A tradition comes to an end after this holiday season, with the Independence Messiah Choir's final performance of Handel's oratorio Messiah with the Kansas City Symphony Chorus. Beginning in September ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After 11 years of joint ...

The Community Messiah Choir performs Handel's "Messiah," Sunday, Jan. 12, at the New McKendree United Methodist Church in Jackson, Mo. The choir is composed of the members of several local ...

No one today knows the name of one of the great, unsung heroes of the classical music canon — the composer George Frideric Handel’s tailor. Without the garment-maker, the world would never have ...

(RNS) It’s a staple of the Christmas season, along with trees and carols. But the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is making a daring pitch with Handel’s “Messiah.” This Easter season, the big choir is not ...

Several years ago while in Florida, Hope Botwinski heard a local Messiah choir and knew that one day she wanted to bring that same sound to Southeast Missouri. "Call it a dream," Botwinski said. This ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra joined forces this week for a special performance of Handel’s Oratorio “Messiah” in honor of Easter. A soft build up in the orchestra pit ...

Handel wrote his beloved oratorio Messiah in a three-week burst of intense activity during the fall of 1741. The first part of the oratorio foretells the Savior’s coming while the last part focuses on ...

The centuries-old tradition has returned to community theaters after a pandemic hiatus. If you attend this year’s performance of Handel’s Messiah by the Des Moines Community Orchestra, you’ll walk ...

In the long history of choirs performing George Frideric Handel's 1741 oratorio "Messiah," the recent interruption thanks to the pandemic is but a tiny blip. That blip, however, was keenly felt by the ...