Concerts in the Community
A Monumental Occasion
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Handel Choir sings at the 38th annual lighting of the Washington Monument in Mt. Vernon Square, Baltimore.
Charlestown Retirement Community
Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 7pm
Program features selections from Messiah
Benefit Concert for Murphy Initiative for Justice and Peace
Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 4pm
St. Mary of the Assumption
5502 York Rd, Baltimore 21212
Melinda O'Neal conductor
Thomas Hetrick piano
Celebrating P. Francis Murphy, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore from March 25, 1933 to September 2, 1999.
Program
Mendelssohn’s Nicht unserm Namen, Herr, (Not unto us, Lord) from Psalm 115
and Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich, (Grant us peace)
Vaughan Williams' Mass in G minor (selections)
Randall Thompson's Bitter-Sweet, Alleluia
and the premiere of Listen To God Speaking in Human Words, arranged by Ryan Mullaney based on the Episcopal motto of Bishop P. Francis Murphy, written by Rev. James W. Hannon.
Tickets: Premier Seating: $30.00 General Seating: $25.00
Call Dick Ullrich at 410-319-9472 or
click here for mail-in ticket order form.
ACDA Eastern Division Conference
Saturday, February 13, 1010 at 11:30am
Arch Street Presbyterian Church
1724 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA
Handel Choir of Baltimore and Melinda O’Neal, Artistic Director & Conductor, are pleased to announce Handel Choir’s selection to perform at the 2010 American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) eastern division conference. ACDA is a national nonprofit music-education organization, with over 20,000 members, whose central purpose is to promote excellence in choral music through performance, composition, publication, research, and teaching. This event is also co-sponsored by Chorus America, the national advocacy and service organization for choral music.
Fairhaven Retirement Community
April 6, 2010
Concert will include selections by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Randall Thompson and Charles Ives
Holy Comforter Church
April 11, 2010
Chandos Singers will sing works by Handel and Tavener.
All programs of the Handel Choir of Baltimore are made possible by support from the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, the Baltimore County Commission on Arts and Sciences and the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts.