MUSIC AT HOLY TRINITY
MUSIC AT HOLY TRINITY
Music is an important part of the life and worship at Holy Trinity. The current Director of Music and Organist is Richard Hoy. He is assisted by deputy conductor Fiona Shepherd and assistant organists Selwyn Allen and Bruce Brown.
Holy Trinity Choir
The choir leads the singing at the Sunday morning 9.30 am Sung Communion services except on the first Sunday of the month when they sing Choral Evensong at 5 pm. For Evensong the choir includes extra singers, including some from other churches. The choir practises every Thursday night at 7.30 pm with a shorter practice before the sung services. The choir also sings for other special services, including the annual Service of Lessons and Carols, a Lenten Meditation service on Palm Sunday evening or a service based around Handel’s Messiah. The choir has also recorded two CDs "Reflections on the Cross" of Lenten music and "O come, let us adore him" of Christmas music.
Copies are available from the Parish Office. Some examples of the choir singing are available below.
Our Pipe Organ
The present organ was rebuilt and installed by Australian Pipe Organs in 1999. It combined a Norman and Beard instrument from St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Edgecliff Sydney, parts of the previous organ in the church by Bellsham as well as other ranks from Australian Pipe Organs and Fincham to complete the specification. The organ consists of two manuals and pedals, 25 stops with approximately 1,350 pipes, and employs electro-pneumatic action and solid-state switching. Some additions were made to the organ in 2025 which involved making an Oboe 8 available on the Swell and adding a flute 4 on the Great.
The stop list of the organ is attached.
