Join us to celebrate the birthday of late jazz master Dizzy Gillespie, with the Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Latin Experience directed by John Lee. The concert promises to be a rousing tribute to one of jazz’s great ambassadors: trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and bebop king.
This season’s Jazz at One, Long Walk to Freedom, is inspired by Nelson Mandela and the 30th anniversary of South African democracy. Presented in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS.
In 2015, Glatter-Götz Orgelbau of Pfullendorf, Germany, with Manuel Rosales as tonal designer, were engaged to envision a new instrument for the nave of Trinity Church.
The new organ is conceived along the lines of its predecessors, a united instrument of 113 independent stops between chancel and gallery sections. The chancel has 28 stops across Great, Swell, Positiv, Solo, and Pedal. The gallery’s 85 stops are apportioned among Great, Swell, Choir, Rückpositiv, Solo, and Pedal. Watch the behind the scenes of building this great instrument.
Mark the end of Pride Month with a community gathering that will celebrate LGBTQ+ life while providing space to grieve, name our fears and anxieties, and look toward the future with hope. A guided discussion and light meal will be followed by a reflective, affirming service in Trinity Church. For online attendees, the service will be livestreamed starting at 6:45pm. Open to all; LGBTQ+ community members as well as allies are invited to take part. Spanish facilitation will be offered during in-person group discussion. Facilitated by Trinity’s Pastoral Care team in collaboration with the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute (PSI).
Falling 50 days after Easter, Pentecost is known as the birthday of the Christian church–the fulfillment of Jesus’s promise to send the Holy Spirit to his followers as their helper and guide.
A celebration of the art and craft of poetry for members of the Trinity congregation and friends, featuring readings of both original and favorite poems. A reception with opportunities for discussion will follow the reading.
Hear a personal invitation from the Rev. Phillip A. Jackson, Trinity’s Rector, and Summerlee Staten, executive director of Faith Formation and Education, to walk with Trinity Church through Holy Week.
“Renewal is constantly part of who we are,” said composer Jessica Meyer, one of the artists behind the transformative “Renewal” concert series launched last year by Trinity’s new music orchestra, NOVUS NY. “Because if we are not slowly growing, we are slowly dying.”
