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Messiah College Choral Arts Society
The Choral Arts Society will be performing George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” on April 19, 2009, 4 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Camp Hill with a professional orchestra and soloists soprano Sasha Tedford, mezzo-soprano Barbara Rearick, bass Damian Savarino, and tenor Jeffrey Fahnestock. Sections of Parts I, II and III will be performed. The year 2009 is the 250th anniversary of Handel’s death.
 About the Director:
Director Linda Tedford is Messiah College’s director of choral activities and conductor of the Messiah College Concert Choir, Men’s Ensemble and Chamber Singers. Tedford is the founder and conductor of the Susquehanna Chorale, the Susquehanna Youth Chorale, and the Susquehanna Children’s Chorale, based in Hershey, Pa. She holds a master’s degree in conducting from Temple University, where she studied with renowned conductor Robert Page. She also studied with contemporary musicians Gregg Smith, Dale Warland and the late Robert Shaw.
About the Messiah College Choral Arts Society:
The choir, made up of 70 members from Messiah College and the greater Harrisburg community, was founded by Messiah music professor Earl “Prof” Miller in 1946. It was originally called the Alumni Oratorio Society. Later, the name was changed to the Grantham Oratorio Society to emphasize the community in which they participated. Earl Miller directed the choir for 22 years, followed by Messiah professors Ronald Sider, who led the group for 28 years, and Ronald Miller, the 1997 interim director. In 1998, the choir was renamed the Messiah College Choral Arts Society to reflect the group’s rich heritage with the college.
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