Kent Tritle is one of America’s leading choral conductors. Called "the brightest star in New York's choral music world" by The New York Times, he is Director of Cathedral Music and Organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. In addition, the 2011-2012 season marks his fifth season as Music Director of Musica Sacra, the longest continuously performing professional chorus in New York City, and seventh season as Music Director of the Oratorio Society of New York, the acclaimed 200-voice volunteer chorus. Sacred Music in a Sacred Space, the acclaimed concert series founded by Tritle in 1989, is now entering its 23rd season at New York’s Church of St. Ignatius Loyola; he leads his final concerts on that series in 2011-2012.  

In addition, Kent is Director of Choral Activities at the Manhattan School of Music and is a member of the graduate faculty of The Juilliard School. An acclaimed organ virtuoso, he is also the organist of the New York Philharmonic and the American Symphony Orchestra. And he is the host of the weekly radio show “The Choral Mix with Kent Tritle” on WQXR.