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Music Programs
Robert Barney, Music Director
 
 
Music as Part of Our Worship
Choral Evensong
Music as Performance
Choir Program
Music Education

2007/08 MUSIC EVENTS
(subject to change)

Sunday, October 21 @ 5:00 PM
Hymn Sing and Pie Party

Sunday, November 4 @ 5:00 PM
Prelude Recital: Linda Hossfeld, Soprano
Choral Evensong: Trinity Parish Choir

Sunday, December 2 @ 5:00 PM
Choral Evensong: Trinity Youth Choir

December 24 ~ Christmas Eve
3:30 pm Eucharist with Pageant
5:30 pm Eucharist with Special Music
10:30 pm Prelude Music and Eucharist

Saturday, January 5 @ 5:00 PM
Service of Lessons and Carols

Sunday, January 27 @ 4:00 PM
Introduction to the Organ

Sunday, February 3 @ 5:00 PM
Choral Evensong: Combined Trinity Choirs

Sunday, March 2 @ 5:00 PM
Prelude Recital: Students of Robert Barney
Choral Evensong: Trinity Parish Choir

Wednesday, March 19 @ 7:30 PM
Service of Tenebrae

Good Friday, March 21 @ noon   
Good Friday Liturgy & Musical Meditations

Sunday, March 23
8:00 am Easter Festal Eucharist with Brass
10:00 am Easter Festal Eucharist with Brass

Sunday, April 6 @ 4:00 PM
Concert by the Seraphim Singers

Ascension Thursday, May 1 @ 7:30 PM
Choirs from five Episcopal Parishes

Sunday, May 18 @ 5:00 PM
Prelude Recital: Jeanette Hall Wood, Soprano
Choral Evensong: Trinity Parish Choir

Sunday, June 1 @ 5:00 PM
Choral Evensong: Trinity Youth Choir


Music as Part of our Worship

Music plays an important role in our Liturgy. Hymns, Psalms, Canticles and Anthems are sung with choir and organ every Sunday at the 10 am Eucharist.  The choirs sing a Service of Lessons and Carols at Epiphany and sing Choral Evensong five times during the year.  Many professional musicians are members of our parish, who, along with students and hired professionals participate regularly in worship.  They offer prelude, postlude and communion selections, as well as add accompaniment to choir anthems and hymns.   Music is also prominent at weddings, funerals and other special services.  


Choral Evensong

Choral Evensong is a dialogue that has been given life by singers and composers since 1549, when Archbishop Thomas Cranmer organized our liturgies into The Book Of Common Prayer. 

The beauty of this experience has continued for centuries, fostering the creation of an immense body of music written solely for this service.  A first-time participant may feel as if he or she has joined in a conversation already begun; but eventually the wash of music and liturgy carries one into a new sense of God’s presence in daily life.  Choral Evensong is sung daily in many cathedrals and parish churches in England and throughout the Anglican Communion.  At any given moment, somewhere, someone, in some language, is offering up a voice of sung prayer as this miraculous conversation continues between the Creator and the created.


Music in Performance

Music in Performance is recognized as a vital spiritual contribution to the life of our community, so Trinity presents various individuals and groups as part of our worship or stand-alone events.  Groups as varied and diverse as early music ensembles, The American Boy Choir and the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus have performed here. Trinity is also home to two Ensembles in Residence, the Concordia Consort (Recorders) and BALA (Brass).  Trinity also provides regular workshop and rehearsal space to the Recorders/Early Music West and the Concord Women’s Chorus.  Such groups as the Concord Chorus, Concord Chamber Music Society and Boston Symphony Orchestra Ensembles use Trinity’s facilities often for performances.


The Choir Program recognizes the contributions of musicians of all ages, and provides an opportunity for singers from 2nd grade through adults. Trinity is affiliated with the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM). Our program reflects the varied traditions of the Episcopal Church, with a strong emphasis on providing a musical environment full of joy and fellowship.

The Parish Choir for high school through adults, sings at the 10 am Eucharist year-round.  Rehearsals are on Thursday nights at 7:45 pm (September through June). This group of about forty members has a great spirit of commitment and takes pleasure in their music making, knowing that hard work can be fun while producing exciting results.  The choir is currently working on travel plans to England to sing in a Cathedral.

The Youth Choir participates every Sunday in the 10 am Eucharist (October through June).  They sing an anthem on the first Sunday of each month, as well as for other special services like Christmas and Easter.  In addition, they sing the Service of Choral Evensong twice every year.  They participate regularly in Diocesan Youth Choir events.  Thursday rehearsals at 5:15 pm are designed around the RSCM program, teaching musical skills and singing technique in the context of our liturgical tradition. The group enjoys lively discussions on the meaning of the texts!

The Junior Choir at the Thursday 4:00 pm rehearsals, learns about singing, reading music, and traditions of the church.  This group serves as a preparatory experience for the Youth Choir, singing at the 10 am Eucharist on the first Sunday of every month (October through June), as well as for special services such as Christmas and Easter.


Music Education

The Music Program is aligned with the Church School program to emphasize learning about liturgy and music. Music and visual arts are also featured in many Adult Education programs here at Trinity.  The educational structure of the Royal School of Church Music Chorister Training Program, with its emphasis on individual achievement, forms the basis of the Youth and Junior choir program. 


Robert Barney, Music Director  came to Trinity in 1994.  He teaches private lessons in piano, voice and organ, as well as courses in liturgy and hymnody. He performs regularly as a solo organist, harpsichordist and singer.
   
From 1985 to 1997 he was Music Director of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, which, under his baton, released two compact disc recordings on the AFKA label that have received critical acclaim: one of new music for men’s voices and another, a live recording of their 1995 Holiday concert in Jordan Hall.
   
After five years as Associate Conductor of the Treble Chorus of New England, a community choir program for young singers age 6-18, he led the organization as Interim Artistic Director from 2004 to 2006.
   
Robert has performed in the U.S. and Europe, for the American Guild of Organists (AGO), the Organ Historical Society (OHS) and the Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM).  Several documentary recordings of the OHS include his playing, and he has been featured in the nationally syndicated radio program Pipedreams, and the AGO broadcast heard on Sunday Mornings at WCRB FM 102.5.