Tickets available for Dec. 9 "Messiah" performance
Bluffton University will present its 123rd performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, in Yoder Recital Hall.
While tickets are free, they must be reserved at http://tickets.bluffton.edu or at Marbeck Center.
Dr. Bo Young Kang, director of choral activities, will make her debut conducting the oratorio at Bluffton. Soloists along with the Bluffton Choral Society including students, faculty, staff and community members will be accompanied by an orchestra.
Audience members will be invited to sing along with three of the major choruses—“Glory to God,” “Hallelujah Chorus” and “Worthy is the Lamb.”
Soloists are Crystal Sellers Battle, soprano; Katherine Rohrer, mezzo-soprano; Tyler Nelson, tenor; and Jonathan Beyer, baritone.
The event will also be livestreamed at https://livestream.com/bluffton.
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