The Cathedral Music Ministry features two of the finest instruments in the Southwest. The Great Cathedral Organ, built by the Schantz Organ Company of Orville, Ohio, is a four manual, 71 rank pipe organ, designed in the American Classic style of the famed Aeolian-Skinner organs. The Cathedral piano is a hand crafted Bösendorfer concert grand from Vienna, Austria. Both instruments are in high demand by performers from across the nation.
The Cathedral is blessed and thankful to have four exceptional choirs. The Cathedral Choir, the Women's Ensemble, the Men's Ensemble, and The Cathedral Choristers (children's choir) all add a beautiful dimension to our worship life. The Cathedral Choir regularly presents choral masterworks to the delight of Phoenix area audiences.
Our Olney Room serves as the Cathedral's parish hall. Located at the bottom floor of Cathedral House, this bright and airy gallery space features rotating art exhibits each month sponsored by the Cathedral Center for the Arts.
Trinity Cathedral is pleased to support the Cathedral Center for the Arts (CCA) - a distinct non-profit organization that works closely with the Cathedral. CCA is the presenting organization for nearly all of the concerts hosted at Trinity Cathedral.
For more information on our offerings of music and arts at the Cathedral, write to Canon Musician Erik Goldstrom at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (602) 254-7126 ext. 313.
Choirs
Trinity Cathedral is blessed to have a variety of choral ensembles that support its weekly liturgies throughout the year. Ensembles vary in size and constituency, and are meant to serve the entire Cathedral community.
The Cathedral Choir
The Cathedral Choir is a semi-professional ensemble comprised of both professional staff singers and excellent volunteer musicians. The range of literature extends from the Renaissance through Contemporary periods and comprises the best of the Anglican choral tradition. The Cathedral Choir is one of the premier ensembles in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area and, in addition to serving the weekly 10:00 AM liturgy, is featured throughout the year on the Music at Trinity series.
The Cathedral Choir is an auditioned ensemble. Requirements include an ability to read music (singing at sight an unfamiliar work), excellent tuning and a voice of clear, straight-tone timbre that blends well with other voices. The Cathedral Choir rehearses on Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings.
Trinity Singers
Trinity Singers is group of dedicated, and highly motivated volunteer musicians who enjoy singing and wish to lead worship here at Trinity Cathedral. This ensemble welcomes all people who have a desire and willingness to sing on Sunday mornings. We rehearse once monthly on the third Sunday morning of each month in the Auditorium. The Trinity Singers serve at the 10.00 AM liturgy on the third Sunday of each month. New singers are always welcome!
Youth Choir
The Youth Choir is open to all youth ages 7-18 and draws from both the Anglo and Hispanic communities in our congregation. In addition to singing for both the 10:00 AM and 12:30 PM liturgies once a month, the youth choir learns the fundamentals of music and good vocal production. Extra-curricular activities throughout the year help build strong community among our singing youth. The Youth Choir rehearses on Wednesday evenings from 6:00-6:45 PM in the Auditorium.
Compline Choir
The Compline Chant Choir is not, strictly speaking, a performance group. Instead, it is comprised of people who want to explore the relationship between Gregorian chant and corporate spirituality. They welcome anyone who enjoys singing to join them for a rehearsal at 6:30pm followed by Compline at 8pm.
For further information, see Timothy Leffler or simply show up at the rehearsal.
Music at Trinity
Music at Trinity is the new musical mission of Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix, Arizona. Our goal is to sponsor a wide range of artists and musical programs in performance to the greater Phoenix community. Artists range from internationally-recognized performers to fantastic local talent; well-established groups to newly-formed ensembles that hold great promise. Musical offerings range from the Great Organist Series to Chamber Music and Music from the Cathedral Choir.
With few exceptions, these concerts are all provided free of charge; we see this as our gift to you. We hope that you will join us for one or more of this seasonʼs musical offerings!
Our 2011-2012 Inaugural season brochure is available to download:
If you would like to help support our musical mission here at Trinity Cathedral , information can be found in the downloadable brochure above.
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral's Canon Musician
A native of the Chicago area, Erik W. Goldstrom has been selected as the new Organist/Choirmaster for Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Phoenix, AZ where he will conduct the cathedral choir and oversee all music programs. Prior to his appointment at Trinity, he was Organist and Choir Director at St. John's Pro Cathedral (Episcopal) in Los Angeles, CA. He was also Organist/Choirmaster at St. James Parish in Wilmington, NC, where he conducted the parish choir, coordinated the arts series, and restructured the children’s choir program. During his tenure he formed the St. James Consort, a choral group dedicated to the performance of unaccompanied vocal chamber music, and was a board member of Creative Wilmington, an arts council cooperative for the New Hanover county area. He has served parishes in Illinois, Texas, California and Indiana, where he was the assistant at Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis.
Erik holds degrees from Northwestern University (summa cum laude), Southern Methodist University (where he was awarded the Dora Poteet Barclay Award for Outstanding Organ Performance), Perkins School of Theology (summa cum laude), and Stanford University where he received his Ph.D. in musicology. His teachers of organ performance include Ralph Sunden, Richard Enright, Robert T. Anderson, Kimberly Marshall and Robert Bates.
Erik has performed throughout the United States, UK and Europe, most notably at Lincoln Cathedral, St. George's Chapel, Windsor, the Madeleine and the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. He has also appeared at national conferences sponsored by the American Guild of Organists and the Association of Anglican Musicians. An avid promoter of contemporary music, Erik has both commissioned and premiered works by several notable American composers including Jeffrey Smith, David Jaffe and Frank Ferko. Erik and his partner Michael Garland will relocate from Southern California in early January.