Traditional music is an integral part of life at Trinity, with instrumental and choral music playing an important role in worship services. The music of our Sunday liturgies is intended to invite us into God's presence and help us to achieve a moving and profound experience with God. Music at Trinity is intended for our faith community, but also reaches out to the neighboring city and diocese, not only through our liturgies, but also through concerts and other special offerings, and by providing rehearsal space for music groups.

Choir

Since 1865, Trinity has had an excellent choir, combining professional singers with skilled volunteers, with ages ranging from 13 to 80+. The Trinity Choir enjoys a particularly intense opportunity to experience the glory of God in rehearsals and liturgies. Yet another great advantage to the music program at Trinity are the bonds of friendship that result from people working together.

The Trinity Choir sings at the 10:30 A.M. Eucharist with a repertoire that ranges from Heinrich Schütz to the most recent choral works. Singers interested in joining The Trinity Choir may contact Martin Olson at (206) 624-5337 or by e-mail .

Martin will respond to prospective choristers to chat about the Choir and to get a feeling for the singer's musical experience and ability. He will then schedule a time for an audition, so he can hear the prospective choir member. This is usually a pretty pleasant experience, even though it might sound scary!

Hand Bell Ringers

Trinity Parish has a virtually complete set of Flemish style hand bells made by Petit & Fritsen. The hand bell group plays Christmas Eve and Easter, and several other times during the year, either by themselves or accompanying the Choir. The group rehearses on Thursday evenings at 6:30-7:25 P.M., occasionally staying later to practice with the Choir at 7:30 P.M.

The Hand Bell Ringers group is always looking for new members. If you have some experience with reading music, the director would love to hear from you. Contact him at (206) 624-5337, or by e-mail.

The All Souls Memorial Organ

Trinity's organ is a successful combination of pipes from 1902 through 2006: pipe work from the original Kimball organ in 1902, additions in the 1940s, new pipes from the 1978 project, a few from the major rebuild in 1987, as well as work in 1996 and 2006. While the basic design of the organ can be termed neo-classic, the dynamic capabilities span the complete range from very soft to very loud! The façade pays tribute to the original Kimball design while incorporating contemporary touches such as polished pipe metal (Kimball pipes were painted gold), variable foot lengths of the pipes (Kimball pipes had the same lengths), and wooden columns to help soften the overall visual impact (the Kimball design had outside columns only). The original façade was merely ornamental: the pipes did not "speak," while the current organ uses all the displayed pipes. While the tonal design of this instrument is part of the signature of this Marceau organ (by Rene Marceau of Marceau & Associates), it pays tribute to its American organ-building predecessors in almost every aspect of the organ's sounds.

Resident Groups

Trinity is happy to provide rehearsal space for musical groups who would like to participate, on occasion, in our worship services or perform concerts at Trinity. If your group is interested, please email Dr. Jo Baim, Assistant Organist. Currently, we have the Sacred Music Chorale, The Renaissance Singers, and the New Baroque Orchestra as artists-in-residence.