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TRINIT Y EPISCOPAL CHURCH
music
Outreach
A Spirit of Giving
Our Mission is to create significant, deep,
Much of Trinity Episcopal’s
and lasting spiritual relationships by breaching cultural, monetary, and gender identity barriers through all musical and artistic expressions.
musical programming is made possible through the support of I SAIAH PIT TS Waite High School Isaiah Pitts is a sophomore in Toledo Public Schools where he is majoring in general studies with a concentration in music. Isaiah’s family values the power of music and is very encouraging of his musical studies. At Trinity Episcopal, he continues
HIGH SCHOOL PROGR AM
to be a solid anchor in the baritone section
We’re dedicated to providing a vibrant place of learning and community, increasing musical skills, and growing within the context of the faith community.
the Caroline Jobst Foundation. Caroline Jobst was a lover of Music and the Arts in Toledo, and former member of Trinity. Through her legacy of giving, Trinity employs five, collegiate vocal performance majors to bolster and empower the thirty-five voice choir.
and enjoys making music with both his peers and the community members that serve in the choir as well.
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Trinity seeks 12 to 15 area high schoolers to
Each student is paired with an adult
serve in the mixed Canterbury Choir with
mentor from the choir. The students
adults from Trinity’s Congregation. Currently,
join us Thursday evenings and Sunday
our students represent Waite High School,
mornings and are compensated $25
Toledo School for the Arts, Bowsher High
a week. We provide breakfast on Sunday
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
School, and Start High School.
mornings and help with transportation
Dust off your church hat, and
Trinity Homecoming
when needed.
Singing with young people is one of the best parts of the choir.
wear it to worship with us at I SAIAH PIT TS Waite SchoolR D K ATI EHigh C R AWFO
10 AM! Then stick around after
Toledo School for the Arts
lunch on us, a gospel choir, a
Katie is sixteen years old and studies musical theater and opera at TSA. She is a
They are quick to learn and their voices add dimension to our
first soprano at Trinity Episcopal, but enjoys
singing. I appreciate the energy they bring to our rehearsals
learning all the other parts to broaden her
as well as our worship. NAN C Y CO LPAE RT | Canterbury Choir Adult Member
range. Katie has been featured in many musicals such as Grease (Rizzo), Fame Jr. (Carmen), The Little Mermaid (Skuttle) and has been in the ensemble for my school’s shows of Catch Me If You Can,
If you’re interested in supporting our program or learning more, please contact Director of Music & the Arts, Nate Leonard at nate@trinitytoledo.org.
The Little Prince, The Music Man and held a supporting role in The Phantom Tollbooth. She was the First Lady in TSA’s production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute and has a strong interest in opera for her future.
church for a hog roast and fixin’s BIG community art project, and an entertaining and delightful keynote address. For our younger crowd, special entertainment and projects will be on-hand!
Message from the Rector, Lisa Tucker-Gray
WHAT MUSIC AT TRINITY MEANS TO ME. Today, like every other day, we wake
Since childhood, music has been the
up empty and frightened. Don’t open
constant invitation, solace and promise
the door to the study and begin reading.
keeping me connected to all that is
Take down a musical instrument. Let
sacred and holy- even when I have
the beauty we love be what we do.
lacked words or understanding.
There are a hundred ways to kneel
Music at Trinity is a vibrant, expansive,
and kiss the ground. —13th cent Sufi Mystic, Jelaluddin Rumi
varied palette of genres embracing the best of what music is and can
If I were pressed to name the one thing,
do- creating a pathway into a universal
among the “hundred ways” leading me
language connecting and inspiring us
most clearly into the heart of God, it
to be more together than we can ever
would, without a doubt, be music.
be alone.
Music in church should move us. It should move us to forgiveness, to good works, to kindness, to tears, to charity, and above all, to love. That being said, there can be no one genre or avenue of musical expression that can accomplish this for all people. Therefore, as a musical director, I will draw the widest, most expansive circle I can, and invite all those around me to do the
NATE LEO NAR D Director of Music & the Arts
same; all are welcome and wanted as we pursue musical excellence relentlessly.
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