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Summerlee with Christian Wiman

An afternoon with Christian Wiman

Wiman joins Summerlee Staten, Trinity’s executive director of Faith Formation and Education, to discuss how even in the most turbulent, challenging times, we can cultivate a capacity for wonder.
James McBride

Trinity Talks with James McBride

Author James McBride joins Trinity Talks to discuss themes explored in his “New York Times” bestselling novel, “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. ”
Music Press Release 2025 Spring

Trinity Announces Spring Music Season

Trinity’s spring lineup—featuring world-renowned artists and emerging voices—embodies the church’s focus on peacemaking and celebrates the transformative power of art to inspire change and healing.
Edwidge Danticat

Trinity Talks with Edwidge Danticat

Watch the award-winning novelist discuss “Brother, I’m Dying,” a poignant memoir about her family’s decision to flee violence in Haiti and seek asylum in America.
Compline

Compline

Set in the tranquility of St. Paul’s Chapel, 30 minutes of chant-based improvised music by Trinity Choir.

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Trinity Youth Chorus Celebrates 20 Years: A Ceremony of Carols
MusicDecember 20, 2024

Trinity Youth Chorus Celebrates 20 Years: A Ceremony of Carols

Past and present members of the Trinity Youth Chorus, led by conductor Peyton Marion, come together to sing A Ceremony of Carols. The exuberant Benjamin Britten piece juxtaposes ancient and modern influences and is one of Trinity’s most popular holiday offerings. 

Trinity Youth Chorus; Peyton Marion, conductor 

This concert will be livestreamed. 

 

Jane Glover
MusicNovember 25, 2024

The Passion and Promise of Messiah

Acclaimed conductor Jane Glover, who leads Trinity's performances this season, on what first captivated her about Handel’s masterpiece — and what keeps drawing her back.
Divine Muse: Honoring St. Cecilia
MusicNovember 21, 2024

Divine Muse: Honoring St. Cecilia

The Divine Muse series culminates on the eve of Saint Cecilia’s Feast Day, with two master works inspired by the patron saint of music: George Frideric Handel’s Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day Overture and Alessandro Scarlatti’s St. Cecilia Mass. Now rarely heard, the latter piece during its time was considered an equal to Bach’s Magnificat. Trinity’s adaptation by music librarian Harrison E. Joyce adds wind instruments to the original orchestration. 

Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Melissa Attebury, director 

This event will be livestreamed. 

MusicNovember 14, 2024

Movement Choir Advent Devotionals: Peace

The Trinity Movement Choir practices worship through sacred dance, a style of slow, dreamlike choreography that responds to spiritual and social issues. In this Advent season, experience messages of hope, joy, and peace through the medium of movement.
MusicNovember 14, 2024

Movement Choir Advent Devotionals: Joy

The Trinity Movement Choir practices worship through sacred dance, a style of slow, dreamlike choreography that responds to spiritual and social issues. In this Advent season, experience messages of hope, joy, and peace through the medium of movement.
MusicNovember 14, 2024

Movement Choir Advent Devotionals: Love

The Trinity Movement Choir practices worship through sacred dance, a style of slow, dreamlike choreography that responds to spiritual and social issues. In this Advent season, experience messages of hope, joy, and peace through the medium of movement.
MusicNovember 14, 2024

Movement Choir Advent Devotionals: Hope

The Trinity Movement Choir practices worship through sacred dance, a style of slow, dreamlike choreography that responds to spiritual and social issues. In this Advent season, experience messages of hope, joy, and peace through the medium of movement.
Divine Muse: St. Cecilia Mass
MusicNovember 14, 2024

Divine Muse: St. Cecilia Mass

The second installment of the Divine Muse series features Charles Gounod’s deeply moving but infrequently performed St. Cecilia Mass. Trinity’s adaptation replaces the rare string octobass (there’s only one performing instrument in the world!) with the lowest pipes of the magnificent new organ in the church’s nave. This uplifting celebration of St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music, also includes Jessica French’s “Strengthen for Service” and John Gardner’s “A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day.” 

Brianna J. Robinson, soprano; Steven Caldicott Wilson, tenor; Enrico Lagasca, bass; Downtown Voices; NOVUS; Stephen Sands, conductor 

This event will be livestreamed. 

 

Fauré Requiem
MusicNovember 3, 2024

Fauré Requiem

Trinity Youth Chorus, Trinity Choral Scholars, and the contemporary orchestra NOVUS perform Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem in D Minor, opus 48. The contemplative masterwork is known for its lyrical beauty and a gentleness.   

Trinity Youth Chorus and Trinity Choral Scholars; NOVUS; Melissa Attebury, director

Bach at One: Divine Muse
MusicOctober 30, 2024

Bach at One: Divine Muse

This Bach at One is the first installment of Trinity’s Divine Muse series celebrating Saint Cecilia, whose spirituality and martyrdom have inspired countless works of art, literature, and music. Director of Music Melissa Attebury leads the Trinity Choir and the Trinity Baroque Orchestra in a tribute that includes Bach’s Komm, Jesu, komm; Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, and Benjamin Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia — one of the best-known musical tributes to the saint. 

Trinity Choir; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Melissa Attebury, Director 

 

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