Walden Moore

Director of Music

As Director of Music, Walden is responsible for many aspects of Trinity’s musical life including directing the three parish choirs, planning and leading the music for parish services and events, and coordinating all aspects of a multi-layered program that brings together so many in congregational song and in the family experience that is membership in one of the choirs.  Trinity’s music program, though based upon ancient models, is constantly evolving with the parish’s needs, and is one of its most visible community faces.

A lifelong musician, his service to Trinity began with a two-year stint as Organ Scholar 1978-1980, followed by a return to the parish as Organist and Choirmaster/Director of Music in 1984.  He holds performance degrees from the University of Kentucky and the Yale School of Music/Institute of Sacred Music, where he serves on the adjunct organ faculty of the latter, teaching a course in service playing. He also serves as a summer clinician in choir festivals and workshops across the country.

Walden enjoys taking the fellowship that is already present in the parish and helping the music program link these folks in their worship and daily life.  An important aspect of the music program is also education, and in addition to the education of its choirs, Trinity has sent out many young musicians trained in the program to lead music programs in churches across America. The parish’s musical life is as widely varied as its worship styles and the individuals that participate therein.