McNeil Robinson

Join in for a series of spectacular concerts, showcasing the best of choral excellence. Experience the magic of Musica Sacra's 60th anniversary season and be captivated by the power of their incredible performances.

The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA) will kick off its annual summer-long series of FREE ORGAN RECITALS at the historic Great Auditorium starting on Wednesday, July 6, 2023.

The 2022-23 season of Musica Sacra, New York's elite professional chorus led by Music Director Kent Tritle, brings music by women composers to the fore in two programs at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine of repertoire spanning five centuries.

Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association presents Free Organ Recitals on the Great Auditorium Pipe Organ, Wednesday July 6 - Saturday August 27, 2022.

Musica Sacra, New York's elite professional chorus, returns to the concert stage in 2021-22 led by Kent Tritle – in his 15th season as Music Director – with a season of three concerts with orchestra, each of which spotlights a facet of the group's identity.

'The Storm' was written in the mid-1920s by Clarence Kohlmann, who served as the organist in the Great Auditorium from 1924-1944. This rarely-heard piece follows a Civil War army unit as it marches and encamps with snippets of music from that era: 'Dawn' from the Peer Gynt Suite,' a bugle's reveille, 'America,' hymns and church bells, a funeral march.

These recitals will be performed in Ocean Grove's historic Great Auditorium. This season's series will bring 'young rising star' organists to the stage - a new generation of organists who have never appeared in the historic auditorium before.

There's nothing like the sound of a thundering or lilting organ to shake you to your emotional, musical core - and there's nothing like the massive pipe organ in the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA)'s Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove.

Once again, the whispers, thunder and wonders of the Great Auditorium Pipe Organ will ring out during The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA)'s Free Organ Recital Series, a signature part of its summer-long program of family entertainment. OGCMA's Pipe Organ is among the largest in the world and is the heart-beat of this Christian Victorian resort on the Jersey Shore. The historic 11,000-pipe instrument was built and installed in 1908 with original design innovations that became standard elements still extant in modern organ construction. It is made of over 40,000 feet of California No. 1 Sugar Pine and weighs 20-25 tons. In its illustrious 109-year history, this remarkable instrument has been played by numerous distinguished organists, including Will C. MacFarlane, Clarence Kohlman, Josephine Eddowes, Harold Fix, Clarence Reynolds, Beverly Davis, Jon Quinn, and Robert Carwithin. Order tickets by phone at 800-590-4064 or online at www.oceangrove.org.

St. Bartholomew's Choir will sing Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms in an arrangement for organ, harp and percussion as well as Virgil Thomson's My shepherd will supply my need and McNeil Robinson's Missa Brevis. William K. Trafka will conduct the choir. Instrumentalists for the Bernstein will be Jason Roberts, organist, Frances Duffy, harpist and Samuel Lazzara, percussionist.  

Manhattan School of Music (MSM) recently announced the appointment of Kent Tritle, also the School's Director of Choral Activities, as Chair of its historic Organ Department. Tritle, who the New York Times has hailed as 'the brightest star in New York's choral music world,' is organist for both the New York Philharmonic (since 1994) and American Symphony Orchestra (since 1993), as well as serving as Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. He is also Music Director of both Musica Sacra, the longest continuously performing professional chorus in New York, and the acclaimed Oratorio Society of New York.

Manhattan School of Music (MSM) recently announced the appointment of Kent Tritle, also the School's Director of Choral Activities, as Chair of its historic Organ Department. Tritle, who the New York Times has hailed as "the brightest star in New York's choral music world," is organist for both the New York Philharmonic (since 1994) and American Symphony Orchestra (since 1993), as well as serving as Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. He is also Music Director of both Musica Sacra, the longest continuously performing professional chorus in New York, and the acclaimed Oratorio Society of New York.

Ocean Grove's 'Summer Stars' Classical Series will conclude with 'Grand Orchestra and the Great Organ' tonight, July 30, 2015 at 7:30 PM. Jason C. Tramm conducts critically acclaimed concert organ soloist Gordon Turk and the Summer Stars Festival Orchestra in an extraordinary program showcasing the virtuosity of Gordon Turk and the sound of the Great Auditorium's magnificent Hope Jones Organ in symphonic works by Alexandre Guilmant, Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Faure.

Ocean Grove's “Summer Stars” Classical Series will conclude with “Grand Orchestra and the Great Organ” this Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 7:30 PM.  Jason C. Tramm conducts critically acclaimed concert organ soloist Gordon Turk and the Summer Stars Festival Orchestra in an extraordinary program showcasing the virtuosity of Gordon Turk and the sound of the Great Auditorium's magnificent Hope Jones Organ in symphonic works by Alexandre Guilmant, Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Faure.

Continuing a proud history of commissioning and performing new music, Music Director Kent Tritle leads the renowned Musica Sacra Chorus in Messages to Myself, a program of new works for a cappella chorus on Friday May 13, 2011 (8pm) at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center.

Continuing a proud history of commissioning and performing new music, Music Director Kent Tritle leads the renowned Musica Sacra Chorus in Messages to Myself, a program of new works for a cappella chorus on Friday May 13, 2011 (8pm) at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center.