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


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MUSIC EVENTS for 2012-2013
(subject to change)

October 21, Sunday at 5:00 PM
Hymn Sing & Pie Party

November 3, Sunday at 5:00 PM
Prelude Recital/Choral Evensong
Saint John’s Flute Choir

December 2, Sunday at 4:00 PM
Choir Evensong in the Chapel
Sung by the Youth Choir

December 24, Christmas Eve
3:30 PM Pageant & Holy Eucharist
5:30 PM Soloist & Holy Eucharist
10:30 PM Prelude Music
Holy Eucharist
Choir & Instruments 

December 25, Christmas Day
10:00 AM Holy Eucharist
With Carols in the Chapel

January 5 at 5:00 PM
Lessons and Carols
 
February 13 Ash Wednesday
7:00 AM, 12 Noon & 7:30 PM
Holy Eucharist in the Chapel

March 3, Sunday at 5:00 PM
Prelude Recital/Choral Evensong

March 27, Wednesday at 7:30 PM
Lessons of Tenebrae

March 28, Thursday at 7:30 PM
Maundy Thursday Eucharist with Footwashing

March 29, Friday at Noon
Good Friday Liturgy Followed by music for meditation to 3:00 PM

March 30, Saturday at 7:30 PM
Great Vigil of Easter

March 31, Easter Sunday
8:00 & 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist with Brass and Choir

May 5, Sunday at 5:00 PM
Prelude Recital/Choral Evensong   

May 9, Thursday at 7:30 PM
Asceension Thursday Service

June 2, Sunday at 5:00 PM
Choral Evensong in the Chapel
Sung by the Youth Choir

Music as Part of our Worship

Music plays an important role in our Liturgy. Throughout the year, Hymns, Psalms, Canticles and Anthems are sung with choir and organ every Sunday at the 10:00 AM Eucharist Service, even in the summer, and Vocal solos and instrumental music are included regularly in worship services.

Music is prominent at weddings, funerals and other special services.  The choirs sing a Service of Lessons and Carols at Epiphany and sing Choral Evensong frequently during the year.


Choral Evensong

The Service of 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.  As the beauty of this experience has continued for centuries, it has fostered 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.  Consider the possibility that at any given moment, somewhere on the earth, someone is offering up a voice of sung prayer as this miraculous conversation continues between the Creator and the created.


Music as Performance

Recognizing the contribution that live music offers to the life of a community, Trinity Episcopal Church regularly presents various individuals and groups as part of our worship or often as events by themselves.  We have presented groups as varied and diverse as The American Boy Choir, The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus and various early music ensembles and we are home to two Ensembles in Residence: Concordia Consort (Recorders) and BALA (Brass).  Trinity also provides regular rehearsal space to Recorders/Early Music West, Concord Women’s Chorus and Spencerbrook Orchestra. The Concord Chorus, Concord Chamber Music Society and Boston Symphony Orchestra Ensembles, also use our facilities and we regularly host touring choral groups.


The Choir Program at Trinity Episcopal Church recognizes the contributions of musicians of all ages and provides an opportunity for singers from second grade through adulthood.  The Church is affiliated with the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) and the music program reflects the varied traditions of the Episcopal Church.  A strong emphasis is placed on the quality of the music making in an environment of joy and fellowship.

The Parish Choir for adults and high school students, rehearses on Thursday nights, September through June and sings in the 10:00 AM Liturgy throughout the year.  They, as well, sing Choral Evensong at least three times each year and are contemplating an extended trip in the future, having recently traveled to Grace Episcopal Church in New York City, and St. Paul’s Cathedral in Burlington, Vermont.  This group of over forty members has a tremendous spirit of commitment, and they take pleasure in their music making, with the feeling that hard work can be fun while producing exciting results.

The Junior Choir for beginning singers (grades 2-4) in weekly, Thursday rehearsals learns how to sing and read music and about the traditions of the church and is a preparatory experience for the Youth Choir.  This group sings in the 10:00 AM Liturgy, when ready, on the first Sunday of each month (October-June), and for special services such as Christmas and Easter.

The Youth Choir for singers in grades 4 to High School participates every Sunday in the 10:00 AM Liturgy (October-June).  They sing an anthem on the first Sunday of each month and for special services at Christmas and Easter and other occasions, as well as singing the Service of Choral Evensong twice each year. We are currently also working on plans for a weekend trip in the spring and the group sometimes takes a summer overnight retreat at a cabin. The Thursday rehearsals are designed around the RSCM program, teaching musical skills and vocal technique in the context of our Liturgical tradition. The group frequently has lively discussions on the meaning of the texts.


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.
 


Instrumental and Vocal Solos
Although congregational singing led by organ and choir forms the foundation of our worship music, instrumental and vocal soloists participate regularly in our worship life, offering selections as preludes, postludes and music at communion as well as accompaniment to choir anthems and hymns.  Several professional musicians who are members of the parish participate as soloists, along with students and hired professionals.


Robert Barney, Music Director came to Trinity in 1994.  In addition, in September 2009, he was appointed Artistic Director for Youth pro Musica, Boston’s oldest young people’s choir program, and he teaches private lessons in Piano, Voice and Organ.  Robert is also heard regularly in solo performances as an organist, harpsichordist and singer.

Robert sings with the Seraphim Singers and serves as an artistic advisor for the group.  He has performed solo recitals in the U.S. and Europe as well as for gatherings of the American Guild of Organists (AGO), the Organ Historical Society (OHS) and the Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM).  Several convention documentary recordings of the OHS include his playing and he has been featured in the nationally syndicated radio program Pipedreams.



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