West Plains Council on the Arts is sorry to announce we will not have a Community Messiah Sing in 2020. We hope to host this event next year, directed by Larry Dame, and scheduled for Sunday, November 7, 2021, 2:30 PM, at the First Presbyterian Church, 112 Aid Ave., West Plains, Missouri.
During this time of increased positive COVID-19 test results, we simply cannot justify hosting an event where our musicians and many of our friends would be doing their very best to perform this beautiful piece. Try as we might, we haven’t found a way to offer this event with the restrictions we know are necessary. We look forward to the time when we can again safely gather to celebrate.
A recording of the 2016 Community Messiah Sing is available on the West Plains Council on the Arts YouTube channel, and we hope to have two more years’ videos available very soon.
The Christmas portion of “Messiah”, using the G. Schirmer score, will be performed. The audience is invited to sing along in these favorite Messiah choruses: Glory of the Lord, And He Shall Purify, Thou that Tellest Good Tidings, For Unto Us a Child is Born, Glory to God in the Highest, and of course, the Hallelujah Chorus!
Chorus participation is encouraged and needed. Practice CD’s and scores are available. Call Paula Speraneo at 417-293-2325 if interested. For further information, email info@westplainsarts.org
This event is sponsored by West Plains Council on the Arts, with partial funding provided by Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
