MURFREESBORO — The MTSU Concert Chorale, MTSU
Schola Cantorum and the Middle Tennessee Choral Society will celebrate the
upcoming holiday season with their 31st annual performance of Handel’s
“Messiah,” set Monday, Nov. 30.
The
concert, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 at Murfreesboro’s First United
Methodist Church at 265 W. Thompson Lane, will feature guest soloists as well
as student soloists.
Tickets
are $10 per person and available at the door. MTSU faculty, staff and students
will be admitted free with valid IDs.
The MTSU “Messiah” production once again will
feature a professional orchestra and MTSU student, faculty and guest soloists
performing the Christmas portion of the work, which
includes some of its most popular recitatives, arias and choruses.
The choruses to be performed include
“And the glory of the Lord,” “And He shall purify,” “For unto us a child is
born,” “Glory to God” and the familiar “Hallelujah” chorus.
This
year’s soloists include soprano Sharon Edwards, an MTSU alumna, and MTSU
vocal students David Brady of Lebanon, Tennessee; Becca Buckley of
Knoxville; Ciera Cope of Murfreesboro; Garrett Doo of Atoka,
Tennessee; Collin Peterson of Murfreesboro; Hannah Sims of
Friendship, Tennessee; and Jernie Talles-Millan of Vero Beach, Florida.
You can
hear a preview of the groups' work at http://youtu.be/n8r4xRoehuI,
where the Schola Cantorum performs the "Ave Maria (Angelus Domini)"
arranged by Franz Biebl.
For more
information on this and other concerts in the MTSU School of Music, call 615-898-2493 or visit http://www.mtsumusic.com and click on the "Concert
Calendar" link.
For details on joining the Middle Tennessee
Choral Society, contact Dr. Raphael Bundage, a professor of vocal performance in MTSU's School
of Music and Choral Society music director/conductor, at raphael.bundage@mtsu.edu or 615-898-2849.
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