08/27/2026
As we prepare for a new season of worship and music, we’re delighted to introduce the team who will be leading and supporting the Music Ministry at Trinity Anglican Church.
Jessica McCarthy and Henry Webb bring a wonderful range of musical gifts, experience, and enthusiasm to our parish, from accompanying our worship and leading our choirs to nurturing new musicians and helping our wider Music Ministry continue to grow. We’re very excited for the year ahead - and if you're interested in joining our choir, our first rehearsal is Thursday, September 10th at 6pm! Read on to learn a little more about Jessica and Henry! Also, be sure to follow Music at Trinity Church for the latest updates on our Music Ministry!
Jessica McCarthy – Director of Music
Jessica McCarthy is a British-American conductor and mezzo-soprano pursuing a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University under the tutelage of Dr. Jean-Sébastien Vallée. In addition to her responsibilities as Director of Music at Trinity Anglican Church, she will serve as a course instructor for the McGill Concert Choir and as Interim Director for Les Muses Chorale in Montreal.
Before relocating to Montreal, Jessica served as Assistant for Music and Manager of the Choir School at Saint James Cathedral in Chicago, supporting its music ministry through major liturgical services, national tours, chorister training, and departmental operations. Building on this experience, she served as Assistant Music Director for the Royal School of Church Music's 2025 summer residency in Evansville, Indiana, USA.
Jessica holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, graduating summa cm laude. She was named a Presser Scholar and received the Blue Cross Blue Shield American Dream Award in recognition of her musical leadership, service, and advocacy. As a singer, she has recently performed with the Grant Park Music Festival Chorus in Chicago and with the Choir of the Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul in Montreal.
Jessica is excited to begin her tenure as Director of Music at the end of August 2026. As a former chorister of the Washington National Cathedral in the United States, she looks forward to drawing on her experience in the Anglican choral tradition as she continues to build upon Trinity’s thriving music ministries.
Henry Webb – Associate Director of Music
Henry Webb, is the recipient of the second prize, audience prize, and the Raymond Daveluy prize of the Canadian International Organ Competition, and the new associate director of music at Trinity Anglican Church in Cornwall Ontario. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Henry has studied organ, harpsichord, and Clavichord in Montreal, Canada, Rochester, New York, and Strasbourg, France. His professors have been Isabelle Demers, Elizaveta Miller, David Higgs, Nathan Laube, and Johann Vexo, Benjamin-Joseph Steens, and Scott Dettra. Most recently, Henry received a Masters degree and graduate diploma in performance at McGill University.
Before Cornwall, Henry served as associate organist at the Church of Saint Andrew and Saint Paul, and previously organ scholar at Christ Church in Rochester, NY, and The Church of The Incarnation in Dallas, Texas. Henry has been featured in the Diapason magazine’s 2025 “20 under 30,” and has given recitals in Canada, the United States, and France, notably in Pipedreams Live, the East Texas Pipe Organ Festival, the Organ Historical Society national convention of 2019, and the Stras'Orgues festival in France. Henry has also been very involved with continuo playing and accompanying with early music ensembles and both baroque and modern orchestras and choirs. In his free time, Henry loves stargazing, astronomy, and mountain hiking.
