2025-26 Music Season

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.   

Jazz Icons: Jon Faddis

Virtuosic jazz icon Jon Faddis stands among the rare artists whose brilliance radiates across every corner of the music world. An inspirational trumpeter, conductor, composer, and educator, he 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, Faddis 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 a frequent collaborator with preeminent artists including Charles Mingus and Oscar Peterson.

PIPES: Messe solennelle

Hear Trinity Church’s epic new organ with the Trinity Choir in a performance that celebrates the rich legacy of French music through the works of Louis Vierne and his preeminent pupils: Nadia and Lili Boulanger and Marcel Dupré. At one point conceived for full orchestra and choir, Vierne’s stunning and grandiose Messesolennelle captures the incredible versatility of the organ and features Trinity’s Organist Avi Stein and Organ Scholar Alex Leonardi. From the harmonic sophistication of Nadia Boulanger to the ethereal lyricism of Lili Boulanger and the virtuosic writing of Dupré, this performance explores the innovation and enduring power of the French musical tradition.

Louis Vierne Messe solennelle, op. 16
Marcel Dupré O salutaris Hostia and Tantum ergo
Nadia Boulanger Cantique
Lili Boulanger Psalm 24
Lili Boulanger Vieille prière bouddhique 
Lili Boulanger Nocturne
Trinity Choir; Avi Stein and Alex Leonardi, organ; Melissa Attebury, conductor

Ave Generosa: Marian and Lenten Reflections

Join the compelling treble voices of the Trinity Choir for an evening of choral music celebrating Mary, compassion, and the spirit of Lent. Centered around Hildegard von Bingen’s luminous Ave generosa, the program weaves together Poulenc’s Litanies à la Vierge noire—written after his pilgrimage to the shrine of the Black Virgin of Rocamadour—with Marian gems by Duruflé, Vivancos, Grieg, and Chesnokov. Newer voices including Zanaida Stewart Robles, Ily Matthew Maniano, and Margaret Rizza add their innovative perspectives to timeless themes of devotion, beauty, and mercy.

Francis Poulenc Litanies à la Vierge Noire

Maurice Duruflé Tota pulchra es
Bernat Vivancos Nigra sum
Ola Gjeilo Ave Generosa 
Zanaida Stewart Robles Karitas á Four 
Margaret Rizza Ave Generosa
Ily Matthew Maniano Ubi Caritas 
Edvard Grieg Ave maris stella 
Pavel Chesnokov Svete tihiy
Hildegard von Bingen Ave generosa
Trinity Choir: sopranos and altos; Alcée Chriss III, organ; Melissa Attebury, conductor

Brahms Requiem

Johannes Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem is one of the most profound choral masterworks ever composed—a timeless meditation on grief, hope, and transcendence. In this performance by Downtown Voices, soloists and NOVUS, Brahms’s setting of biblical texts unfolds in waves of grief and consolation, embodied in richly expressive orchestration and choral melodies. Unlike traditional requiems, Brahms’s masterpiece is not a mass for the dead but a work for the living, offering reassurance and solace.

Johannes Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem, op. 45  
Moriah Berry, soprano; Brian Mextorf, baritone; Downtown Voices; NOVUS; Stephen Sands, conductor

Jazz at One: Shirazette Tinnin

Drummer, composer and bandleader Shirazette Tinnin brings her signature blend of soul, jazz, and global rhythm to our opening Jazz at One 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.

Bach at One

George Frideric Handel Messiah, HWV 56 (Parts II and III: Selections)

Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Melissa Attebury, conductor

Handel Messiah

Audiences will revel in the full glory of Easter season as Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra present Parts II and III of George Frideric Handel’s beloved and timeless work, which includes 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.

George Frideric Handel Messiah, HWV 56 (Parts II and III)

Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Melissa Attebury, conductor