Hello, and welcome to my website!!
 
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See Video from the premiere of my new opera Kenyatta
on YouTube, and see photos in the Photo Gallery
 
The World Premiere took place
at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center
in Newark, New Jersey
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Upcoming Concerts
 
 
June 2024
 
 
Trent's bass trombone concerto "Across Continents"
 
will be performed by the Goias Philharmonic Orchestra,
 
led by Maestra Mariana Menzes,
 
and bass trombonist Darrin Milling
 
in Goias, Brazil
 
 
 
July 2024
 
Trent performs an organ concert of music by
 
George Walker and Trent Johnson at
 
The Church of St. Ignatius, at the
 
Organ Historical Society Convention
 
in Baltimore, Maryland


 
Recent Concerts
 
 
October 2023

Trent performs with Musica Viva NY
 
and Mexamorphosis,
 
performing music of diverse styles and cultures,
 
with music from Mexico, Mali, Spain, and North India
 
at All Souls Unitarian Church in NYC
 
 
 
November 2023
 
Kean University in Union, New Jersey presents
 
Ars Vitalis: The Music of Trent Johnson, Kenyatta,
 
Come and hear excerpts from Trent's opera Kenyatta,
 
and join the composer in a discussion of the work
 
with librettist, Richard Wesley
 
 
 
December 2023
 
Darrin C. Milling, performs Trent Johnson's
 
Bass Trombone Concerto, "Across Continents"
 
with the Greater Miami Youth Orchestra
 
Huifang Chen, conductor, in Miami, Florida
 
 
 
March 2024
 
Darrin C. Milling, performs Trent Johnson's
 
Bass Trombone Concerto, "Across Continents"
 
with the Goias Philharmonic Orchestra
 
Mariana Menezes, conductor, in Goias, Brazil
 
 
 
May 2024
 
Darrin C. Milling, performs Trent Johnson's
 
Bass Trombone Concerto, "Across Continents"
 
with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra
 
Roberto Minczuk, conductor, in Albuquerque, New Mexico
 
 
 
 
Trent in the News
 
Trent premieres his Elegy for organ and string orchestra

Trent accompanies the silent film, Suds, starring Mary Pickford

Trent accompanies the silent film, Sunrise, a Tale of Two Humans

The Oratorio Singers, Sonic Spectacular Concert Review

Trent Johnson Kenyatta Opera Premiere at NJPAC

Trent accompanies the silent film comedy, Safety Last!

Trent accompanies the silent film comedy, The Freshman

Trent conducts the Oratorio Singers 35th Anniversary Concert!

Trent accompanies the silent film comedy, The Freshman

Trent accompanies the silent film, The Son of the Shiek!

Trent's oratorio St. Augustine is reviewed

Trent accompanies the silent film, The Son of the Shiek!

Handel Messiah interview

 
 
 
Recent Concerts
 
 
July 2023
 
Trent performs with the August Symphony Orchestra
 
in Westfield, NJ,
 
Trent Johnson's "Elegy for Chernobyl,"
 
for organ solo and string orchestra,
 
Handel's organ concerto in F Major, HMV 292,
 
and The Organ Symphony of Camille Saint-Saens


 
May 2023
 
Trent performs with Musica Viva NY
 
in the World Premiere of Richard Einhorn's
 
The Luminous Ground, for chorus and orchestra,
 
at All Souls Unitarian Church, NYC,
 
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor
 
 
March 2023
 
Trent conducts the Oratorio Singers of Westfield, NJ
 
with soloists, chorus and orchestra
 
in Handel's 4 Coronation Anthems,
 
Mozart's Regina coeli K 108, with soloist Emily Donato,
 
Trent Johnson's Poetica,
 
the setting of 3 poems by Emily Dickinson,
 
Diane Ackerman and King David and
 
George Walker's, Lyric for Strings
 
 
 
November 2022
 
Trent conducts the Oratorio Singers of Westfield, NJ
 
with soloists, chorus and orchestra
 
in The Creation of Joseph Haydn
 
and the World Premiere of
 
Trent Johnson's Hallelujah! Chorus
 
celebrating the Oratorio Singers' 40th Anniversary
 
 
April 2022
 
Trent performs in the world premiere of
 
Joan Towers' Fanfare for All Souls,
 
a newly commissioned work for brass quartet and organ,
 
on Easter Sunday at All Souls Unitarian Church, NYC,
 
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor
 
 
 
April 2022
 
Trent's Concerto for Bass Trombone and chamber orchestra,
 
entitled "Across Continents",
 
written for and featuring bass trombonist Darrin C. Milling,
 
enjoys its World Premiere
 
in São Paulo, Brazil with conductor Mariana Menezes.
 
 
 
March 2022
 
Trent performs with Musica Viva NY
 
Alec Roth's Earthrise for chorus and organ,
 
at All Souls Unitarian Church, NYC,
 
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor
 
 
January 2022
 
Trent performed the New York premiere
 
of his Elegy for organ and string orchestra
 
with Musica Viva NY at All Souls Unitarian Church, NYC,
 
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor
 
 
December 2021
 
Trent accompanies the All Souls Choir in
 
James MacMillan's Cantos Sagrados for Human Rights Sunday,
 
at All Souls Unitarian Church, New York City
 
 
 
November 2021
 
Trent presents "Music and a Movie" for Musica Viva NY,
 
at All Souls Unitarian Church NYC,
 
featuring the music of George Walker, J. S. Bach, Mozart, Vierne,
 
 and the premiere of 4 new works for organ by Trent Johnson.
 
 Trent also accompanies the silent film comedy,
 
"For Heaven's Sake" starring Harold Lloyd.
 
 
 
November 2021


Trent performs the Amercian Premiere of his "Elegy for organ and strings"
 
and the Handel organ concert in F Major HWV 293,
 
with the New Orchestra Of Washington,
 
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor
 
May 2019
 
Trent accompanies the Durufle Requiem
 
with Musica Viva NY,
 
at the Brick Presbyterian Church, New York City.
 
 
 
April 2019
 
Trent's choral anthem, "School Prayer, with text by Diane Ackerman,
 
was premiered at All Souls Unitarian Church in New York City,
 
celebrating 25+ years of ministry of the Reverend Dr. Galen Guengerich.
 
 
 
March 2019
 
Trent conducts the Oratorio Singers of Westfield
 
in a "Sonic Spectacular" of music for
 
chorus, brass ensemble, timpani, percussion and organ,
 
with music by Mozart, Gigout, Mendelssohn,
 
Charles Wood, John Ireland and others.
 
 
 
March 2019
 
Trent accompanies the Academy Award winning silent film
 
Sunrise: a Song of Two Human (1927),
 
on the "Mighty" Aeolian Skinner organ
 
at the First United Methodist Church in Westfield, New Jersey
 
as a benefit concert for the Oratorio Singers of Westfield.
 
 
 
March 2019
 
Trent plays the 90 rank Gilbert Adams organ
 
at the 39th Annual Festival of Organists
 
at Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church
 
in Plainfield, New Jersey.
 
 
 
November 2018
 
Trent plays an organ recital
 
on the von Beckerath organ
 
at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Milburn, New Jersey
 
with music by George Walker, Max Reger,
 
John Weaver and Trent Johnson.
 
 
 
May 2018
 
Trent plays an organ concert at
 
the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart
 
in Newark, New Jersey.
 
 
 
March 2018
 
Trent conducted the Oratorio Singers of Westfield
 
in works by Wolfgang Mozart, Aaron Copland,
 
Beethoven and the World Premiere of a new oratorio,
 
Wittenberg - The Story of Martin Luther, by Trent Johnson
 
for narrator, soloists, chorus and orchestra.
 
 
 
November 19, 2017
 
The World Premiere of Trent Johnson's new opera Kenyatta,
 
with libretto by playwright Richard Wesley,
 
performed by Trilogy: An Opera Company
 
at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center
 
in Newark, New Jersey.
 
 
 
October 20, 2017
 
Trent accompanies the silent film comedy
 
"Safety Last!" starring Harold Lloyd,
 
at the First United Methodist Church in Westfield, New Jersey
 
on the "Mighty Aeolian Skinner,"
 
as a fundraiser for the Oratorio Singers of Westfield,
 
and cosponsored by the American Guild of Organists
 
 
 
September 30, 2017
 
Andy Lamy and Friends present a
 
Concert of Irish Traditional Music
 
with leading Irish musicians from
 
the New York Metropolitan area
 
as a benefit concert for
 
the Oratorio Singers of Westfield
 
at the First United Methodist Church
 
in Westfield, New Jersey
 
 
 
June 4, 2017
 
Trent accompanies the Rockland Camerata,
 
Matthew Rupcich, conductor,
 
in the Durufle Requiem
 
at Germonds Presbyterian Church,
 
New City, New York
 
 
 
May 5, 2017
 
Trent's children's anthem
 
"We All Love to Sing", premieres.
 
 It was commissioned by
 
The Celebration Singers of Asheville, North Carolina,
 
Ginger Haselden, Director,
 
to celebrate their 10th Anniversary
 
 
 
May 6, 2017
 
Trent plays for the America Guild of Organists Concert
 
featuring organist Yang Hee Song
 
and Trent Johnson performing
 
Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries
 
for organ four hands, arranged by Clarence Dickinson,
 
at the Chatham United Methodist Church, Chatham , New Jersey
 
 
April 2, 2017, Trent conducts
 
The Oratorio Singers of Westfield, NJ
 
with soloists, chorus and orchestra, in
 
Bach motets; Lobet den Herrn BWV231,
 
Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren, BWV 230,
 
Bach cantata 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele,
 
and PDQ Bach's hilarious,
 
Western themed oratorio, Oedipus Tex!
 
 
 
March 19, 2017, Trent plays the organ
 
in the Jonathan Dove re-orchestration
 
of Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold
 
in performance with Trilogy: an Opera Company
 
at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, in Newark NJ
 
 
 
 
December 2016, Trent accompanies
 
The Deer Ridge Singers, Daren MacCann, Music Director
 
 at Out Lady of Mount Virgin,
 
in Middlesex, New Jersey
 
 
 
December 2016
 
The Caritas Chamber Chorale, Barbara Sanderman, Music Director
 
sings with the Parish Choir of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
 
a Service of Lessons and Carols at
 
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Bernardsville, New Jersey.
 
 
 
November - December 2016
 
Trent plays the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ
 
for the Christmas Spectacular
 
at Radio City Music Hall, NYC
 
 
 
November 2016, Trent accompanies singers
 
in the Festival of Song at
 
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church,
 
a Benefit Concert for the Oratorio Singers of Westfield, New Jersey
 
 
 
October 2016, Trent accompanies
 
the Silent Film, The General(1926), starring Buster keaton

on the "Mighty" Aeolian-Skinner organ,

at the First United Methodist Church, in Westfield, New Jersey

to benefit The Oratorio Singers of Westfield, New Jersey


 

September 2015, Trent accompanies the


Silent Film, The Freshman(1925) starring Harold Lloyd

on the "Mighty" Aeolian-Skinner organ,

at the First United Methodist Church, in Westfield, New Jersey

to benefit The Oratorio Singers of Westfield, New Jersey
https://www.facebook.com/events/1632174687065937/
 
 

October 2015, Trent accompanies soloists from


Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

in a concert of Broadway, Sacred music and art songs

at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church,

in Bernardsville, New Jersey

to benefit the Oratorio Singers of Westfield
 



November 2015, Chief O'Neill's Mixed Flock present

Super-Star performers of Irish traditional music,

featuring clarinetist Andrew Lamy and his Mixed Flock Ensemble,

in a benefit concert for the Oratorio Singers of Westfield, NJ,

at The First United Methodist Church in Westfield, New Jersey



November/December 2015,Trent plays the "Mighty Wurlitzer" organ

for the Christmas Spectacular Show

at Radio City Music Hall, New York City



December 2015, Trent accompanies

The Deer Ridge Singers, Daren McCann conductor

at Our Lady of Mount Virgin, Middlesex, New Jersey




December 2015, Trent accompanies

The Baroque Chorale, Dr. Byerte Johnson conductor

in Handel's Messiah in Montclair, New Jersey



March 2016, Trent conducts the Oratorio Singers


in a concert of music for

chorus, brass ensemble, organ, timpani and percussion.

The concert features music by Copland, Handel, Rutter, Wagner

and the World Premiere of Trent Johnson's

new work, The Wisdom of Solomon






Recent Concerts


March 2015, Trent conducts the

Oratorio Singers with soloists, chorus and

members of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra,

in Bach's Cantata 80, Ein feste burg ist unser Gott,

and the Mozart Requiem

at the First United Methodist Church, in Westfield, New Jersey



January 2015, Chief O'Neill's 
Mixed Flock present

Super-Star performers of Irish traditional music,

in a benefit concert for the Oratorio Singers of Westfield, NJ, with

 MATT MANCUSO, ANDY LAMY, JOHN WALSH, JERRY O'SULLIVAN, JOHN NOLAN,
HALEY RICHARDSON, STEVE HOLLOWAY, TRENT JOHNSON, AND MIKE STEWART




April
2014, Trent plays an organ concert

at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart

in Newark, New Jersey.


April 2014, Trent gives a lecture/demonstration/concert

on the pipe organ at the Spring 2014 session of Leisure Learning,

at the Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.



March 2014, Trent conducts the

Oratorio Singers with soloists, chorus,

and members of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra,

in Mozart's "Great" Mass in c minor,

and the World Premiere

of Saint Augustine, a sacred cantata by Trent Johnson

at the First United Methodist Church,
in Westfield, New Jersey.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/273627002708020/




March 2014, Trent plays a Lenten organ concert

at the Presbyterian Church of Basking Ridge, New Jersey.



February 2014, Trent accompanies

the silent film, The Son of the Shiek (1926),

starring Rudolph Valentino,

as a benefit concert for the

Oratorio Singers of Westfield, New Jersey

at the First United Methodist Church,

in Westfield, New Jersey.


February 2014, Andy Lamy and friends

perform an Irish Traditional and Celtic-American Concert,

featuring an All-Star Roster of Irish and Mixed-Flock Instrumentalists

at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

in Bernardsville, New Jersey.




November/December 2013, Trent plays


the "Mighty Wurlitzer" organ at

Radio City Music Hall, New York City,

for the Christmas Spectacular Show.



December 2013, Tr
ent accompanied

the Deer Ridge Singers, led by conductor Daren McCann in

 a Christmas concert featuring music by

Gerald Finzi, Handel, Rutter and more!

at the First Reformed Church

in Somerville, New Jersey.




November 2013, NJSO clarinetist Andrew Lamy and friends present

Chief O'Neill's Mixed-Flock

an Irish Traditional and Celtic-American Concert,

with Pat Mangan, Jerry O'Sullivan, John Nolan, Martin O'Connell,

Donnie Carroll, Don Meade and more!!

as a benefit for the

Oratorio Singers of Westfield, New Jersey

at the First United Methodist Church,

in Westfield, New Jersey.


SEE THIS EVENT on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/events/252586408232972/



November 2013, Trent's Concerto for Trumpet

is performed by Don Batchelder, trumpet and

organist Renee Louprette at

St. James Episcopal Church

in Upper Montclair, New Jersey.



October 2013, Trent accompanies the silent film

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) starring John Barrymore

 at Our Lady of Perpetual help Church

in Bernardsville, New Jersey.




June 2013 Trent accompanied

the silent film Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919),

starring Harold Lloyd

at the First Presbyterian Church

in Caldwell, New Jersey.




June 2013 Trent accompanied

the Deer Ridge Singers,

conducted by Daren McCann,

at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

in Bernardsville, New Jersey
.



April 2013, The American Boychoir

appears in concert at

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

in Bernardsville, New Jersey.



April 2013, the Oratorio Singers

perform Verdi opera choruses

with the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra

in celebration of Verdi's 200th birthday.



April 2013, Trent's new chamber work

2 Songs for Alaska, for mezzo soprano,

cello, French horn and harp

based on Alaskan poetry

is premiered in Juneau, Alaska.




March 2013, Trent conducts

the Oratorio Singers and orchestra

in a spectacular concert of works

for chorus, large brass ensemble, harp, organ and percussion
,

with music by Gabrieli, C. H. H. Parry, Thompson,

Vaughan Williams and Mack Wilberg.



January 2013, Trent plays his

Concert Variations on the Carnival of Venice, for organ

for the American Guild of Organists',

Mini Convention, celebrating "The Organist in the 21st Century"

at the Presbyterian church in Basking Ridge, New Jersey,


December 2012, Trent accompanies

the Baroque Chorale

in Handel's Messiah, in Montclair, New Jersey.



December 2012, Trent accompanies

The Deer Ridge Singers

in music by Rutter, Gerald Finzi,

Healy Willan and others

in a Christmas program.



November/December 2012, Trent plays

the "Mighty Wurlitzer" organ at

Radio City Music Hall, New York City,

for the Christmas Spectacular Show.




October 2012, Trent presented an

organ demonstration and concert at

the Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge

as part of "Leisure Learning
" Program,

sponsored by the Basking Ridge Library.



October 2012, Trent accompanies

the silent film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923),

at the United Reformed Church in Somerville, New Jersey.


May 5, 2012, Trent's Songs of Irony are premiered

with tenor Rufus Muller, and the composer at the piano,

on "A celebration of New Jersey Composers,

Performers and Friends"


at the Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, New Jersey.

 

March 2012, Trent conducted the Oratorio Singers

with soloists and members of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra,

in Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria, the Magnificat of John Rutter,

and the exclusive preview of Cantus Avium Solamen Est (Birdsong Brings Relief)

by Trent Johnson, a concerto for clarinet, bird whistle, chorus and orchestra,

written for clarinetist Andrew Lamy.

http://www.facebook.com/CantusAviumSolamenEst?bookmark_t=page


 December 2011, Trent plays

the "Mighty Wurlitzer" organ for the

Christmas Spectacular Show

at Radio City Music Hall,

in New York City.

 

December 2011, Trent accompanied

The Baroque Ensemble of New Jersey

in Handel's Messiah,

in Montclair, New Jersey.

 

December 2011, Trent accompanied

the Deer Ridge Singers in a holiday program

at St. Paul's Episcopal Church,

in Bound Brook New Jersey.

 

October 2011, Trent accompanied the silent film

The Phantom of the Opera(1925), starring Lon Chaney

on the pipe organ at the United Reformed Church,

in Somerville, New Jersey.

 

July 2011, Trent's Concertante

for string quartet and organ was premiered at the

American Guild of Organists Regional Convention,

with the Shanghai String Quartet, and organist Marilyn Keiser,

at Morristown United Methodist Church, in Morristown, New Jersey.

 

June 2011, Trent's setting of "On Love" based on the poetry of Kahlil Gibran

was performed on the "Music and More" Concert Series

at the Women's Club of Glen Ridge, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey,

with violist Brett Deubner and pianist Amanda Harberg.

 

April 2011, Trent participates in

"Broadway in Bernardsville", a benefit concert

for multi-talented musician Kevin LeBeouf

at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

in Bernardsville, New Jersey.

 

April 2011, Trent accompanies

the Crescent Choral Society

in works of Gounod, Franck, Rutter and Holst

at Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church,

in Plainfield, New Jersey.

 

April 2011, Trent traveled to Russia

on an organ concert tour, visiting

the cities of Moscow, Ufa, Chelyabinsk,

Nizhny Tagil, Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk.

 

March 2011, Trent played an organ recital

on the Lenten Concert Series

at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church,

Basking Ridge, New Jersey,

with music by Bryan Hesford,

Trent Johnson and Johannes-Mathias Michel

 

March 2011, Trent conducted

the Oratorio Singers, soloists and orchestra

in the Magnificat of Buxtehude,

Handel's Dettingen Te Deum,

and PDQ Bach's Missa Hilarious

in Westfield, New Jersey.

 

February 2011, Trent accompanies

the silent film, The Son of the Sheik, (1926)

starring Rudolph Valentino,

to celebrate Valentine's Day

at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church,

     in Bernardsville, New Jersey

 

December 2010, Trent was the organist and orchestra

as he accompanied

The Choral Art Society of New Jersey

in Handel's Messiah, 

in Westfield, New Jersey.

 

 December 2010, Trent accompanied

The Baroque Ensemble of New Jersey

in Handel's Messiah,

in Montclair, New Jersey.

 

December 2010, Trent accompanied

The Deer Ridge Singers

in the music of Faure, Handel and others

in Somerville, New Jersey.

 

 November 2010, Thula Sizwe from South Africa

sings a capella and dances in the traditional Zulu style

with hymns, songs, and music from their homeland.

at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church,

Bernardsville, New Jersey.

 

June 2010, Trent accompanied

the Deer Ridge Singers,

conducted by Daren McCann

in the music of Healy Willan, Brahms,

Rutter, Wilhousky and others

at Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church,

in Liberty Corner, New Jersey.

 

May 2010, Trent played an organ recital

on the von Beckerath organ

at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

in Milburn, New Jersey

and premiered his "Concert Variations on

The Carnival of Venice" for organ.

 

March, 2010, Trent conducted the Oratorio Singers

in Handel's Coronation Anthems, Bach's Easter Oratorio,

a new work by Phil Dietterrich, and premiered his

Celebration Overture for orchestra

in Westfield, New Jersey.

 

February, 2010, Trent played a Lenten organ recital

at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church

in Basking Ridge, New Jersey,

performing works of Reger, Bach, Gigout and George Walker.

 

December 2009, Trent plays Handel's Messiah

with the Chorus of Communities

at St. James Episcopal Church

in Upper Montclair, New Jersey.

 

December 2009, Trent plays and accompanies

the Deer Ridge Singers,

conducted by Daren McCann

at the United Reformed Church

in Somerville, New Jersey.

 

December 2009, Trent accompanies Handel's Messiah

with the Choral Art Society of New Jersey

in Westfield, New Jersey.

 


December 2009, Trent plays and accompanies


Handel's Messiah with the Baroque Chorale

at St. Luke's Episcopal Church

 in Montclair, New Jersey

 

November 2009, Trent performs

a trumpet and organ recital


with trumpeter Andrew Filippone

at Christ Episcopal Church

in New Brunswick, New Jersey

 

October 2009, Trent accompanies the silent film

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) on the Aeolian pipe organ,

at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church

in Bernardsville, New Jersey