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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/18/05
Greenville Choral Union and Orchestra to Perform Handel's Messiah in 75th Anniversary Season Concert on Sunday, December 4.
GREENVILLE,
ILL. – The Greenville Choral Union and Orchestra will celebrate their
75 th consecutive seasonal performance of George Frideric Handel's
oratorio Messiah on Sunday, December 4 at 4:00 p.m. in the Greenville College Music Center (Greenville, IL).
Performers
The 120-voice Choral Union and the 28-piece Orchestra includes members
of south central Illinois communities in addition to students, staff,
and faculty members from Greenville College. Guest vocal soloists will
include: sopranos Mary Lu Cannon (Granite City, IL), Sarah Faulkner
(St. Louis, MO) and Kristen Markell (Greenville, IL); mezzo-sopranos
Tracy Gines (Bunker Hill, IL) and Kay Paulsen (Greenville, IL); tenors
Mike Conkle (Indianapolis, IN) and Kendell Stephens (Napanee, IN); and
basses John Derr (Edwardsville, IL), Dale Martin (Greenville, IL) and
Jacob Yang (Minneapolis, MN).
Nine
professional instrumentalists from the St. Louis area will join the
Greenville Chamber Orchestra, directed by Professor Joe Noble of
Greenville College. Elizabeth Goodenough, a senior music major at
Greenville College, is the accompanist for the Choral Union. Greenville
resident Pam Goodenough, a music teacher in the Bond County Unit #2
School District, will serve as organist. Dr. Jeff Wilson, Director of
Choral Activities at Greenville College and Music Director of the
Greenville Choral Union, will conduct the concert.
Program Overview
The concert celebrates the music of the popular Baroque composer George
Frideric Handel (1685-1759). The program will feature Handel's most
famous sacred work entitled, Messiah: An Oratorio. Originally
performed to benefit a charity in Dublin, Ireland in April, 1741, this
year marks the 75 th performance of the work in Greenville. This
year's concert also marks a homecoming for ten soloists who were
formerly members of the Choral Union and have become either
professional or semi-professional vocalists.
Seating
for the concert will begin at 3:30 p.m. An offering will be taken to
help defray the costs of the concert. Immediately following the
concert, President and Mrs. James Mannoia will host a reception for the
community at Joy House on the Greenville College campus.
For those who are not able to attend the performance, the concert will be broadcast live on FM 89.5, WGRN.
For
more information about the Greenville Choral Union and Greenville
Chamber Orchestra, please contact the Greenville College Department of
Music at (618) 664-6560.
Greenville College is a
four-year accredited Christian liberal arts school with more than 1,300
traditional undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree completion
students. Founded in 1892 and affiliated with the Free Methodist
Church, the college is located in Greenville, Ill., 45 miles east of
St. Louis.
CONTACT:
Jeffrey S. Wilson, D.M.A. (
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Associate Professor of Music
Director of Choral Activities
Greenville College
(618) 664-6561
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