Music and Arts

This window, on a Pentecost theme, was a replacement for one of the windows destroyed by fire in 1977.

We wish to be a vigorous part of an artistic presence in the heart of the city.

Music at Holy Trinity, especially singing, is appreciated for its power to move people and express the divine: we see this as a nourishing and liberating gift and believe everyone’s voice deserves to be heard. We are blessed with gifted musicians — professional and amateur — who regularly offer their musical skills as part of our community’s life.

The church welcomes artists from all disciplines to use our space. We count textile artists, poets, and dancers among our members. In addition, fine examples of carving, stained glass, and painting from 1847 to the present can be seen in the walls, doors, and windows of the church itself.


Opportunities to sing

Our bartender, Keith Nunn, leading Pub Choir in Misguided Angel by Cowboy Junkies

At least once a month, our Lifting Spirits event hosts Pub Choir — chance to have a glass or two and sing with friends new and old.

There are also opportunities to sing in a spiritual context, including Sunday services.

You don’t have to know how to read music in order to participate.


Music Mondays

This weekly, summer noon-hour concert series features a diverse range of musical genres and offers a musical respite to all people regardless of economic situation.

Go to the Music Mondays web site.


The Christmas Story

This dramatization of the nativity story has been performed every December since 1937.

Go to The Christmas Story web page.


Echo Women’s Choir

Echo Women's Choir Winter Concert Dec 2017 ECHO is a non-auditioned, community women’s choir that is open to any woman who can make the commitment to come to rehearsals.

Go to the Echo Women’s Choir web site.


Textile Art

Holy Trinity has a collection of beautiful fabric art used in liturgy as decoration for the altar. Many of the pieces have been made by Fran Sowton, an artist and member of the community.


Treaty Canoe by Alex McKay (bark-style canoe made with transcribed treaties) Occasional art exhibits

Exhibits displayed in the nave and café have included: paintings by participants in the Centre for Creative Opportunity; painting photography, banners by parishioners and local artists; “Passionate Holiness” an exhibit of contemporary icons sponsored by the Toronto School of Theology’s Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay Student Alliance; Coronas Magnas Reginae Caeli by Jacqueline Teloar; and Treaty Canoe by Alex McKay

Acoustics and instruments

Holy Trinity boasts a magnificent acoustical space and two fine concert instruments (piano and organ) which have attracted many professional and community music groups to use our space.

Because the church does not use fixed pews, the performance as well as seating space can be configured for a wide variety of needs and numbers of people.

Holy Trinity’s pianos include a refurbished century-old Bechstein model E concert grand with a warm sound and light action and a more recent Steinway. We recently acquired a very lightly used 10-year-old Steinway “B” from a private donor, with the generous assistance of Steinway Piano Gallery.

The church’s pipe organ is a magnificent three-manual German-style Casavant tracker instrument built in 1970 for Deer Park United Church. More information about this organ can be found at the Casavant website.

April 23 worship online only

While the church building is closed for electrical upgrades we will meet online only. Regular in person worship resumes April 30.