Children's & Youth Ministries
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Administration & Grounds
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James Smith
Music Director
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Nate Hill
Family Service Music Leader
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Matthew Maisano
Choral Soloist & Section Leader
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Tracy Sturgis
Choral Soloist & Section Leader
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Natalee HillCoordinator of Children's Ministries
Natalee plans for and oversees the faith-development program for children from birth through 5th grade. This program is coordinated with the Youth Ministry, with a mind to creating a holistic path for young people from birth to the edge of adulthood.
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Natalee Hill has been singing and working with the children's ministry at Trinity for the last few years. She grew up actively participating in her church: singing, attending Sunday school and youth group, leading a Sunday school classroom in high school, and volunteering at the Vacation Bible School. After college, Natalee volunteered with and then co-led a youth group at a United Methodist Church until becoming a parent. Natalee loves combining her artistic side with her love of God, church, and scripture to create a foundation in the lives of young people. She also personally knows the struggles of parents in raising faithful children, and wants to be a guide and resource. Natalee holds a BA in Theatre from Muhlenberg College and a certificate in Church Management from Villanova School of Business. She previously worked as communications manager at the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and associate for communications and administration at the Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in Philadelphia. Natalee currently works full-time as the Director of Communications for St. David's Episcopal Church, Radnor and is on the board of Episcopal Communicators. Baptized Roman Catholic and raised in the United Church of Christ, she joined the Episcopal Church in 2018. Natalee and her husband, Nathan, have two children, Liam and Ezra.
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Jesse ClemmerInterim Youth Minister
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Jesse Clemmer is a 2021 graduate from the Tell School of Music at
Millersville University. He studied music education, played clarinet and saxophone in various ensembles, and sang with the choirs. During. his time there, Jesse discovered and developed his passion for teaching, learning to build meaningful connections with students to help them grow as life-long learners. Jesse is currently a substitute teacher at Ridley Middle School and is part of the teaching staff for the Ridley High School Marching Band. He has been a part of Trinity’s congregation for about 10 years, being. involved with the youth program and serving as an acolyte. Jesse is. excited to be leading fellowship with the youth from Trinity! |
Tina HoganOffice and Accounting Administrator
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Tina Hogan is a cradle Episcopalian who was born and raised in Northwestern, PA, and moved to Center City Philadelphia in 1985. She attends St. Peter's Church at Third and Pine Streets, where she sings in the choir and has served on the vestry, a search committee, as a representative to the Southwark Deanery, and as a delegate to Diocesan Council and Convention. She was a founding member of the Food Cupboard, now in its 34th year, and also participates in the Book Group and Hospitality Committee. Tina chaperoned the St. Peter's Men and Boys' choir tour of England in 1988 and sang in the mixed choir in residence at Oxford Cathedral in 2010 and at St. Paul's London, in 2017. She enjoys attending plays, the orchestra, reading (mostly murder mysteries), bicycling, and movies, especially documentaries. She is a member of the Philadelphia Film Society where she volunteers during the film festival, and has volunteered for POWER, an interfaith activism organization. She is delighted to be on staff with Trinity Church and is glad to be of service. Tina is continually amazed with the wonderful parishioners and the power of the Holy Spirit that radiates from Trinity.
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Greg PiscorikSexton
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As Sexton, Greg Piscorik is on hand to care for Trinity Church facilities. He has served Trinity in various ways for 30 years. Greg says what he likes best about Trinity is the people. Originally from Wilkes-Barre, PA, Greg was raised in the Roman Catholic faith tradition. In 2004, Greg was ready for a change, and under the guidance of the Rev. Joyce Tompkins, now retired from parish ministry, he became an Episcopalian and joined Trinity Church. When he's not tending to Trinity's facilities or traveling, Greg can be found railroading, his hobby for the past 50+ years, and tinkering with his HO scale model train in his home.
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James SmithMusic Director
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Educated at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Indiana University, James Smith has been organist and choirmaster at Trinity Church for over thirty years. Raised in North Carolina, the formative experience of Jim's adult life was teaching music at the Ecole Ste. Trinite in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during the 1970s and 1980s. He led music at the Anglican Cathedral and taught in the Cathedral School, where he founded the Petits Chanteurs de Ste. Trinite, which he led on their first American tour. In Haiti, Jim also had the privilege of furthering his skills as a collaborative pianist for local artists, as well as visiting members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He also taught basic musicianship and sofeggio and theory. Jim has maintained his contacts in Haiti and is looking forward to providing a quality music education to young people in Haiti or in the Dominican Republic upon retirement. Fluent in Spanish, French and Haitian Creole, Jim also works as a translator and interpreter in legal and medical settings.
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Nathan HillFamily Service Music Leader
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Nathan Hill, music leader for the 9:15am Family Service and music accompanist for Kids Club, has been playing music since childhood. With a background in concert band, orchestra, and jazz band, Nathan learned multiple instruments and taught himself guitar. This included developing a repertoire of church camp songs while working at a United Methodist summer camp. After he left college, Nathan played music for the children's program at his home church in Lancaster, PA, where children were fed with both food and Bible lessons. After moving to the Philadelphia area, Nathan began attending the Swarthmore United Methodist Church, where he served as a volunteer music leader of the youth group. Eventually, Nathan and his wife Natalee became co-Youth Leaders, a position they held for 5 years. While attending Swarthmore UMC, Nathan also volunteered with the praise song group for service music, further expanding his repertoire of church music. Nathan enjoys his music leadership roles at Trinity as they combine his music experience and talents to serve God in worship.
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Matthew MaisanoChoral Soloist & Section Leader
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Baritone Matthew Maisano, a Wallingford native, maintains an active performance schedule throughout the US. He has performed with VoxAmaDeus Ensemble, Penn Square Music Festival, Opera Tutti!, Natchez Festival of Music, Opera Fresca, Russia Opera Workshop, Wilmington Concert Opera, Cleveland Institute of Music Opera Theater, Miami Music Festival, Pittsburgh Festival Opera, Temple University Opera Theater, Delaware Valley Opera Company, Children's Opera Box, Amherst Early Music Festival, Endeavor Opera Theater, Greensboro Light Opera and Song. In November, 2018, Matthew made his Kimmel Center solo debut, singing the bass solos in Bach's Magnificat and Mozart's Coronation Mass with Philadelphia's VoxAmaDeus Ensemble. Other recent roles include: The Strong Man in Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing, Bob in The Old Maid and the Thief, First Stepsister in The True Story of Cinderella, Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, covering Schaunard and singing the chorus of La Boheme, and Valentin in Faust. Past major opera credits include: the title role in Eugen Onegin, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze Di Figaro, Pandora in Cendrillon, Morbio in Die Schweigsame Frau, Harry Trevor/Baptista in Kiss Me, Kate!, Albert in Werther, Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Huascar/Alvar in Les Indes Galantes, Ben in The Telephone, and Antonio in The Gondoliers. In 2019/2020, Matthew makes his Opera Philadelphia Chorus debut singing in Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges and Verdi's Requiem. He will also be joining Children's Opera Box to sing Don Magnifico in Rossini's Cenerentola. He regularly performs with the Rose Tree Pops Orchestra where he recently sang selections from Copland's Old American Songs. Matthew is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music (M.M., Vocal Performance) and Temple University (B.M., Vocal Performance). For more information, visit Matthew's website here.
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Tracy SturgisChoral Soloist & Section Leader
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Tracy Sturgis, soprano, is an active singer and voice teacher in the Philadelphia area. She is currently on the rosters of the Vox Amadeus Ensembles and The Choristers. She also performs regularly with the Children's Opera Box, Delaware Valley Opera Company, and Wilmington Concert Opera. Tracy has had the pleasure of performing with Michigan Opera Theatre, Toledo Opera, Blue Planet Opera, Children's Opera Box, Delaware Valley Opera Company, and Lyric Opera Cleveland. Roles have included Violetta in La Traviata, Norina in Don Pasquale, Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Lisa in The Land of Smiles, Queen of the Night, Pamina and Second Lady in The Magic Flute, the title role in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah, and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro. Tracy maintains private voice studios in Havertown, Upper Darby and Swarthmore, PA. She is also on staff with the Chester Children's Chorus as their voice teacher. Tracy's upcoming engagements include Everything in Between: A Cabaret of Classical Meets Broadway and as the Soprano Soloist for the Vivaldi Gloria in June, 2020, with Vox Amadeus. For more information about Tracy, visit her website here.
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