Music & Events

To usher in Ascension Day, celebrating the anniversary of Trinity Church’s consecration, Trinity Baroque Orchestra and Trinity Choir perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Ascension Oratorio,” or Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen. The magnificent work is set to passages from Luke, Mark, and Acts of the Apostles. Also on this Tuesday’s program: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, which was set for four voices to Psalm 117. 

Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Melissa Attebury, director  

Currently the organ scholar at Trinity Church, Alex Leonardi is a master’s student at The Juilliard School. They received a bachelor’s degree in organ performance from the Curtis Institute of Music, where they held the Dr. Mi-Wha Lee Fellowship. As a young musician, they studied under Dr. Matthew Lewis in the pre-college division of Juilliard. A semifinalist in the American Guild of Organists National Improvisation Competition, Leonardi is an avid improviser, which they will demonstrate in today’s program.  

Join us as Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, led by organist Avi Stein, perform Bach’s beautiful Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn (Cantata 92), a sacred work that references the soul’s surrender as the way to heaven. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major — Bach’s first major work for solo harpsichord and orchestra — is also on the program.  

Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; led by Avi Stein, organ

Hear the talents of Sarah Simko, associate organist at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Detroit and winner of first prize in the Schoenstein Competition in the Art of Organ Accompaniment. She received a Graduate Award from the Presser Foundation to create a comprehensive set of recordings of organ music by living American female composers. During her time as a doctoral student at the University of Michigan, Simko worked with the Department of Mathematics to explore how the brain processes music, through detailed study of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Sonatas.  

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear a quintet helmed by one of the jazz world’s preeminent young trumpeters, Jeremy Pelt. Since forging an early bond with the Mingus Big Band, Pelt has continued to create meaningful collaborations, performing alongside such notable ensembles as the Roy Hargrove Big Band, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, the Duke Ellington Big Band, and others. As a bandleader in his own right, he has toured globally and recorded 10 albums, the latest of which is Soundtrack.  

Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS  

Trinity Youth Chorus performs both classical and contemporary pieces in a concert dedicated to peacemaking and reconciliation. The title of the concert is a line from the Langston Hughes poem “I Dream a World.” 

The talented young singers perform “The Times They Are A-Changin’” by Bob Dylan, “If I Had a Hammer” by Pete Seeger, “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor” (a setting of the Emma Lazarus poem inscribed at the Statue of Liberty), “Wanting Memories” and “There Is a Balm in Gilead” by Ysaÿe M. Barnwell, and more. 

Trinity Youth Chorus; Peyton Marion, conductor 

Leave the city’s chaos behind when you enter the jewel-box Chapel of All Saints for a 45-minute program of early music. This installment in our Tiny Concerts series features the cantata Mein Freundin, du bist schön, written by Johann Sebastian’s older cousin, Johann Christoph Bach. Most likely performed at the wedding of Johann Sebastian’s brother, the work is a profoundly beautiful setting of love poetry from the Song of Songs — and one example of the prodigious talent that preceded J.S. Bach and ran through generations of the Bach family.  

Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; led by Avi Stein, organ  

Experience a beautiful cantata written by Johann Sebastian’s older cousin, Johann Christoph Bach. Mein Freundin, du bist schön is a joyous setting of love poetry from the Song of Songs. Most likely performed at the wedding of Johann Sebastian’s older brother, it’s one example of the prodigious talent that preceded J. S. Bach and ran through generations of the Bach family.  

Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; led by Avi Stein, organ  

Today’s midday concert features a musician of remarkable technique and sensitivity. Organist Mina Marie Jelinek has worked at such high-profile venues as the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, and studied with teachers from the acclaimed Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School, and the National Conservatory of Paris. Her program consists of virtuosic French works and pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach.  

Acclaimed alto saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator Godwin Louis has graced stages around the globe. Born in Harlem and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Port au Prince, Haiti, he taps into every corner of his multicultural background to create his work. The result is a diverse palette of jazz, gospel, classical, and world music bolstered by Afro-Caribbean rhythms.  

Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS