There are many ways to become involved in the Music Ministry at Trinity Episcopal Church. Led by our Music Director, Dr. Mark Andersen, several of the programs are described here.
As summer progresses, I hope that everyone has time for reflection and growth. We have two areas in our church where growth is needed: Our choir and our bell choir. Please consider joining us in one of our musical organizations for the upcoming Fall. No prior experience or knowledge is required. You would be welcomed into our choir loft any Sunday if you’d like to give it a try this summer and see if it might be a fit for you. We meet each Sunday at 9:30 to run through the music we will sing at the 10:00 service. We’d love to welcome you!!
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Our choir meets each Wednesday for rehearsal at 7 pm from September through May. They sing each Sunday at the 10:00 am Holy Eucharist, and at all special services throughout the church year. Our Organist and Choirmaster, Dr. Mark Andersen, is always pleased to receive inquiries about membership in the choir. Please email him by clicking this link, or write to him in care of Trinity Church.
Mark Andersen formed a new Handbell Choir for Trinity Episcopal Church in February of 2018. The choir consisted of community members from Trinity Episcopal Church, First Baptist Church, Asbury Methodist Church, St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, and the community. Suspended during the pandemic, the group has reformed, and rehearses weekly during the regular church season, and performs at Christmas and Easter events. Dr. Mark Andersen is the director.
Video below is the handbell choir International Artists Carillon™, directed by Mark Andersen in Seattle, International Artists Carillon™, playing Carillon, by H. Dean Wagner.
Trinity Episcopal Church often features local and other performers during Sunday service or other special concerts. Here are many of the musicians and performers who have shared their talents with Trinity and the Community. Videos of these performances are listed below.
We present seasonal musical events that embrace our ecumenical neighbors during the seasonal celebrations on the church calendar, such as Christmas and Easter. Videos below.
On a personal note, in October 2019, Mark Andersen had the honor of performing with Margaret Pate, David Eaton, Joshua Sobel, and Lynn Andersen at the new Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh on their new CB Fisk pipe organ. It is one of the finest organs in our state, and the acoustics of the Cathedral are magnificent. As Dean of the Central North Carolina American Guild of Organists, I was asked to put together this opening concert. For those who have asked about recordings, the entire concert can now be heard online, divided into two television shows that are being televised across the Nation from New York and Seattle. Here are the two links to the YouTube recordings of both shows.
Below are several concert videos, filmed and edited by International Artists, performed at Trinity Episcopal Church, featuring many of the above-listed musicians and performers.
After a concert and master class in Maryland, Josh Layne stops by to enchant everyone here with an enthralling concert of classics and modern pieces. Part I of II. This program originally aired on WISF TV in Oneonta, NY, and Seattle Community Media in Seattle. ©Copyright 2017 International Artists Foundation.
Josh Layne returns to Lumberton to perform Wizardry on the Harp. Part I. This program originally aired on WISF TV in Oneonta, NY, and Seattle Community Media in Seattle. ©Copyright 2018 International Artists Foundation.
After a concert and master class in Maryland, Josh Layne stops by to enchant everyone here with an enthralling concert of classics and modern pieces. Part II of II. This program originally aired on WISF TV in Oneonta, NY, and Seattle Community Media in Seattle. ©Copyright 2017 International Artists Foundation.
Josh Layne returns to Lumberton to perform Wizardry on the Harp. Part II. This program originally aired on WISF TV in Oneonta, NY, and Seattle Community Media in Seattle. ©Copyright 2018 International Artists Foundation.
Mark Andersen plays Christmas Music at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lumberton, North Carolina. Special guests include Lynn Andersen, Janiel Miller, and Devorah Grunow. All music is either composed by Mark Andersen or arranged by Mark Andersen. Mark Andersen plays a Webster 18th-century Harp in this episode.
Composer Mary Carol Warwick is joined by composer Mark Andersen and musician Lynn Andersen at Trinity Episcopal Church in Lumberton, North Carolina. This episode is taken from an Advent Concert performed at Trinity during Advent 2023.
The pieces that you are going to hear on this program have all been composed recently, by Mark Andersen, during the pandemic. It is all original and brand new. This is the very first performance of these pieces that has ever been heard. We hope that you enjoy what you are about to hear. Sheet music available at sheetmusicplus under Mark Andersen.
Thank you so much to the wonderful staff and the wonderful institution that is the Givens Performing Arts Center (GPAC) at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. It is the premier performance center of Robeson County, NC.
Lynn Andersen and Mark Andersen play a concert for us with Music for Solo English Handbells and Piano, featuring music from Movies to Opera to Folk Tunes. Also enjoy 2 more numbers from last week's Best of Broadway. Sponsored by Robeson County Arts Council. This program originally aired on WISF TV in Oneonta, NY, and Seattle Community Media in Seattle. ©Copyright 2016 International Artists Foundation.
Mark Andersen and Margaret Pate celebrate the Art of Song, with classical and Jazz offerings.
Mark Andersen and Lynn Andersen play a special German holiday selection on Solo English Handbells. Mark Andersen also conducts the Voices of Cooperstown Orchestra and Choir (in Cooperstown, NY) in a Christmas Cantata he composed. All music is either composed by Mark Andersen or arranged by Mark Andersen.
Crescendo! presents the 12th Night Benefit Concert for the Arts 2020! Sponsored by Robeson County Arts Council. Musicians include Mark Andersen, Janiel Miller, Mary Rosenberg, and Lynn Andersen. Part I.
Crescendo! presents the 12th Night Benefit Concert for the Arts 2020! Sponsored by Robeson County Arts Council. Musicians include Mark Andersen, Janiel Miller, Mary Rosenberg, Lumberton High School Chorus, DJ Brown, and Lynn Andersen. Part II.
Mark Andersen performs several of his original compositions, and Melvin Ezzell sings several tenor arias for the River Voices Series 2018. This program originally aired on WISF TV in Oneonta, NY, and Seattle Community Media in Seattle. ©Copyright 2019 International Artists Foundation.