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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

MusicMay 14, 2021

Comfort at One: Sandbox Percussion

Sandbox Percussion returns after being the most popular Comfort at One video in 2020! Today’s concert presents “bell patterns,” both composed and video designed by Sandbox member Victor Caccese.

MusicMay 14, 2021

Friday Music Meditation

Featuredauthor of The Body Keeps the ScoreMay 13, 2021

Trinity Commons Speaker Series with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

The New York Times bestseller The Body Keeps the Score transformed our understanding of traumatic stress. In conversation moderated by Lineage Project’s Jessica Mingus, the author Dr. Bessel van der Kolk will focus on how his research and treatments free trauma survivors from the tyranny of the past. Join us on Thursday, May 13, at 6pm EDT for this discussion.

MusicMay 13, 2021

Comfort at One: Organist Peter Sykes

Comfort at One brings back our Thursday Pipes at One series from the inauguration of the Noack organ at St Paul’s Chapel in 2018. Today’s organ recital is from February 19, 2018 and is performed by Peter Sykes.

MusicMay 12, 2021

Comfort at One: Un Reloj

Today for Comfort at One, we share with you the premiere of a choral meditation: Un Reloj by Jose de Torres featuring members of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, led by associate organist and chorus master Avi Stein.

MusicMay 12, 2021

Wednesday Music Meditation

MusicMay 11, 2021

Tuesday Music Meditation

MusicMay 11, 2021

Comfort at One: Alana Youssefian

In her Candlelight Baroque recital Comfort from Home, virtuoso violinist Alana Youssefian takes a rare gut string approach to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita for Violin No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004, which includes the beloved and monumental Chaconne.

MusicMay 10, 2021

Comfort at One: Bach and Ahle

For today’s Comfort at One, we offer a favorite Bach + One concert from 2018 with The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra performing Bach's Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4, and Johann Rudolph Ahle's Magnificat à 8 for choir, cornetto, and three sackbuts.