Music Events

Weekly

  • Choral evensongs - Sundays at 4 pm 
  • Trinity Chorister rehearsals - Wednesdays from 4-5:30 pm
  • Trinity Ringing Society rehearsal - Wednesdays from 4:30-6 pm
  • Trinity Choir rehearsals - Thursdays from 7-9 pm

Special Events

Weekly Lunchtime Organ Recitals
Wednesdays at 12:15 pm from September 16, 2026 to May 26, 2027
30-minute lunchtime organ recitals will resume every Wednesday at 12:15 pm beginning September 16. There will not be recitals on December 23, December 30, February 10 (Ash Wednesday), March 24 (Holy Week), or March 31 (the Octave of Easter). Come enjoy some wonderful music during your lunchbreak!

Trinitas Ensemble Fall Concert: The American Soundscape
Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 7 pm
First Presbyterian Church 800 Scott St, Little Rock, AR 72201
In honor of the country’s 250th birthday, The Trinitas Ensemble, Arkansas’s only fully professional choir, will present a program of music by American composers. Tickets cost $15 and are free for people ages 17 and under. For tickets, visit bit.ly/trinitas2.
Program
Praise to the Lord, F. Melius Christiansen; When David heard, Eric Whitacre; Euroclydon, William Billings;
Missa brevis, Leonard Bernstein; and the swallow, Caroline Shaw; Reincarnations, Samuel Barber;
Good night, dear heart, Dan Forrest; Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel, arr. Moses Hogan

All Souls’ Day Requiem by John Rutter (with chamber orchestra)
Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 4 pm
In commemoration of All Souls’ Day, the Trinity Choir and members of the Arkansas Symphony will perform John Rutter’s Requiem with chamber orchestra. Rutter’s Requiem is an Anglican perspective on the typical Requiem. Rutter sets most of the Latin Requiem text, but also inserts English settings of Psalm 130 (Out of the deep), Psalm 23 (The Lord is my shepherd), and other biblical verses. A reception will follow.

Concert with Choir and Orchestra: Sound the Trumpet
Friday, March 5, 2027 at 7 pm
The Trinity Choir and members of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will present a concert of works from the Baroque and Classical periods, including three works with virtuosic trumpet solos. The main effort will be Handel’s Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, written not only to celebrate her birthday, but also the Treaty of Utrecht. 
A reception will follow the performance.
Program 
Sanctus in D, BWV 238, Johann Sebastian Bach; Nisi Dominus, ZWV 92,  Jan Dismas Zelenka
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51,  Johann Sebastian Bach; Misericordias Domini, K. 222, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74, George Frideric Handel

Holy Week Meditation: Tallis Lamentations & Vivaldi Stabat Mater
Sunday, March 21, 2027 at 4 pm
In lieu of evensong on Palm Sunday, the Trinity Schola will present a program of music written for Holy Week: Thomas Tallis’s two sets of Lamentations of Jeremiah and Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater, accompanied by chamber orchestra.

Residency with Guest Conductor Ryan Turner
Thursday, April 8-11, 2027
This year’s guest choir clinician will be Ryan Turner from Boston. Mr. Turner is Director of Vocal Ensembles at MIT and in his 17th season as Artistic Director of Emmanuel Church in Boston, known for their weekly liturgical performances of J.S. Bach’s cantatas with professional choir and orchestra. Mr. Turner has conducted the complete cycle of 200 sacred Bach cantatas, as well as the complete masterworks of Bach, including his own reconstruction of the St. Mark Passion and performances at the Bachfest in Leipzig. During his time at Trinity, Mr. Turner will direct the Trinity Choir in rehearsals and services, teach voice lessons, and lead a vocal masterclass on Friday, April 9 at 7 pm.

Cathedral Day
Saturday, April 24, 2027 from 10 am – 5 pm
11:30 am Organ Recital by Colin MacKnight
4 pm Choral Evensong
Cathedral Day is a celebration for the entire Diocese of Arkansas, bringing together clergy and laity for a day of worship, learning, and fellowship. Highlights include an acolyte festival, workshops for parish flower guilds, altar guild training, verger training, and an organ recital. The day culminates in a Festal Evensong accompanied by the ringing of the Cathedral tower bells. 

American Guild of Organists Regional Convention
In 1997, Little Rock hosted one of the American Guild of Organists’ regional conventions. Thirty years later, from June 7-10, 2027, it will do so again! The following two events are closely tied to Trinity (but please note that the first event is at a different venue).
June 8, 2027 at 7 pm: Trinitas Ensemble Concert at St. Edward Catholic Church
June 9, 2027 at 10 am: Choral Matins at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral

 

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