2025-26 Music Season
A groundbreaking concert season featuring renowned artists, emerging voices, visiting virtuosi, and our own peerless ensembles. And don’t miss PIPES, a season-long celebration of Trinity’s three pipe organs, newly magnificent after a 10-year restoration project. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on Eventbrite to be the first to hear about new concert announcements.
Sunday, February 1, 2026
Jazz Icons: Jon Faddis
An influential trumpeter with breathtaking virtuosity
Trumpeter, conductor, composer, and educator Jon Faddis has shaped both jazz performance and music education with a depth of influence few can match. Following in the footsteps of his mentor Dizzy Gillespie, he launched his career at just 17 with Lionel Hampton’s band, later rising to prominence as lead trumpet in the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and as a frequent collaborator with preeminent artists including Charles Mingus.
Trinity presents Jazz Icons in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS, to showcase some of the most prolific and influential artists in music history.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
PIPES: Messe solennelle
The stunning finale of Trinity’s PIPES concert series
Illustrating the dramatic range of the new pipe organ, Trinity organist Avi Stein and organ scholar Alex Leonardi will perform Louis Vierne’s stunningly grandiose Messe solennelle — a piece that explores the depths of the organ’s colors and sonic possibilities — in concert with Trinity Choir. The evening’s tour of the rich legacy of French music will also feature the work of three of Vierne’s preeminent pupils: Nadia Boulanger, her younger sister Lili Boulanger, and Marcel Dupré.
Melissa Baker, flute; Melissa Attebury, conductor
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Ave Generosa: Marian and Lenten Reflections
Divine music featuring treble voices
Expect to be deeply moved by the soprano and alto voices of the Trinity Choir during this evening of choral music that glorifies Mary, compassion, and the spirit of Lent. With Hildegard von Bingen’s luminous Ave generosa at its center, the program also presents Francis Poulenc’s Litanies à la Vierge noire and Marian gems by Maurice Duruflé, Bernat Vivancos, Edvard Grieg, and Ola Gjeilo. A trio of newer composers (Zanaida Stewart Robles, Ily Matthew Maniano, and Margaret Rizza) add their perspectives to timeless themes of mercy, devotion, and divine joy.
Alcée Chriss III, organ; Melissa Attebury, conductor
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Brahms Requiem
A profound meditation on grief, hope, and transcendence
Johannes Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem is one of the most profound choral masterworks ever composed. In this performance by Downtown Voices, NOVUS, and soloists Moriah Berry (a former Trinity Choral Scholar) and Brian Mextorf (Trinity Choir), Brahms’s setting of biblical texts unfolds in waves of grief and consolation, embodied in expressive orchestration and choral melodies. Unlike traditional requiems, Brahms’s masterpiece is not a mass for the dead but rather a work for the living, offering reassurance and solace.
Stephen Sands, conductor
Monday, April 13, 2026
Jazz at One: Shirazette Tinnin
A celebrated percussionist brings a joyful beat
Opening the 2026 midday series, drummer, composer, and bandleader Shirazette Tinnin brings her signature blend of soul, jazz, and global rhythms to a performance that pulses with creativity and joy. Tinnin fuses traditional jazz roots with innovative grooves and Afro-diasporic influences, crafting music that is both profoundly personal, and universally moving.
Trinity presents Jazz at One in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS, to showcase some of the most prolific and influential artists in music history.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Bach at One: Messiah, Parts II and III
Special edition: selections from Trinity’s renowned presentation
Enter Trinity Church — and the Easter season — for this special edition of Bach at One, as Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra perform selections from Parts II and III of the beloved oratorio by Bach’s contemporary, George Frideric Handel. Trinity’s historic Messiah has thrilled audiences since 1770, but this year, the second portion of the masterpiece — tracing Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection — will be presented during the spring season. Come revel in this free offering of the timeless tradition.
Led by Director of Music Melissa Attebury.
Handel’s Messiah (Parts II and III)
The thrilling oratorio concludes with Jesus’s death and resurrection
Audiences will revel in the full glory of Easter season as Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra pick up where they left off at Christmastime, presenting Parts II and III of George Frideric Handel’s beloved and timeless work — including the much-celebrated “Hallelujah” chorus. Hailed by The New York Times as “the gold standard” by which all Messiah performances are measured, Trinity’s historic version has thrilled audiences since 1770.
Led by Director of Music Melissa Attebury.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Handel Messiah (Parts II and III)
The thrilling oratorio concludes with Jesus’s death and resurrection
Audiences will revel in the full glory of Easter season as Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra pick up where they left off at Christmastime, presenting Parts II and III of George Frideric Handel’s beloved and timeless work — including the much-celebrated “Hallelujah” chorus. Hailed by The New York Times as “the gold standard” by which all Messiah performances are measured, Trinity’s historic version has thrilled audiences since 1770.
Led by Director of Music Melissa Attebury.
Monday, April 20, 2026
Jazz at One: Orrin Evans
The acclaimed pianist blends swing, blues, and avant-garde music
Prolific pianist Orrin Evans has built a renowned career defined by his extensive stylistic range, blending swing, blues, and avant-garde influences. Known for pushing the envelope and for his fierce independence — none of his 25 records were backed by a major label — Evans, who is also a composer and bandleader, explains himself best: “I like to stretch out. Wherever the music takes me, I’m going there.”
Trinity presents Jazz at One in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS, to showcase some of the most prolific and influential artists in music history.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Bach at One
Early-music reflections on faith, doubt, and inner peace
Returning to the serenity of St. Paul’s Chapel, Trinity’s early-music experts explore the more human side of Bach’s art. In contrast to the magnificent large choral pieces of his B Minor Mass, not to mention Handel’s Messiah, today’s concert finds Bach at his most introspective, with works that draw on texts of self-reflection and consolation. Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra perform Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats and Warum Betrübst du dich, Mein Herz, cantatas that invite personal meditations on faith, doubt, and inner peace.
Led by Avi Stein, organ