REHEARSALS BEGIN FOR 96TH ANNUAL PERFORMANCE OF HANDEL’S MESSIAH

Published: September 09, 2024

Author: T. Sunderland

Area singers, high school age and older, at any level of musical experience,

are invited to join rehearsals for the Greenville Choral Union and Orchestra’s 96th annual

performance of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, a Bond County holiday tradition.

Weekly rehearsals for this year’s performance will begin on Monday, September 9 at 7 pm in

the Wilson Recital Hall at Whitlock Music Center at the corner of College Avenue and Elm Street

on the Greenville University campus. In addition to Messiah, the Choral Union will

perform Gloria by Randol Bass and A Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of

Christmas by Craig Courtney, along with other Christmas carols.

This year’s annual performance of Messiah will be held on Sunday, December 8 at 4 pm.

Singers unable to make the first rehearsal are still welcome to join. Don Frazure, GU’s Director

of Choral Activities, will direct the performance and provide music and rehearsal tracks to help

singers learn their parts at home between rehearsals.

The Greenville Choral Union is a collaboration between the Greenville University Choir and

singers throughout the region.

For more information, contact Don Frazure at don.frazure@greenville.edu.

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Greenville University is an accredited Christian liberal arts university with more than 1,000

students, including traditional undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree completion students.

Founded in 1892 and affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, the University is located in

Greenville, IL., 45 miles east of St. Louis, MO. For more information, visit www.greenville.edu