Proceeds to help fund Italy trip
The UNM Concert Choir present parts I & II of Handel’s “Messiah,” Saturday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 2626 Arizona NE. Music Professor Bradley Ellingboe will conduct a small orchestra. Soloists are drawn from chorus members.
Tickets are $10 and are available only at the door. All proceeds benefit the choir’s fundraising efforts to be the chorus-in-residence at the International Lyric Academy in Viterbo, Italy. The choir will be in Italy from July 10 - Aug. 1 and will perform several masterworks, including music by Mozart, Pergolesi and various unaccompanied music from the Americas.
The festival will conclude with a performance of Orff’s “Carmina Burana” accompanied by a professional orchestra and presented in a 2,000 year old Roman amphitheater in the Roman suburb of Ostia Antica.
The concert invites the audience to sing along on the choruses, if they wish. Bring your own score of “Messiah” or rent one at the door for $2.