The Columbia Pro Cantare chorus will perform George Frideric Handel's masterpiece, Messiah, Sunday, December 2, 2018, 7:30 pm in the Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts, Columbia, MD. A pre-concert lecture will take place at 6:30 pm.

For many people, attending a performance of Messiah is an essential activity of the holiday season. Columbia Pro Cantare has thrilled audience's with its annual performance of the oratorio since 1986.

Joining the Columbia Pro Cantare chorus under the direction of artistic director Frances Motyca Dawson will be the professional festival orchestra, organist Henry Lowe, and popular soloists Amy Van Roekel, soprano, Leah Kaye Serr, mezzo, Charles Reid, tenor, and Lester Lynch, baritone. The program will include all of Part I of Handel's oratorio and selections from Parts II and III.

A pre-concert talk on the music will begin at 6:30 pm, and a reception will follow the concert.

Tickets are $23, $20 (students and senior citizens) in advance; $2 more at the door. Children 5-15: $10. Discounted tickets are available for groups of 10 or more,

To order tickets, visit www.procantare.org, or call 410.799.9321 or 301.854.0107.