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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

MusicMarch 9, 2022

Comfort at One: Lamentatio 2

Comfort at One continues presenting Trinity’s 2014 Lenten series with today’s performance, “Lamentatio 2.” The concert features the versatile musicians of Decoda performing an eclectic program of Barber's Adagio for Strings and Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps.

MusicMarch 8, 2022

Comfort at One: Masterworks for Double Choir

Today’s Comfort at One is a concert of masterworks for double choir performed by Downtown Voices with Stephen Sands conducting. Works include Masses by Frank Martin and Josef Rheinberger, and Herbert Howells’ Requiem. Howells, a master of introspective, healing Anglican music, shows his compositional mastery in this great work.

MusicMarch 7, 2022

Comfort at One: Bach’s Orchestral Suites

Comfort at One brings us a special concert of Bach today: Avi Stein leads a stunning performance of Bach’s Orchestral Suites from Trinity’s 2014 Twelfth Night Festival, featuring the musicians of the Trinity Baroque Orchestra, performing on historic instruments.

MusicMarch 6, 2022

Compline by Candlelight: From the Archives

Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Set in the tranquility of St. Paul’s Chapel, one of the...

MusicMarch 2, 2022

Comfort at One: Lamentatio 1

On Wednesdays throughout Lent, we will be presenting our Lenten “Lamentatio” series from 2014, an exploration of darkness and light through the music of Philip Glass, Shostakovich, and others. Today’s Comfort at One presents Lamentatio 1 featuring The Choir of Trinity Wall Street with works by Ockehgam, Ginastera, di Lassus and Krenek.

FeaturedMarch 1, 2022

A note from Father Bird about Ukraine

A note from Father Bird about Ukraine...Even as we face this great tragedy, with uncertainty and I expect no small amount of fear, we find assurance in the unceasing love of Jesus Christ who showed us the way of peace and justice, and who proclaimed, “Blessed are the peacemakers.”

MusicMarch 1, 2022

Comfort at One: Holy, Holy, Holy

Today’s Comfort at One is a clip of Julian Wachner’s Holy, Holy, Holy from “Singing our Song,” a 2019 concert that featured all of Trinity’s choirs: The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, Trinity Youth Chorus, Downtown Voices, and St. Paul’s Chapel Choir, accompanied by musicians from NOVUS NY.

MusicFebruary 28, 2022

Comfort at One: Bach and Telemann

For today’s Comfort at One, we offer a favorite Bach + One concert with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra performing Bach's Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, and Telemann's Concerto for 3 Oboes, 3 Violins and Continuo, TWV 44:43.

MusicFebruary 23, 2022

Comfort at One: Mary Lou Williams

Today’s soul-stirring Comfort at One is beautifully performed by mezzo-soprano Pamela Terry from The Choir of Trinity Wall Street in collaboration with virtuoso pianist Aaron Diehl. Enjoy this stunning set of songs by the inspirational Mary Lou Williams, the "First Lady of Jazz" and the "Mother of Bepop."

MusicFebruary 22, 2022

Comfort at One: Here I Am, Lord

For today’s Comfort at One, we have another special selection: pianist Farrah Dupoux performs a piano improvisation on an original composition juxtaposed with “Here I am, Lord.” We are grateful for our musicians and the gifts they share at our daily worship services.