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Music & Events

Through revelatory music and groundbreaking conversations with authors and thinkers, Trinity’s free programming brings our audiences new ways of seeing, and being, in the world. From classical and modern masterpieces to innovative jazz, Trinity’s musical programs are “the top of musical life in New York” (The New York Times). And our Trinity Talks, at the intersection of sacred and civic life, deepen our understanding on issues of religion, social justice, and community.

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New York’s most historic Messiah

In a city full of Messiah concerts, Trinity’s version is unique.

Sonya Headlam performs Messiah with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra.

Watch the concert live!

Led by celebrated guest conductor Jane Glover, this year’s performance will stream live on YouTube on Friday, December 13, at 7pm.

The First Messiah in NYC

Did Trinity Church present the first performance of Handel’s Messiah in the New World?

From the Archives

Watch the “transcendent and awe-inspiring” 2023 concert, recorded live in Trinity Church.

Concerts

Trinity Youth Chorus members singing in Trinity Church in March 2022

Ensembles

Pattern of the word TALKS, repeated in multiple rows, using a variety of fonts in red and white.

Trinity Talks

Divine Muse: St. Cecilia Mass

Fauré Requiem

Bach at One: Divine Muse

Auditions

Come sing with us at Trinity!

Learn Music

High-quality music training for young people

Youth choristers sing during a holiday concert.

Music Outreach Program

Bringing music education to students across New York City

MusicOctober 27, 2016

Subway Series: Tara Hack, James Graseck, Mr. Reed

Subway Series is the fall season of Trinity’s free Concerts at One program, featuring talented NYC subway musicians. Come in person or tune in via webcast to be treated to the original voices of local singer/songwriters, bluegrass bands that put their own twist on the genre, a beatboxer with a surprising array of talents, and more.

MusicOctober 26, 2016

Bach at One

This year Bach at One continues in the fall with the six motets, BWV 225-30, with which the cycle began, as well as other favorite cantatas, performed by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and the Trinity Baroque Orchestra.

BWV 226 Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf

BWV 198 Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl

Faith EducationOctober 26, 2016

Our Sacred Oceans

The first in a series of TI Dialogues on "Water Justice" called Our Sacred Oceans featured, among others, Dr. Vaughan Turekian, Science and Technology...

MusicOctober 23, 2016

An October Garden

Praised by The New York Times for their “incisive, agile strength,” Downtown Voices, Trinity’s semiprofessional choir, presents their first concert of the season featuring two works by American composers Julian Wachner and Morten Lauridsen.

MusicOctober 20, 2016

Subway Series: Third Thursdays with NOVUS NY

Subway Series is the fall season of Trinity’s free Concerts at One program, featuring talented NYC subway musicians.Every Third Thursday during the music season, NOVUS NY, Trinity’s contemporary music orchestra, performs at Concerts at One.

Faith EducationOctober 17, 2016

Southern Africa: Hoping for Rain

Drought is one of the water-related crises being explored at Trinity Institute 2017, the theological conference whose theme is “Water Justice.” For...

MusicOctober 13, 2016

Downtown Voices: A New Season

Downtown Voices, the semi-professional choir organized by Trinity Church Wall Street, will launch its second season on Sunday October 23. One of the...

MusicOctober 13, 2016

Subway Series: Sean McCaul, M. Salieu Suso, and Verbal Ase

MusicOctober 9, 2016

Compline By Candlelight

Compline is an ancient half-hour candlelit service featuring the Trinity Choir. “These are the church’s bedtime prayers, and they mark that transition from day into night,” explains the Rev. Daniel Simons, priest for liturgy and pilgrimage. “We pray Compline on Sunday evening as a transition before the beginning of the week, as a way to reflect, renew, and refresh.”

MusicOctober 6, 2016