2024 Music Season

Silent Light

A world premiere opera from Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek

Experience a new chamber opera by Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek, based on Carlos Reygadas's acclaimed 2007 film. Silent Light delves into the moral dilemmas faced by members of a Mennonite community as they grapple with forbidden love and the limitations of their restrictive society. Presented by Trinity in collaboration with National Sawdust — part of the Brooklyn venue’s 10th-anniversary celebration — the opera’s all-star cast includes tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, baritone Daniel Okulitch, and soprano Brittany Renee accompanied by NOVUS and the Trinity Choir. 

Trinity Choir and NOVUS; composed by Paola Prestini; libretto by Royce Vavrek; Thaddeus Strassberger, director; Christopher Rountree, conductor 

Silent Light

A world premiere opera from Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek

Experience a new chamber opera by Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek, based on Carlos Reygadas's acclaimed 2007 film. Silent Light delves into the moral dilemmas faced by members of a Mennonite community as they grapple with forbidden love and the limitations of their restrictive society. Presented by Trinity in collaboration with National Sawdust — part of the Brooklyn venue’s 10th-anniversary celebration — the opera’s all-star cast includes tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, baritone Daniel Okulitch, and soprano Brittany Renee accompanied by NOVUS and the Trinity Choir. 

Trinity Choir and NOVUS; composed by Paola Prestini; libretto by Royce Vavrek; Thaddeus Strassberger, director; Christopher Rountree, conductor 

Silent Light

A world premiere opera from Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek

Experience a new chamber opera by Paola Prestini and Royce Vavrek, based on Carlos Reygadas's acclaimed 2007 film. Silent Light delves into the moral dilemmas faced by members of a Mennonite community as they grapple with forbidden love and the limitations of their restrictive society. Presented by Trinity in collaboration with National Sawdust — part of the Brooklyn venue’s 10th-anniversary celebration — the opera’s all-star cast includes tenor Anthony Dean Griffey, baritone Daniel Okulitch, and soprano Brittany Renee accompanied by NOVUS and the Trinity Choir. 

Trinity Choir and NOVUS; composed by Paola Prestini; libretto by Royce Vavrek; Thaddeus Strassberger, director; Christopher Rountree, conductor 

Jazz at One: Vuyo Sotashe

Long Walk to Freedom

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 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. 

Bach at One: Magnificat

Bach’s jubilant choral work comes to life

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 

Sunday Afternoon Music: Trio Portinari

Violinist Nicholas Pappone, cellist Joseph Staten, and pianist Candace Chien perform as the Trio Portinari in the next installment of Trinity’s popular Sunday Afternoon Music series. Using music to showcase how love, loss, and hope are integral to the human experience, the concert opens with German composer Max Bruch’s haunting Kol Nidrei, inspired by an ancient prayer for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. Maurice Ravel’s poignant Le Tombeau de Couperin, a tribute to six friends lost during World War I; Franz Schubert’s evocative Ave Maria, and Felix Mendelssohn’s riveting Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor round out the program. Presented by Trinity Congregational Arts Allegro.  

Jazz at One: Lance Bryant & Shout!

Long Walk to Freedom

Don’t miss Lance Bryant, a legendary vocalist, saxophonist, and composer, and his 16-piece band, Shout! A long-time collaborator with South African great Abdullah Ibrahim (the pianist known for his anti-apartheid anthem Mannenberg), Bryant presents his own healing, empowering brand of jazz. 

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 at One: Jennifer McPherson Mulhern

Organist Jennifer McPherson Mulhern has earned acclaim for her interpretations of early music, including as a prize winner in the Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Organ Competition held in Amsterdam. The music director at Saint John’s Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, she holds degrees from the College of the Holy Cross and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. 

Tiny Concerts: Organ Concertos

J.S. Bach’s beloved concerto

Trinity’s lead organist and prominent early music expert Avi Stein performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto in D Minor, accompanied by members of the Trinity Baroque Orchestra. George Frideric Handel’s Concerto in F Major and Thomas Augustine Arne’s Concerto in G Minor are also on the program. 

Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Avi Stein, organ