.
Bach at One
MusicMay 21, 2025

Bach at One

Join us as Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, led by organist Avi Stein, perform Bach’s beautiful Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn (Cantata 92), a sacred work that references the soul’s surrender as the way to heaven. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major — Bach’s first major work for solo harpsichord and orchestra — is also on the program.  

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

Pipes at One: Sarah Simko
MusicMay 20, 2025

Pipes at One: Sarah Simko

Hear the talents of Sarah Simko, associate organist at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Detroit and winner of first prize in the Schoenstein Competition in the Art of Organ Accompaniment. She received a Graduate Award from the Presser Foundation to create a comprehensive set of recordings of organ music by living American female composers. During her time as a doctoral student at the University of Michigan, Simko worked with the Department of Mathematics to explore how the brain processes music, through detailed study of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Sonatas.  

Jazz at One: Jeremy Pelt Quintet
MusicMay 19, 2025

Jazz at One: Jeremy Pelt Quintet

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear a quintet helmed by one of the jazz world’s preeminent young trumpeters, Jeremy Pelt. Since forging an early bond with the Mingus Big Band, Pelt has continued to create meaningful collaborations, performing alongside such notable ensembles as the Roy Hargrove Big Band, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, the Duke Ellington Big Band, and others. As a bandleader in his own right, he has toured globally and recorded 10 albums, the latest of which is Soundtrack.  

Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS  

Of Such I Dream  
MusicMay 18, 2025

Of Such I Dream  

Trinity Youth Chorus performs both classical and contemporary pieces in a concert dedicated to peacemaking and reconciliation. The title of the concert is a line from the Langston Hughes poem “I Dream a World.” 

The talented young singers perform “The Times They Are A-Changin’” by Bob Dylan, “If I Had a Hammer” by Pete Seeger, “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor” (a setting of the Emma Lazarus poem inscribed at the Statue of Liberty), “Wanting Memories” and “There Is a Balm in Gilead” by Ysaÿe M. Barnwell, and more. 

Trinity Youth Chorus; Peyton Marion, conductor 

Tiny Concerts: Johann Christoph Bach
MusicMay 15, 2025

Tiny Concerts: Johann Christoph Bach

Leave the city’s chaos behind when you enter the jewel-box Chapel of All Saints for a 45-minute program of early music. This installment in our Tiny Concerts series features the cantata Mein Freundin, du bist schön, written by Johann Sebastian’s older cousin, Johann Christoph Bach. Most likely performed at the wedding of Johann Sebastian’s brother, the work is a profoundly beautiful setting of love poetry from the Song of Songs — and one example of the prodigious talent that preceded J.S. Bach and ran through generations of the Bach family.  

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

Bach at One
MusicMay 14, 2025

Bach at One

Experience a beautiful cantata written by Johann Sebastian’s older cousin, Johann Christoph Bach. Mein Freundin, du bist schön is a joyous setting of love poetry from the Song of Songs. Most likely performed at the wedding of Johann Sebastian’s older brother, it’s one example of the prodigious talent that preceded J. S. Bach and ran through generations of the Bach family.  

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

Pipes at One: Mina Marie Jelinek
MusicMay 13, 2025

Pipes at One: Mina Marie Jelinek

Today’s midday concert features a musician of remarkable technique and sensitivity. Organist Mina Marie Jelinek has worked at such high-profile venues as the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, and studied with teachers from the acclaimed Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School, and the National Conservatory of Paris. Her program consists of virtuosic French works and pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach.  

Jazz at One: Godwin Louis
MusicMay 12, 2025

Jazz at One: Godwin Louis

Acclaimed alto saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator Godwin Louis has graced stages around the globe. Born in Harlem and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Port au Prince, Haiti, he taps into every corner of his multicultural background to create his work. The result is a diverse palette of jazz, gospel, classical, and world music bolstered by Afro-Caribbean rhythms.  

Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS  

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