Church guide

This Sunday, April 7th, Holy Trinity honors our former organist-choirmaster, James Bigham, Jr. at the 10:30 Service. We will dedicate the new Parsons organ console of the Margaret L. Wendt Memorial Organ in his honor. David Higgs, chair of the Eastman School of Music Organ Department, will perform the prelude and postlude. Choral Music to include Bruckner's "Os justi," John Ireland's "Greater love hath no man," Kenneth Jennings's "The Lord is the everlasting God," and Jimmy's own setting of "God Be With You." There will be a wonderful coffee hour to follow. Message Justin Pomietlarz if you would like to sing to honor Jimmy. Rehearsal Thursday at 7:00 - 8:30 pm, and then Sunday at 9:30 prior to the 10:30 Service.

Honored to make music each week with such great people. Colleen Flynn, Tim Flynn, and Holly Holdaway, you sounded beautiful and bring so much to Holy Trinity's Chancel Choir. Thank you for posting!

Soli Deo Gloria!

Holy Trinity is proud to be a part of the 2019 AGO annual gathering featuring the magnificent Margaret L. Wendy Memorial Organ.

The Holy Trinity Chancel Choir presents Bach's Cantata 23, "Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn" at the 10:30 Service, Transfiguration Sunday, March 3rd. Aurora Colleen Deeds, Maria C Parker, Chris Wietig, and Tim Flynn sing the solo/duet work. Oboists Anna Mattix and Paul Schlossman will also be featured throughout the Cantata, which Bach wrote for the appointed Sunday in 1723, as his audition to become the Thomaskantor at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig.

The Eastman Chorale and Dr. Bill Weinert warming up for tonight’s concert, 7:30 pm at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1080 Main Street. Works by Byrd, Walton, Barber, and Frank Martin.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church welcomes the prestigious Eastman Chorale, conducted by Dr. William Weinert, this Friday evening, February 22nd at 7:30 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1080 Main Street in Buffalo. The historic choir from Rochester's Eastman School of Music will present works by William Byrd, Sir William Walton, and Samuel Barber on the first half, and Frank Martin's incredible Mass for Double Choir following intermission. The Eastman Organ department will also feature student Benjamin Henderson at the mighty Margaret L. Wendt Memorial Organ. Freewill offering.

Maybe you didn’t know the power our Organist Kristen Pomietlarz wields!! Lol

The Holy Trinity Chancel Choir celebrates the Baptism of our Lord this Sunday at the 10:30 Service with a unique and varied program. We begin with Anton Bruckner’s setting of the Latin antiphon, “Asperges me” - the sprinkling of water. At the Offering, we present Sheldon Curry’s arrangement of the Spiritual, “Down to the River to Pray,” written in folk style for the George Clooney 2000 Motion Picture, “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?” Shannon Levine accompanies on cello, while a quartet of soloists, led by Carolyn L W Lansom begin the piece. At Communion, we sing a improvisatory-like setting of “Vidi aquam” by NYC based composer David Hurd, set for choir, handbells, and organ, followed by Moses Hogan’s driving and rhythmic setting of the Spiritual, “Wade In the Water” with Holly Holdaway laying out the solo. Hope you will join us. There is a place for you here!

Looking forward to celebrating Christmas Eve with Pr. Lee Miller II, Pr. Brenda Lee Maynor, and the Holy Trinity Chancel and Youth Choirs, singing works of Bob Chilcott, Tavener, Lauridsen, Caroline Mallonee, and many others. Full brass, percussion, flutes, oboe and harp join the festivities. As the pomp and circumstance fades to candlelight, Roger VanDette sings “O Holy Night.”

Words from Lin Manuel Miranda, creator of “Hamilton” and “In the Heights” that remind us what is important. Sung by multiple choir including the St. Olaf Choir...

Proud to have had the opportunity to perform Ola Gjeilo’s “Song of the Universal” with the Camerata di Sant’ Antonio and the Amherst Concert Chorale this Sunday past.

It may not be an HTLC event, but Director of Music Justin Pomietlarz performs tonight with the Amherst Concert Chorale and the Camerata di Sant’ Antonio, performing Ola Gjeilo’s “Song of the Universal” and Eriks Esenvalds’ “Stars,” 7:00 PM at Blessed Sacrament Church, 1035 Delaware Avenue.

A wonderful turnout for our 2nd Annual Evening of Nine Lessons and Carols Sunday evening, Dec. 2nd! Bravo to Claudia Brown and the University at Buffalo choirs for their artistry and musicianship. Truly, there are great things happening at UB under Ms. Brown’s direction! Many thanks also to our Holy Trinity readers, Jenny Carden, Jennifer Ray Yap, Doreen Grieble, Uli MacDonald, Sue Spindler, and Kurt Kurt K Kaufmann, as well as Mary Kaufmann for assembling a warm, welcoming usher team. A special, personal moment for me to have the opening verse of “Once in Royal David’s City” sung by my former Amherst HS Soprano Cassidy Klaybor.

Though you may have missed hearing the Chancel Choir on this Christ the King Sunday, perhaps you caught our performance last week with the Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra in our performance of Vivaldi’s “Gloria” last weekend. A few pictures in case you missed it! Pianist Alex Aylward signed the Steinway after his performance of the Brahms 1st Piano Concerto.

Holy Trinity features the UB Choir and Chamber Singers for our 2nd annual Evening of Nine Lessons and Carols under the direction of Professor Claudia Brown. The ensembles will be presenting their musical program at Holy Trinity on Sunday, December 2 at 6:00pm, featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams' “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” and other holiday masterpieces by Stanford, Rutter, Weelkes, and Britten, interspersed with Christmas hymns and readings chronicling the birth of Jesus. We hope that you will join us for this moving and peaceful evening of choral music and scripture.

The Holy Trinity Chancel Choir teams up with the Ars Nova Chamber Players, performing Vivaldi's ever-popular, "Gloria" Sunday, November 18, 6:30 PM at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. This is the closing Concert of the 40th Anniversary of the "Viva Vivaldi!" Festival. Featured soloists are Mary Kay Atlas and Colleen Flynn, sopranos on "Laudamus te," Aurora Deeds, soprano on "Domine Deus," and Maria Parker, mezzo on "Domine Deus, Agnus Dei" and "Qui sedes ad dexteram." Also on the program is "Winter" from the Four Seasons, and the Brahms 1st Piano Concerto with Alexander Aylward at Holy Trinity's superb Steinway Concert Grand. Tickets are $12. More information can be seen at: http://arsnovamusicians.com/