Rock Springs and Green River Chorale members also participating in Handel’s Messiah concert on Dec. 11, 12 and 13 at WWCC
ROCK SPRINGS – The Green River Chorale Holiday Concert will take place on Monday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m. at Green River High School, and the Combined Holiday Concert will take place in the WWCC Atrium on the same evening at 7 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.
Additionally, members of the Green River and Rock Springs Community Chorales will perform with the BOCES Sweetwater Orchestra, and guest musicians from across Wyoming in a special concert presentation of Handel’s Messiah on Dec. 11, 12 and 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the WWCC Theatre at the Rock Springs campus. Tickets for this event are $6, and no children under 5 will be admitted.
The Combined Holiday Concert will feature the Rock Springs Community Symphonic Band and the Jazz Ensemble, which will play a variety of holiday and seasonal favorites. Members of both groups will participate in an Ugly Sweater contest, and will wear their ugliest holiday sweaters during the performance.
The Green River Chorale is under the direction of Marlys Ciscar. Candice Dove is the accompanist. This year’s Holiday Concert will feature a variety of traditional and contemporary holiday favorites and inspirational selections.
Handel’s Messiah is an exciting collaborative musical event featuring both the Green River and Rock Springs Chorales, the Sweetwater BOCES Orchestra, the Rock Springs Community Band, and select members from the Evanston Symphony, the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, and the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra. They will come together for three nights to perform Part I of 18th-century composer George Frideric Handel’s famous and beloved Baroque oratorio, which serves as a musical celebration of the life and meaning of Jesus Christ.
Part I begins with the Old Testament prophecies of Christ’s birth by Isaiah and others, and concludes with the announcement of Christ’s birth to the shepherds. Handel’s Messiah is a holiday favorite around the world, and this will be the first time it has been performed at Western.
Handel’s Messiah is presented by the WWCC Performing Arts Department and Sweetwater BOCES and is under the direction of WWCC Assistant Professor of Music Joshua R. Wentz, Ph.D. The Department would like to thank the many musicians, singers, groups, and organizations that have come together to make this concert, and all of the Department’s holiday programs, possible.
For additional information, please contact Prof. Wentz at jwentz@wwcc.wy.edu or at (307) 382-1735.