Mallarmé Music

PARTNER EVENT: In Durham as it is in heaven @ Trinity Ave. Presbyterian Church
2025-12-06 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church, 927 W Trinity Ave, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
An Advent concert featuring Vivaldi’s Gloria and J.S. Bach’s BWV 62 in collaboration with Mallarmé Music and Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church.
There will be solos by Monica Music, Kirsten Overdahl, David Wiehle, and Christopher Short, along with performances by the Trinity Choir and Trinity Choral Artists
The concert is free, but donations will be accepted towards the Trinity Avenue Elizabeth Andrews Emergency Assistance Fund which helps people in Durham facing eviction and utilities disconnections.
Questions? Contact TAPC Director of Music Ministry, Elizabeth Daly, at edaly@trinityave.org
FREE

PARTNER EVENT: Handel's Messiah @ Duke University Chapel
2025-12-06 15:00 - 17:30, 2025-12-05 19:30 - 22:00 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Duke Chapel Music presents MESSIAH
Presented by Duke Chapel Music with Mallarme Music and the Duke Chapel Choir

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5th 2025, 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th 2025, 3:00 PM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7th 2025, 4:00 PM
CHEA KANG, sopranoKEY’MON MURRAH, contertenorKAY’MON MURRAH, tenorEDMUND MILLY, bassDavid Rayl, guest conductorSince 1933, Duke University Chapel has welcomed the holiday season with the sublime music of Messiah. From the haunting strains of “The people that walked in darkness” to the exuberant triumph of “Hallelujah” and “Worthy is the Lamb,” George Frideric Handel’s masterwork weaves a musical tapestry that recounts the story of Christ’s life, from birth through death and resurrection.
Each performance will include selections from Parts I, II, and III, and will last approximately two hours and fifteen minutes with intermission.
Tickets: $38 – $19 PURCHASE TICKETS

Duke Chapel Bach Cantata: Leipzig III: Solo Cantatas
2025-02-02 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Join Mallarme Music HIP and the Duke Chapel Bach Choir directed by Dr. Philip Cave in the 3rd concert of the series on Sunday, Feb 2, 5:00 pm at Duke University Chapel
The theme of this concert is “Leipzig III: Solo Cantatas,” featuring these cantatas:
* Ich habe genug (BWV 82)* Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen (BWV 56) PLUS
* Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C Minor (BWV 1060r)

There is no charge for admission. Paid parking is available on a first-come-first-served basis in the Bryan Center Garage at 125 Science Drive. ADA parking is available in the surface lot at the same address.

Learn more about the music in this concert by attending a pre-concert conversation at 4:00 p.m. in Goodson Chapel in the Divinity School’s Westbrook Building.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s church cantatas are often considered the pinnacle of German sacred music, works whose theological depth and emotional resonance touch deep places in the human soul. This year, we follow Bach through the various stages of his career, from his earliest appointments in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen, to Weimar, and to the culmination of his work in Leipzig. Each place and each employment offered Bach different opportunities to focus his creative energies.

PARTNER EVENT: Choral Society of Durham Christmas Concert
2024-12-22 16:00 - 18:00 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
The Choral Society of Durham and Mallarme Music presents:

All The World Rejoices conducted by Rodney Wynkoop on Sunday, Dec 22, 4 pm
Duke University Chapel
Featuring:

Gerald Finzi (British 1901-1956) – In Terra Pax, with chamber strings and soprano and bass soloists
Daniel Pinkham (U.S. 1923-2006) – Christmas Cantata, with brass ensemble
Conrad Susa (U.S. 1935-2013) – Carols & Lullabies of the Southwest, traditional Spanish carols, sung in Spanish and Catalan with guitar, harp, and marimba
Plus jazz favorites!

Tickets $5-$25 available thru the Duke Arts Box office PURCHASE

PARTNER EVENT: Nosferatu
2024-10-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Lancaster Cultural Arts Center, 307 West Gay Street, Lancaster, SC, 29720, United States
Nosferatu – Silent Film with original music by Eric Schwartz
Sunday, October 27, 2024 @ 7:00 pm, Lancaster Arts Center, Lancaster SC

IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN! The first film version of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” and still one of the most horrifying movies ever made. Brilliantly filmed in 1922 by German director F. W. Murnau, “Nosferatu” set the standard for all the great vampire films to come. In this highly influential silent horror film, the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen (Greta Schroeder). After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok’s servant, Knock (Alexander Granach), prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.
ARTISTS
Carla Burns – flute, Michael Burns – bassoon, Suzanne Rousso – viola,
James Douglass – keyboard, Isaac Pyatt – percussion
Tickets: $15.74 PURCHASE

PARTNER EVENT: Duke Chapel Bach Cantata Series - Reformation Music
2024-10-20 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Duke Chapel Bach Cantata Concert
Sunday, October 20, 2024, 5:00 p.m.
Location: Duke University Chapel

Dr. Philip Cave, director
Duke Chapel Bach Choir
Mallarme Music
Leipzig I: Reformation Music
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 80
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 720
Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit BWV 111
Pre-concert talk at 4:00 p.m. in Goodson Chapel.
Free and open to the public

PARTNER EVENT Duke Chapel Bach Cantata Series - Arnstadt and Mühlhausen: Chamber Cantatas
2024-09-15 17:00 - 18:00 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Bach Cantata Series: Chamber Cantatas
Sunday, September 15, 2024 @ 5:00 pm
Location: Duke Chapel
Dr. Philip Cave – director, Duke Chapel Bach Choir and Mallarmé Music HIP musicians.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s church cantatas are often considered the pinnacle of German sacred music, works whose theological depth and emotional resonance touch deep places in the human soul. This year, we follow Bach through the various stages of his career, from his earliest appointments in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen to Weimar, and to the culmination of his work in Leipzig. Each place and each employment offered Bach different opportunities to focus his creative energies.
The theme of this concert is “Arnstadt and Mühlhausen: Chamber Cantatas” and features these cantatas:

Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (BWV 106)
Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (BWV 131)
Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (BWV 150)

Performed on baroque period instruments with historically informed performance practices.
There is no charge for admission. Paid parking is available on a first-come-first-served basis in the Bryan Center Garage at 125 Science Drive. ADA parking is available in the surface lot at the same address.
Learn more about the music in this concert by attending a pre-concert conversation at 4:00 p.m. in Goodson Chapel in the Divinity School’s Westbrook Building.

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J.S. Bach's St. John Passion
2024-04-07 16:00 - 18:00 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Duke Chapel presents J.S. Bach’s “St. John Passion”

Sunday, April 7, at 4:00 p.m. Duke University Chapel
Purchase tickets: https://buff.ly/49uGRNL

First performed 300 years ago on Good Friday, April 7, 1724, “St. John Passion” is renowned for its dramatic choruses, expressive arias, and compelling narrative. It sets text from the Gospel of John, chapters 18 and 19, composed in two parts: Part I ends with Peter’s denial of Jesus and Part II concludes with Christ’s burial. Share this event on Facebook. At Duke Chapel, the performers will be:

Duke Chapel Evensong Singers
Duke Chapel Schola Cantor
Mallarme Music
Philip Cave, conductor
James Reese, Evang
Molly Quinn, soprano
Harrison Hintzsche, bass
Charlie Moore, Christus

Dr. Jeremy Begbie will give a pre-concert talk on the historical and musical context of St. John Passion at 3:00 p.m. in the Divinity School’s Goodson Chapel. Dr. Begbie is the Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Research Professor of Duke Divinity School and also the McDonald Agape Director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts.

Families with young children are invited to drop in on a rehearsal the day before the concert on Saturday, April 6, between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. This is a great way to hear the music in an informal setting.

Duke Chapel Bach Cantata: Music for Candlemas
2024-02-04 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Mallarme Music and the Duke Chapel Bach Choir present music of JS Bach on period instruments, led by Dr. Philip Cave.
Sunday, Feb 4, 5:00 pm

Johann Sebastian Bach’s church cantatas are often considered the pinnacle of German sacred music, works whose theological depth and emotional resonance touch deep places in the human soul. The Bach Cantata Series presents these musical masterpieces accompanied by other notable choral and instrumental works of the Baroque era. With a theme of “Music for Candlemas,” this concert presents two cantatas and a motet by J. S. Bach, and a cantata by Johann Kuhnau:
* Mit Fried und Freud fahr ich dahin (With peace and joy I now depart), BWV 125
* Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn (I will not let you leave until you bless me), BWV 157
* Motet: Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh. 159
* Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden (I desire to die in peace) by Kuhnau

There is no charge for admission. Paid parking is available on a first-come-first-served basis in the Bryan Center Garage at 125 Science Drive. ADA parking is available in the surface lot at the same address.

A talk by Dr. Roseen Giles before the concert in the Divinity School’s Goodson Chapel at 4:00 p.m. will provide musical and historical context for the performance. Dr. Giles is a musicologist with a specialty in early modern musical culture; she is also the curator of Duke University Musical Instrument Collections. In her research she examines the aesthetic, professional, and personal relationships between poets and musicians of the Italian seventeenth century.

Families with young children are invited to attend a rehearsal the day before the concert (February 3) between 2:00 and 3:30 p.m. for a chance to hear the music of the concert in an informal setting.

Master Class with Jeff Scott, horn
2024-02-03 13:00 - 15:00 | Person Recital Hall, 181 E. Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514
Horn player Jeff Scott will be in residence with Mallarme from 1/29/24 – 2/3/24 and will be giving a master class with the UNC-Chapel Hill brass department on Saturday, February 3, from 1:00 -3:00 in Person Recital Hall. All are welcome to observe and it is free! Read more about Jeff Scott’s residency in Durham.

PARTNER EVENT: Choral Society of Durham Holiday Concert
2023-12-17 16:00 - 18:00 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Choral Society of Durham with Mallarmé Musicians and Durham Children’s Choir
Dr. Rodney Wynkoop – conductor

Presents a Holiday Concert featuring music from three traditionsAriel Ramirez, Navidad Nuestra with guitar, percussion, and keyboard (Latin America)Ralph Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols with string orchestra (British)Z. Randall Stroope, Hodie with brass, percussion and Durham Children’s Choir (US)
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General Admission $5 – $25

PARTNER EVENT: Handel's Messiah @ Duke Chapel SOLD OUT
2023-12-03 16:00 - 18:30, 2023-12-02 15:00 - 17:30, 2023-12-01 19:30 - 22:00 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
On December 10, 1933, the Duke Chapel Choir presented a concert of “selections from Handel’s Messiah,” and a beloved Duke University holiday tradition was born. This year marks the 90th anniversary of that first performance. In music that is both treasured and timeless, G. F. Handel recounts the story of humanity’s redemption through the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ. This year’s Messiah performances will be presented on period instruments with Baroque-era tuning, as Handel himself would have heard it. Each performance will last approximately two hours. The dates and times are:

Friday, December 1, at 7:30 p.m. SOLD OUT

Saturday, December 2, at 3:00 p.m. SOLD OUT

Sunday, December 3, at 4:00 p.m. SOLD OUT

The concert is performed by:

Duke University Chapel Choir
Mallarmé Music
Zebulon M. Highben, conductor
Kathryn Mueller, soprano
Sara Couden, contralto
Albert Lee, tenor
Derrick Fox, baritone

Tickets are now on sale for the Duke Chapel Choir’s performances of G.F. Handel’s Messiah on December 1, 2, and 3.
Click here to purchase tickets.

PARTNER EVENT: J.S. Bach Cantata Series - A New Heaven and a New Earth
2023-11-19 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Sunday, November 19 at 5:00 pm
Duke University Chapel more
401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708
FREE!
A New Heaven and a New Earth
J.S. Bach:
Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen, BWV 48
(Wretched being, who will restore me)
Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548
Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70
(Watch! Pray! Pray! Watch!)
Dr. Philip Cave – conductor
Mallarmé Music HIP
Duke Chapel Bach Choir

CONCERT: The Golem silent film with live score in Lancaster, SC
2023-10-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Lancaster Cultural Arts Center, 307 West Gay Street, Lancaster, SC, 29720, United States
Sunday, October 29, 2023 @ 7:00 pm, Lancaster Cultural Arts Center, Lancaster, SC
Silent Film with original music for baroque string quintet, written by Mark Bergman
Download The Golem press release

ARTISTS
David Wilson, Matvey Lapin – violin/ Suzanne Rousso – viola/ Barbara Krumdieck – cello/
Mark Bergman – bass/ Jennifer Streeter – harpsichord

Widely recognized as the source of the Frankenstein myth, the ancient Hebrew legend of the Golem provides substance for one of the most adventurous films of the German silent cinema. Suffering under the tyrannical rule of Rudolf II in 16th-century Prague, a Talmudic rabbi creates a giant warrior to protect the safety of his people. Sculpted of clay and animated by the mysterious secrets of the Kabbalah, the Golem is a seemingly indestructible juggernaut, performing acts of great heroism, yet equally capable of dreadful violence.
When the rabbi’s assistant takes control of the Golem and attempts to use him for selfish gain, the lumbering monster runs rampant, abducting the rabbi’s daughter and setting fire to the ghetto. With its remarkable creation sequence (a dazzling blend of religion, sorcery, and special effects) and the grand-scale destruction of its climax, “The Golem” was one of the greatest achievements of the silent era and remains an undeniable landmark in the evolution of the horror film.

Single tickets are $15 through the Lancaster Cultural Arts Center http://www.lcshp.org/cultural-arts-center-concerts-events

Partner Event: Duke Chapel Bach Cantata Concert
2023-09-17 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Mallarmé and Duke Chapel Music combine forces to present a series of J.S. Bach Cantatas on period instruments with historical performance practices. Dr. Philip Cave conducts the ensemble and the Duke Chapel Bach Choir.
September 17, 2023, 5:00 pm Duke University Chapel
Fear and Hope
O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60 (Eternity, thou word of thunder)
Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95 (Christ who art my life)
Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, BWV 200 (I shall acknowledge His name)
Admission is FREE
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Partner Event: J.S. Bach Mass in B Minor
2023-05-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Baldwin Auditorium, 1336 Campus Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
The Choral Society of Durham, led by Rodney Wynkoop, will be joined by Mallarme HIP artists in the presentation of J.S. Bach’s B Minor Mass a work intended to summarize and showcase all the compositional technique and expressivity that this great composer had amassed during his life. Each movement has its own style and stamp of creative ingenuity. Performing it is often described as a lifetime experience, and hearing it from the audience can feel equally transcendent. We’ll be performing this piece at Baroque pitch (A=415), accompanied by Baroque period instruments.
Tickets $5-$25
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Duke Chapel Bach Cantata Series Concert #4
2023-05-07 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Sunday, May 7 @ 5:00 pm

Bach Cantata Series: Solo Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach with Molly Quinn, soprano and Mallarme Musicians directed by Dr. Philip Cave
Location: Duke Chapel

J.S. Bach’s church cantatas are often considered the pinnacle of German sacred music, works whose theological depth and emotional resonance touch deep places in the human soul. The Chapel’s Bach Cantata Series presents these musical masterpieces accompanied by other notable choral and instrumental works of the Baroque era. For this final concert in the series, we are delighted to welcome back Molly Quinn, presenting some of Bach’s loveliest cantatas for solo soprano and orchestra.
J.S. Bach:
BWV 209 Non sa che sia dolore
BWV 84 Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke
BWV 158 Der Friede sei mit dir
Telemann: Tafelmusik Suite in E Minor, I. Overture
FREE
Families with young children are invited to drop in during a rehearsal the day before the concert (May 6) between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. for a chance to hear the music close-up in an informal setting.
Paid parking is available on a first-come-first-served basis in the Bryan Center Garage at 125 Science Drive. ADA parking is available in the surface lot at the same address.

PARTNER EVENT: Music of Light with the Concert Singers of Cary
2023-04-29 19:30 - 21:30 | Westood Baptist Church, Cary NC, 200 Westhigh St, Cary, NC, 27511, United States
This concert given by the Concert Singers of Cary with Mallarme Music as the orchestra, conducted by Dr. Nathan Leaf, features two pieces: a beloved and oft-performed modern choral work, and a work first premiered in 1928 and rarely performed since then.
The popular requiem Lux Aeterna (Eternal Light) was composed by Morten Lauridsen in 1997, the year his mother died. She was the “muse” who introduced him to music and taught him to play the piano. Lux Aeterna is a serene and intimate choral work centered on the themes of hope, reassurance, and consolation of grief.
Amy Beach’s Canticle of the Sun is a rare find. She was the first highly successful American female composer of large-scale classical music during the turn of the 20th century and is well-known to professional musicians (though hardly known by today’s general public.) Her Canticle of the Sun, for choir and orchestra, offers a musical setting for text by St. Francis of Assisi, giving honor and blessings to “my Lord God with all His creatures.”

PARTNER EVENT: Music for Troubled Times with the Duke Chapel Choir
2023-04-23 16:00 - 18:00 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
April 23, 2023, at 4:00 p.m.
Missa in Angustiis (“Lord Nelson” Mass) by Franz Joseph Haydn
premiere: Heal the Cracks in the Bell of the World by Zebulon M. Highben
The Chapel’s choirs are joined by the Mallarmé Music, the Durham Children’s Choir and the Duke Chapel Carillonneur, Chase Benefiel, to present a program of musical responses to troubled times. Conducted by Dr. Zebulon Highben.
Tickets will be sold through the Duke Box Office. Check back later for an on-sale date.

PARTNER EVENT: A Stranger in a Strange Land with the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra
2023-04-22 15:00 - 17:00 | First Presbyterian Church Durham, 305 E Main St., Durham, NC, 27701, United States
Mallarmé Music presents our friends, the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra (NCBO) as they explore an intriguing program of music by composers born in one country who traveled to other countries to compose and play music. You’ll hear the influences of their birthplaces, along with new influences from their adventures to other lands. Georg Frideric Handel was born in Germany, studied and made his first mark in Italy and spent his career in England. Willem de Fesch of the Netherlands joined Handel’s orchestra in London. Jean-Baptiste Lully, a consummate Frenchman, was born Giovanni Battista Lulli in Italy. Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges traveled from his birthplace, the French colony of Guadeloupe, to France. Born to a French planter and an enslaved African woman, Chevalier de Saint-Georges gained his education and his musical training in France, becoming a virtuoso violinist, composer and conductor. Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, though living her life in France, could be called a stranger in a strange land – making her way in musical society as one of the very few professional female composers must have been just as challenging as for a foreign composer making their way in a new country.
The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra is a period instrument ensemble co-founded in 2011 by sisters Frances Blaker (artist director) and Barbara Blaker Krumdieck (executive director and cellist).
During the orchestra’s 10 years, they have been happy to bring performances to many venues in North Carolina as well as South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Tennessee, often working with local choirs.
Please visit their website at https://www.ncbaroqueorchestra.org
Tickets: $20 Adults/ $5 children and students
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PROGRAM
Ouverture from Céphale et Procris (1694) – Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665 – 1729)
Passacaille from Armide (1686) – Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 – 1687)
String Quartet in c minor, op. 1, no. 4 – Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 – 1799)

Instrumental Pieces from Rinaldo (1731) – George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)
Concerto [Grosso] – Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767)
Passacaglia from Sonata no. 5 from Armonico Tributo (1682) – Georg Muffat (1645 – 1704)
Sinfonia in d minor (FK 65) – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710 – 1784)
Chaconne from Dardanus (1739) – Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 – 1764)
North Carolina Baroque Orchestra Director ~ Frances Blaker
Violin 1: Martie Perry Janelle Davis, Belinda Swanson and Hunter Harris
Violin 2: David Wilson Annie Loud, Allison Willet and Aimee Rieger
Viola: Marta Howard, Joey O’Donnell, Asa Zimmerman and John O’Brien
Cello: Barbara Krumdieck, Lisa Liske and Sally Blaker
Violone: Sarah Wines
Harpsichord: Barbara Weiss
Flute: Chuck Wines and Barbara Norton
Oboe: Sung Lee, Will Thauer and Sarah Weiner
Bassoon: Sally Merriman

PARTNER EVENT: A Baroque Concert for the Lenten Season
2023-03-19 17:00 - 18:30 | Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 100 E Peace Street, Raleigh, NC, 27604
Join us for this special Baroque concert that will feature choral and vocal works by J. S. Bach, J. C. Bach, Buxtehude and a newly transcribed setting of Psalm 130 by Jan Zelenka under the direction of Holy Trinity’s director of music, Paul Harris. In addition, there will be short Scripture readings prior to each work, and the audience will be invited to sing with the full ensemble on two chorales. Admission is free.
The performers will include period-instrument players from Mallarmé Music, singers Molly Quinn, Christopher Short and Tamsin Simmill, concertmaster David Wilson and the Holy Trinity Chamber Singers. The works will be sung in their original languages.
Date: Sunday, March 19, 2023
Time: Doors will open at 4:30 pm, and the concert will begin at 5 pm.
Location: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 100 E. Peace Street, Raleigh 27604
Parking:
1. Holy Trinity’s lots on either side of the church and accessible from Peace Street
2. The William Peace University lot across the street from the church on Peace Street
3. The public lots on Polk Street between Blount and Wilmington Streets
Additionally, you will find on-street parking on Blount and Polk Streets.
