Masterworks Chorus and the MJC Orchestra to perform Handel's "Messiah" on December 17

The MJC Music Department's holiday music performances will wind-up with the Masterworks Chorus Winter Concert, on Thursday, December 17 at 7:30 p.m., in the Auditorium of the Performing and Media Arts Center on East Campus.

The Masterworks Chorus will be joined by soloists and the MJC Orchestra in performing the great English oratorio Messiah, by George Frederick Handel. Ginger Covert Colla will conduct the concert and soloists will include Richard J. Colla, bass, Linda Carter, soprano, Jennifer Champeaux, alto and John Carter, tenor.

Admission to the concert is $5 general and $4 for students and senior citizens and tickets are available at the door beginning 90 minutes before the performance.