Choral conductor and organist Kent Trittle, New York’s most prominent church musician, will be leaving his long-time post at St. Ignatius Loyola on Park Avenue to become music director of St. John the Divine Cathedral effective September 1.
In a conversation with Daniel Watkin for the Times, he lists as among the reasons that he’s gay. “It’s tangential, but to be in a place where all people — I was very accepted at St. Ignatius — but to be in a place that professes such a liberal embrace, that’s what I want to be a part of.” The story also references cellist Arthur Fiacco as his partner.
