The Furman Symphony Orchestra (FSO) and Oratorio Chorus will present Handel\u2019s \u201cMessiah\u201d Friday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman University campus.<\/p>\n
The event is open to the public and is presented by the Furman Department of Music with support from the Nelle and Ken Brown Music Fund. Tickets for the Sound Quality Concert Series event are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and $5 for students\/youth.<\/p>\n
Conducted by Furman Professor of Music Hugh Ferguson Floyd, Handel\u2019s \u201cMessiah\u201d holds a unique position as a monument of Western civilization. 1742 marked the debut of \u201cMessiah\u201d in Dublin, Ireland. The oratorio later gained in popularity particularly in England and America, eventually becoming one of the best known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.<\/p>\n
The FSO, prepared by Furman Visiting Professor of Violin Andrew Carlson, and the Oratorio Chorus will present Parts I and II of \u201cMessiah\u201d in their entirety, culminating in the mighty \u201cHallelujah\u201d chorus.<\/p>\n
A biennial tradition at Furman, the performance of \u201cMessiah\u201d features 85 student vocalists and over 40 faculty and student instrumentalists. The masterwork showcases outstanding student soloists selected through competitive audition. Soloists include:<\/p>\n
Tyrese Byrd \u201820, tenor
\nShalick Smith \u201820, bass-baritone
\nMatthew Weir \u201822, baritone
\nSalleigh Harvey \u201822, mezzo-soprano
\nBen Connelly \u201822, baritone
\nEllen Chamblee \u201820, soprano
\nQuentin Prewitt \u201820, soprano
\nAbbie Schlictmann \u201820, mezzo-soprano
\nKatie Jennison \u201820, soprano
\nJ. Alan Smith \u201920, tenor
\nMatthew Gavilanez \u201821, tenor
\nMaggie Ramirez \u201820, soprano
\nOlivia Jennings \u201820, soprano
\nKirby Burgess \u201820, soprano
\nJohn Potvin \u201822, baritone<\/p>\n
For more information or for tickets, contact the Furman Music Office at 864-294-2086, or email the department at FurmanMusic@furman.edu<\/a>. Tickets are available at the door or may be ordered online at www.furman.edu\/MusicTickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Furman Symphony Orchestra (FSO) and Oratorio Chorus will present Handel\u2019s \u201cMessiah\u201d Friday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman University campus. The event is open […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":8532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}