AN INTERVIEW with Sacred Music Composer
Tom Trenney
Composer, conductor, organist, preacher, and teacher Tom Trenney has been blessed to serve as Minister of Music to First-Plymouth Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, since 2009. In 2019, he was invited to become Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choirs at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Tom’s choirs have been honored to perform for state, regional, and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and they have been award winners in the American Prize for choral ensembles.
Tom has been a featured performer at churches, colleges, and concert halls across the country including Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center, Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, Philadelphia’s Kauffman Center, Kennedy Center, and Carnegie Hall. His choral compositions are published by Augsburg Fortress, Beckenhorst Press, Choristers Guild, E.C. Schirmer/Galaxy, Morningstar, Musicspoke, Pavane, and G. Schirmer.
A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School of Music, Tom is grateful for the inspiration of his teachers and mentors – especially Anton Armstrong, David Davidson, Craig Hella Johnson, (Mister) Fred Rogers, William Weinert, Anne Wilson and Todd Wilson.
EVENTS
2023
July 5-7: Clinician, Association of Lutheran Musicians National Convention, Philadelphia, PA
July 9-14: Clinician, Lutheridge Worship and Music Week, Arden, NC
July 18-19: Clinician, Tennessee ACDA Convention, Collegedale, TN
August 26-27: Guest Conductor, Trinity United Methodist Church, Birmingham, AL
October 6-8: Guest Conductor, Concordia University, Irvine, CA
October 13: Hymn Festival at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Dublin, OH
October 14: Hymn Festival at United Methodist Church, Painesville, OH
October 15: Hymn Festival at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Massilon, OH
November 5: Conductor, Bluegrass Mass by Carol Barnett with Monroe Crossing at First- Plymouth Church, Lincoln, NE
November 12: Hymn Festival for Lehigh Valley AGO at St. John Lutheran Church, Allentown, PA
November 26: Conductor, Handel's Messiah at First-Plymouth Church, Lincoln, NE
December 3: Conductor, Christmas with Wesleyan at First United Methodist Church, Lincoln, NE
December 5: Conductor, Christmas with Wesleyan at First-Plymouth Church, Lincoln, NE
December 10: Conductor, Christmas with Abendmusik at First-Plymouth Church, Lincoln, NE
2024
January 16-18: Guest Conductor, Furman University, Greenville, SC
January 19-20: Guest Conductor, South Carolina ACDA Honor Choir, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
February 1-2: Conductor, Nebraska Wesleyan University Honors Choir, Lincoln, NE
February 8-9: Guest Conductor, Midwestern ACDA Conference, Omaha, NE
March 29: Conductor, Bach's St. John Passion at First-Plymouth Church, Lincoln, NE
April 4-6: Guest Conductor, National Concerts at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
April 13: Hymn Festival at United Church of Christ, Yankton, SD
April 14: Hymn Festival at First Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, SD
April 21: Conductor, Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir, Lincoln, NE
May 5: Conductor, Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Salina, KS
May 6: Conductor, Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir, First Presbyterian Church, Kirkwood, MO
May 7: Conductor, Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir, Idlewild Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN
May 9: Conductor, Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir, St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Franklin, TN
May 10: Conductor, Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir, Manchester United Methodist Church, Manchester, MO
May 11: Conductor, Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir, First-Plymouth Church, Lincoln, NE
June 14-16: Guest Conductor, Mid America concert at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
June 23-28: Clinician, Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts, Lake Junaluska, NC
July 19-21: Clinician, Sing Your Faith Choral and Spiritual Retreat, First-Plymouth Church, Lincoln, NE
October 20: Hymn Festival, First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, IN
November 16-17: Guest Conductor, Choral Festival at St. James Episcopal Church, Painesville, OH
2025
June 16-28: Clinician, Presbyterian Association of Musicians Worship and Music Conference, Montreat, NC
Conductor
Composer
CHORAL
VOCAL SOLO
My Hope is Built
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Nearer, My God, to Thee
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ORGAN
Give Me Jesus
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Blest Be the Tie that Binds
Great is Thy Faithfulness
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Organist
Preacher
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RECORDINGS
Hymns from First Plymouth
Plymouth Choir - Plymouth Brass - Plymouth Ringers
Carols from First Plymouth
Plymouth Choir - Plymouth Brass - Plymouth Ringers
Hymns from First Plymouth (Vol. 2)
Plymouth Choir -
Plymouth Brass
Easter at First Plymouth
Choir - Orchestra - Brass - Handbells - Organ
