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The Rt. Rev. Andrew Asbil

Holy Eucharist

The Rt. Rev. Andrew Asbil, Bishop of Toronto, will preach.
Music 2024-2024 season

Trinity Church Announces 2024–2025 Music Season

From medieval to modern, spiritual to political, don’t miss revelatory performances from our new music season.
Compline

Compline

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

Trinity Talks

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.

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MusicJanuary 14, 2024

Compline by Candlelight

Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Tonight, hear The Choir of Trinity Wall Street improvise: Tribus Miraculis by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
MusicJanuary 7, 2024

Compline by Candlelight: From the Archives

Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Tonight, hear The Choir of Trinity Wall Street improvise William Byrd's Ave Maria.
MusicDecember 31, 2023

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. Tonight, hear The Choir of Trinity Wall Street improvise Josquin des Prez's Missa Pange Lingua (Kyrie and Agnus Dei)
MusicDecember 22, 2023

A Ceremony of Carols

A beloved holiday tradition, Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols will be performed by the Trinity Youth Chorus with Melissa Attebury, director, in St. Paul's Chapel on December 22 at 6pm

Admission is free, and registration is recommended for in-person attendees. Seating will be first come, first served.

This performance will be livestreamed on Trinity's website.

In-person tickets are sold out.

Sing, Choirs of Angels: Holiday Concert and Sing-Along
MusicDecember 17, 2023

Sing, Choirs of Angels: Holiday Concert and Sing-Along

Trinity Church Wall Street on Sunday, December 17, hosted a holiday extravaganza full of Christmas carols and other festive songs. The program, titled "Sing, Choirs of Angels: Holiday Concert and Sing-Along," included Christmas carols and other festive works featuring the combined vocal power of all of Trinity’s vocal ensembles: The Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street, the Trinity Youth Chorus, St. Paul’s Chapel Choir, and Downtown Voices, joined by NOVUS NY Brass, The Choirs from the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), and, of course, Trinity’s own congregation. 

Special Compline by Candlelight
MusicDecember 17, 2023

Special Compline by Candlelight

Join The Choir of Trinity Wall Street on December 17, at 8pm, in St. Paul's Chapel for Compline by Candlelight, an ancient rite of prayers to end the day. Featuring works by Piers Connor Kennedy, Judith Weir, Jonathan Woody, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, and Benedict Sheehan; curated and led by Timothy Parsons.

MusicDecember 17, 2023

Handel's Messiah

“Burning and gladdening, vivid in both darkness and light,” Trinity’s Messiah is “the gold standard” (The New York Times).

Watch this “transcendent and awe-inspiring” performance featuring The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra led by award-winning guest conductor Ryan James Brandau, recorded live in Trinity Church on December 15, 2023.

In a season full of Messiah concerts, Trinity’s is unique — distinctly modern yet authentically performed on period instruments in a sacred and acoustically rich space. A cherished holiday tradition that has captivated audiences since it was first presented by the church in 1770, this is the most historic Messiah in New York City.

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Jazz Icons: Ron Carter Trio
MusicDecember 10, 2023

Jazz Icons: Ron Carter Trio

Ron Carter Trio, featuring Russell Malone and Donald Vega for a Jazz Icons concert performed on December 10, at 3pm in Trinity Church. Ron Carter is one of the most prolific and influential bassists in jazz with more than 2,500 albums to his name. Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS. 
 

MusicDecember 10, 2023

Compline by Candlelight

Compline by Candlelight provides peace and stillness as one week ends and another begins. Tonight, hear The Choir of Trinity Wall Street improvise: Guillaume Du Fay – Alma redemptoris mater II

The Choir of Trinity Wall Street performs Messiah in Trinity Church in 2022.
MusicDecember 6, 2023

Trinity Church Wall Street Announces 2023 Holiday Concerts

Trinity Church Wall Street’s critically acclaimed production of Handel’s Messiah returns December 13-15. Additional concerts include Trinity’s Sing, Choir of Angels: Holiday Concert and Sing-Along; Special Compline by Candlelight; El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered and A Ceremony of Carols

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