Music
Ministries Report
Trinity Church has a long history of outstanding music, but what is seen and heard during worship on Sundays is just the tip of the iceberg. During the week, many church members of all ages give of their time and talent to come together to rehearse, fellowship, and care for each other and the total ministry of the church. Until September of this year, most of this work was on hiatus as the pandemic dominated our lives and required most of our activities to be suspended. Thanks to our dedicated adult choir section leaders, who diligently met to record anthems, hymns, solos and service music, we maintained a high standard of music for our online services and provided meaningful online worship experiences for our members and many online viewers who tuned in each week.
Bishop’s Garden, and to be prepared for the eventual return to having rehearsals of the full choir again. As of September 16, we resumed rehearsals of the full choir with some changes in personnel. We sadly said “so long” to our wonderful soprano and alto section leaders, Sarah Kitts and Hannah Glass, respectively, who served us so well for many years. Our music intern, Ryan Davis, graduated from SU with his master’s degree in Choral Conducting and left us to take a teaching position in Lynchburg, VA last fall. Julian Baldwin and Michael Forest returned to the choir, and we welcomed a wonderful and talented new music intern and assistant director, Drew Young. We also welcomed Jennifer Gordon, soprano; Dina Spyropoulos, soprano/alto; Anna Balchunas, alto; and Noah Wagar, baritone to our ranks. Drew, Dina, As most of you know, I became and Noah are graduate students in organist of Trinity Church on August 1, 2020. In January of 2021 I the choral conducting program at became Interim Director of Music SU. Jennifer is a graduate student Ministries and Organist and in April in arts management, and Anna is a I assumed that role permanently. senior music education major. My heartfelt thanks goes to I am especially grateful to the everyone who has helped make my volunteer singers who returned to time here a success - my fellow the choir when rehearsals staff members, the Rector, choir resumed, after a rather stressful section leaders, volunteer choir year leading up to September. members, and many others who Thanks to their dedication and the have provided tips, words of enthusiasm of Drew Young, we wisdom, and other assistance thus were able to present a wellfar. received program of choral music Throughout this time, our goal was by Moravian composers on November 21 to a very respectable to maintain an excellent music audience. The program was staff to provide music for our online and in person services in the followed by a service of Evensong 16
“Throughout this time, our goal was to maintain an excellent music staff to provide music for our online and in person services in the Bishop’s Garden”
