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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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Concerts

Trinity Youth Chorus members singing in Trinity Church in March 2022

Ensembles

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Trinity Talks

Giving Voice to the Voiceless

Composer Gabriel Kahane confronts the experience of being homeless as Trinity’s music ensemble, NOVUS, dives heart first into a new season.

Compline

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

A Conversation with Edwidge Danticat

Novelist Edwidge Danticat joins us on October 22 to discuss "Brother, I'm Dying," a poignant memoir about how her immigrant Haitian family’s bonds of love survived distance, loss, and tragedy.

High Conflict / Healthy Conflict

Journalist Amanda Ripley’s book, "High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out," introduces a mind-opening way of thinking about conflict that will transform how we move through the world.

Fauré Requiem

Bach at One: Divine Muse

Pipes at One: Clara Gerdes Bartz

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

MusicAugust 2, 2021

Comfort at One: Bach's Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226

Comfort at One presents a 2016 Bach at One concert with Trinity Baroque Orchestra and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Enjoy Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226, and Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl, BWV 198.

FeaturedBy Jonathan Ambrosino, Trinity’s organ consultantAugust 1, 2021

Why are There Sheds in Trinity Churchyard?

Trinity will install pipe organs in the church for the next few years. The sheds outside the church permit not only a storage area for as-yet installed elements but also an on-site workshop where the crew can make final adjustments.

MusicJuly 29, 2021

Comfort at One: Agnus Dei

For Comfort at One, Downtown Voices presents a virtual performance of “Agnus Dei” from Gospel Mass by Robert Ray.

MusicJuly 28, 2021

Comfort at One: Choral Meditation

Today Comfort at One continues our Wednesday Choral Meditations series, newly recorded by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. This performance includes works by William Dawson, Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Sarah McDonald.

MusicJuly 27, 2021

Comfort at One: Downtown Voices Performs Mass in C

In celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday in 2020, Downtown Voices performed his tranquil yet dramatic Mass in C, featuring soloists Sonya Headlam, Melissa Attebury, Brian Giebler, Paul An, and organist David Enlow. Join us again this Thursday for a new virtual performance of “Agnus Dei” from Gospel Mass by Robert Ray.

MusicJuly 26, 2021

Comfort at One: Bach and Graupner

Today, Comfort at One presents a 2018 Bach + One concert featuring Trinity Baroque Orchestra alongside The Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Enjoy J.S. Bach's Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 2 and Christoph Graupner’s Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein.

MusicJuly 25, 2021

Compline by Candlelight

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...

MusicJuly 22, 2021

Comfort at One: You've Got a Friend in Me

This year, our music education teaching artists successfully shifted to online teaching, providing lessons for more than 350 students enrolled in our outreach programs. Today's Comfort at One features a song from the end-of-year online concert by children from the Chrystie Street School-Age Center.

MusicJuly 21, 2021

Comfort at One: Duruflé and Dawson

Today’s choral meditation for Comfort at One includes works by Duruflé, Dawson, Sowerby, Wood, and Tippett, conducted by Julian Wachner and Janet Yieh. Each Wednesday Comfort at One presents these newly recorded choral meditations by The Choir of Trinity Wall Street.

MusicJuly 20, 2021

Comfort at One: Laurdisen’s Sure on this Shining Night

Comfort at One presents a special offering from the Trinity Youth Chorus. The Coriste ensemble of the New Jersey Youth Chorus joined the Trinity Youth Chorus in 2019 for this performance at St. Paul’s Chapel that featured Morten Laurdisen’s Sure on this Shining Night.