Music in the Episcopal Diocese of New York is not limited to weekend services, but rather can also be enjoyed on recordings and at concerts. Here is a sampling of what is available through the tremendous music programs in Diocesan churches.

The Church of Ascension in Manhattan is home to Voices of Ascension Chorus & Orchestra, a critically acclaimed ensemble directed by Dennis Keene. Voices of Ascension offers an annual concert series featuring choral and classical works.

Trinity Wall Street in Manhattan hosts numerous musical concerts throughout the year. They are also home to a renowned choir, led by Owen Burdick, who is also the organist. The Trinity Church Choir has been helping to compile Joseph Haydn’s entire body of work.

St. Thomas Church, Manhattan, is a source of extraordinary music, at services and concerts. The church is home to The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys led by Gerre Hancock, Organist and Master of Choristers. The Saint Thomas Choir, with 14 men and 18 boys, is the premier choral ensemble of the Anglican musical tradition in the U.S.

The choir offers an annual concert series with orchestra. They sing five weekly principal worship services at the church. Men of the choir are professional singers and boys are students at Saint Thomas Choir School, the only church-related residential choir school in the U.S.

St. Bartholomew’s in Manhattan hosts the annual Summer Festival of Sacred Music, which features international choral music at the 11 a.m. Sunday Eucharist through Sept. 14. The featured music comes from the U.S., England, France, Germany, Italy as well as Africa. The church has two choirs: the St. Bartholomew’s Choir and St. Bartholomew’s Boy and Girl Choristers.

You can always look up these churches on the web for times, concert dates and discography.