Tredinnick was responsible for much of the congregational music at former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey's enthronement in April 1991 at Canterbury Cathedral.Robin Rees, Weary and Ill at Ease: A Survey of Clergy and Organists (Leominster: Gracewing Publishing, 1993), 14. He introduced a more contemporary language to a service, which up to that point, had primarily embraced a more traditional language. Tredinnick believes that new music is the natural result of faith. He has written that "Creativity goes hand in hand with an alive experience of the Lord as Christians express their own love and share their faith in words."The World of Church Music: A Collection of Essays, ed. Lionel Dakers. (Salisbury: Royal School of Church Music, 1985), 65.
