The Columbia Pro Cantare chorus will perform the Christmas portion and selections from Parts II and III of Handel?s “Messiah” at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Tom Benjamin, an internationally known composer and former member of the music faculty at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore City, will present a free preconcert lecture from 6:30 to 7 p.m.
The concert features nationally known soprano Amy Van Roekel, mezzo-soprano Amanda Nisenson, tenor Mark Schowalter and baritone Lester Lynch. The production will be under the direction of Frances Motyca Dawson.
The performance will take place at the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake at 5460 Trumpeter Road in Columbia. Tickets are $20 to $25. Group rates are available for parties of 10 or more. For more information, call 301-854-0107 or 410-799-9321 or visit www.procantare.org.
