Kent Tritle Past News

Kent Tritle Has a Full 2021-22 Season of Events – Press release
“So much of the magic is the sheer jubilation that Handel conjures.” Read Kent’s thoughts on “Hallelujah” in this New York Times article as “nine performers guide you through the emotional arc of Handel’s classic, from comfort to grief to jubilation.”
Kent Tritle Leads “OSNY Messiah 2020,” Taped at His Barn in Upstate NY; Holiday Concert on Cathedral Steps Dec. 13; Grammy Nomination for Naxos recording of Sanctuary Road – Press release
WQXR “Artist Check-In with Elliott Forrest: Kent Tritle,” June 9, 2020 – Watch here
Kent Tritle Is a Chorus America 2020 Award Recipient – Press release
Kent makes gifts of Bach on Facebook, March 2020 – See on Facebook page
Kent Tritle’s Spring 2020 Season – Press release
“Guest conductor Kent Tritle led performances of Handel’s great oratorio [Messiah] ….To say it was revelatory is almost an understatement. …this was a deeply thoughtful, spiritual and ultimately joyous reading through each of the oratorio’s three parts. … Tritle’s exuberant leadership was energized from beginning to the big, final ‘Amen’ chorus.”
~Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati Business Courier, December 9, 2019 – Read the review here
Kent Tritle explains “What Conductors Are Really Doing” in Episode 6 of WIRED “Masterminds” – Watch here
Kent Tritle’s 2019-20 Season, Stars in WIRED “Masterminds” on Conducting – Press release
Kent Tritle’s Spring 2019: From Kullervo to Byrd’s Mass for Five Voices – Press release
Kent Tritle’s 2018-19 Season: Sibelius’s Kullervo, Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater, and More – Press release
Kent Tritle’s Spring 2018: American, NYC History Take Center Stage in New Works; Organ Recital and “Organ Symphony” with the New York Philharmonic – Press release
Kent Tritle’s 2017-18 Season: World Premieres of Works by Moravec, Ranjbaran, Sirota; Two NY Organ Recitals, and More – Press release
“On Becoming a Professional Choral Singer – Advice from the Guru” – Musical America, July 13, 2017
Kent Tritle’s Spring 2017 Season – Press release
Review of Rautavaara’s Vigilia at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine: “Truly, this was a choral concert for the ages” – Opera News, January 2017
Kent Tritle’s 2016-17 Season: U.S. Premiere of Rautavaara’s Vigilia, Asian Debut in South Korea, Britten’s War Requiem, and More – Press release
Kent Tritle’s Spring 2016: Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand,” World Premiere of Evan Fein’s Deborah, and More – Press release
“Chorus Call” – Opera News, January 2016
Kent Tritle Is Appointed Chair of the Organ Department of the Manhattan School of Music – Press release
Kent Tritle’s 2015-16 Season: Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand,” World & NY Premieres, Spem in Alium, Mozart’s Messiah Arrangement, and More – Press release
Musica Sacra Highlights Living Composers, The New York Times, March 5, 2015
The ‘Messiah’ x 2, With Holiday Brio: Kent Tritle Conducts ‘Messiah’ at Carnegie Hall ~The New York Times, December 20, 2014
Volume VII of John Zorn’s Arcana, an acclaimed series of books illuminating the artistic process, includes an essay written by Kent Tritle. The book is available now on Amazon.
Kent Tritle’s Spring 2015 Season – Press release