2025-26 Music Season

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.   

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.   

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.   

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.   

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    

Chanticleer

The Grammy-winning male chorus performs a medieval masterpiece

Chanticleer — hailed as “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker — presents the East Coast premiere of Guillaume de Machaut’s Messe de Nostre Dame, a masterwork by a leading creative mind of the Middle Ages. De Machaut’s Messe, one of the first multi-movement, large-scale notated compositions in the Western canon, has been called the “genesis of modern music” (Los Angeles Times). The program also includes secular songs of medieval minstrels and bards, promising an evening of artistry, revelry, and dance. 

Jazz at One: Silvano Monasterios Venezuelan Nonet

A nine-piece ensemble featuring jazz piano lights up the stage

Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Silvano Monasterios has become one of the most sought-after jazz pianists of his time. For more than three decades, he has captivated audiences worldwide with awe-inspiring technique, soulful improvisation, and his innate compositional gift. Join us as Monasterios and his talented musicians perform his acclaimed 2025 work The River, a sweeping suite for a nine-piece ensemble inspired by tragic events in Venezuela in 2017, when peaceful demonstrators were attacked by the country’s authoritarian regime. 

Trinity presents Jazz at One in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS, to showcase some of the most prolific and influential artists in music history.   

Bach at One

The music that fueled Bach’s inspiration

Trinity organist Avi Stein will transport audiences into the musical milieu from which Johann Sebastian Bach emerged. As a member of a distinguished family of composers and instrumentalists, Bach was keenly aware of his place in the lineage, and his vast collection of manuscripts — by relatives, predecessors, and contemporaries — reveals that wide repertoire of inspiration. Along with soprano soloist Elisse Albian and musicians from the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Stein will perform intensely passionate pieces from two of Bach’s influential 17th-century predecessors: Dieterich Buxtehude (Trio Sonata in A Minor and Herr, wenn ich nur Dich hab) and Christoph Bernhard (Aus der Tieffen).    

Tiny Concerts: Bach’s Playlist

The music that inspired Bach’s genius 

Trinity organist Avi Stein will transport audiences to the sound-world from which Johann Sebastian Bach sprang forth. As a member of a distinguished family of composers and instrumentalists, Bach was fueled by a wide repertoire of inspiration. Leading from the intimate chapel’s handcrafted pipe organ built principally to present music of the period, Stein, along with soprano soloist Elisse Albian and musicians from the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, will perform intensely passionate pieces from two of Bach’s influential 17th-century predecessors: Dieterich Buxtehude (Trio Sonata in A Minor and Herr, wenn ich nur Dich hab) and Christoph Bernhard (Aus der Tieffen).