BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The 75th anniversary year performances of George Frideric Han del&rsquo\;s Messiah\, which has become a winter season tradition at Ur sinus College\, will be held Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 2 at 2:30 p.m . in Bomberger Auditorium. The piece will be sung by the College Choir and Meistersingers\, and conducted by Professor John French\, holder of the Heefner Chair of Music. Soloists are Leslie Johnson\, soprano\; Ro bert O&rsquo\;Neil\, countertenor\; Kenneth Garner\, tenor\; and Regina ld Pindell\, bass.\n \;\nOnline registration is available at www.urs inus.edu/messiah. Tickets are $10 each online and at the door for the ge neral public. \;\nFor online registration\, there is the option of p aying by check or credit card. Checks can be made payable to Ursinus Co llege\, and sent to Music Department\, Ursinus College\, Box 1000\, Col legeville\, PA 19426-1000. Tickets will be mailed (if time allows) or h eld at the door. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door. For mail o rders please include a self-addressed stamped envelope for tickets.\nLa st year Dr. French conducted his 50th performance of the Handel oratori o at Ursinus. Dr. French\, a member of the college faculty since 1979\, has received the Laughlin Professional Achievement Award and Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in recognition of his professional and scholarly accomplishments. Dr. French is the associate conductor of th e Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia. Active as a church musician for 40 years\, he has been the organist-choirmaster for the Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia since 1992.\nDr. French has degrees from the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts\, West minster Choir College and the College-Conservatory of Music of the Univ ersity of Cincinnati. In addition to other grants and awards\, he has r eceived two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. French is immediate past President of the Board of Directors of th e Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia and currently serves as Presiden t of the Society&rsquo\;s Foundation. He is past President of the Penns ylvania Collegiate Choral Association and the Pennsylvania Chapter of t he American Choral Directors Association. URL:http://limerick.patch.com/events/75th-ursinus-college-performance-of- george-frideric-handels-messiah SUMMARY:75th Ursinus College Performance of George Frideric Handel's 'Mes siah' LOCATION:601 E Main St\, Collegeville\, PA 19426: 601 E Main St\, College ville\, PA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR