TheTrinity Jazz Ensemble released their first recording, Sanctuary, featuring Peter Dent(piano), Marcus Mosely(voice) and Peter Woods(saxophones). They disc was released as part of the musical program of Trinity United Church, Smiths Falls, where Peter Woods is the minister.

From the Sanctuary liner notes:

Sanctuaries are everywhere. We are drawn back, again and again, to places where our spirits find shelter from the storms around us. Sometimes a sanctuary looks like the interior of a church, sometimes it looks like a nightclub, a library, a river valley. Your sanctuary is the place where you find refuge and renewal.

Over the past four years, THE TRINITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE has performed in sanctuaries all over Canada. TRINITY concerts are always celebrations of melodies and rhythms that sustain the soul.

The Rev. Dr. George Hermanson writes:

“Jazz is form pushing against form, affirming individuality and playing with other people. You have to hear what others have said to push the boundaries of the music. You have to feel others to swing with them.

This is the feeling of the music created here. Pushing one another, TRINITY gives us a feeling of hope and sanctuary in a time of need. But having rested in sanctuary we are lured out to recreate that reality in our world. Join in.”