Handel’s ‘Messiah’ rehearsals set Mondays prior to Dec. 8 concert

Performance to take place at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Streator

October 15, 2024 at 4:40 am CDT

Nancy Mueller conducts rehearsal for George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Streator. A performance is scheduled 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4. — A holiday concert featuring the Streator Community Chorus performing the Christmas portion of Handel’s “Messiah” will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 509 E Broadway St., Streator. (Tom Sistak for Shaw Media)

A holiday concert featuring the Streator Community Chorus performing the Christmas portion of Handel’s “Messiah” will be held 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 509 E Broadway St., Streator.

The public is invited. A freewill offering will be collected.

All area singers are invited to participate. Two rehearsals will be held prior to the concert: at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, and Monday, Dec. 2, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Streator.

Derek Barichello

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