Live Community Performance of Handel's Messiah

The International Choral Festival of Missoula and the UM School of Music will present their annual benefit performance of George Frederic Handel's "MESSIAH" on Sunday, November 29th at 7:30 p.m. in the Dennison Theater on the UM campus. This free concert is a beloved community sing-a-long with a volunteer chorus, which has delighted local singers and audiences annually since 1995.

The chorus will be conducted by Dr. David Edmonds, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Montana, and accompanied by an orchestra of professional area musicians. Featured soloists are Carly Beadle (Soprano), Courtney Gammell (Mezzo), Brett Mitchell (Tenor), and Royce MacIntosh (Bass). Honorable Mayor John Engen will be there to welcome everyone and to mark the official kick-off of the holiday season in Missoula with this concert.

The concert is free to the public (donations gladly accepted at the door) and all musicians are donating their time and talents to the cause. As a fundraiser however, volunteer singers are required to donate or raise sponsorships to join the chorus. Exciting prizes donated by area merchants are awarded to the singers who raise the highest level of sponsorships to join the chorus.

There is still time to join the chorus, sign-up online at www.choralfestival.org or www.umt.edu/music.

Proceeds will equally support Missoula's 10th International Choral Festival scheduled for July 13-16, 2016 and scholarships for UM choral and orchestral students.

For more information, visit www.choralfestival.org or www.umt.edu/music or call the UM School of Music at 243-6885.