2025-26 Music Season

Handel’s “Messiah”

Experience New York’s most historic Messiah

Don’t miss the renowned annual performance The New York Times hails as no less than the “gold standard.” Featuring the peerless Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, this “transcendent and awe-inspiring” Messiah has captivated audiences since it was first presented in 1770.  

Trinity’s unique, historically informed Messiah is authentically performed on period instruments and sung in baroque style in an acoustically rich space. This year for the first time the oratorio will be split into two parts, with performances at both Christmas and Easter, led by Trinity’s acclaimed Director of Music, Melissa Attebury. 

Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Melissa Attebury, conductor 

Handel’s “Messiah”

Experience New York’s most historic Messiah

Don’t miss the renowned annual performance The New York Times hails as no less than the “gold standard.” Featuring the peerless Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, this “transcendent and awe-inspiring” Messiah has captivated audiences since it was first presented in 1770.  

Trinity’s unique, historically informed Messiah is authentically performed on period instruments and sung in baroque style in an acoustically rich space. This year for the first time the oratorio will be split into two parts, with performances at both Christmas and Easter, led by Trinity’s acclaimed Director of Music, Melissa Attebury. 

Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Melissa Attebury, conductor 

Handel’s “Messiah”

Experience New York’s most historic Messiah

Don’t miss the renowned annual performance The New York Times hails as no less than the “gold standard.” Featuring the peerless Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, this “transcendent and awe-inspiring” Messiah has captivated audiences since it was first presented in 1770.  

Trinity’s unique, historically informed Messiah is authentically performed on period instruments and sung in baroque style in an acoustically rich space. This year for the first time the oratorio will be split into two parts, with performances at both Christmas and Easter, led by Trinity’s acclaimed Director of Music, Melissa Attebury. 

Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Melissa Attebury, conductor 

Trinity Youth Chorus: A Ceremony of Carols 

Festive music for a joyous holiday season     

Join us for an evening of festive music by candlelight when Trinity Youth Chorus returns to St. Paul’s Chapel for their annual rendition of Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. The beloved holiday concert will also feature a new addition to the chorus’s repertoire: Ralph Vaughn Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols, which highlights the tenor and bass voices as well as the organ and strings from Trinity’s famed new-music ensemble, NOVUS.  

Peyton Marion, conductor

Sing, Choirs of Angels: Holiday Sing-Along 

A cherished annual program of carols and seasonal favorites  

The spirit of Christmas comes at you in exuberant waves during Trinity’s holiday extravaganza. You’ll experience the uplifting power of St. Paul’s Chapel Choir and Trinity Scholar Choir, in addition to NOVUS brass and percussion, the Choirs of the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), and, of course, Trinity’s own resounding congregation.   

Sing, Choirs of Angels: Holiday Sing-Along 

A cherished annual program of carols and seasonal favorites  

The spirit of Christmas comes at you in exuberant waves during Trinity’s holiday extravaganza. You’ll experience the uplifting power of St. Paul’s Chapel Choir and Trinity Scholar Choir, in addition to NOVUS brass and percussion, the Choirs of the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), and, of course, Trinity’s own resounding congregation.