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<\/p>\nThe Bemidji State University Department of Music will present its inaugural Oratorio Night with a sing-along performance of Handel’s “Messiah” on July 12 at First Lutheran Church in Bemidji.<\/p>\n
Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the concert will feature vocal solos by baritone Dr. Cory Renbarger and tenor Dr. James Bowyer, associate professors of music, and soprano Dr. Jennifer Olson, assistant professor of music.<\/p>\n
Dr. Dwight Jilek, director of choral activities, Patricia Connors and graduate student conductors from BSU’s new Master of Music Education program will conduct the Bemidji Chorale and Baroque Festival Orchestra.<\/p>\n
Concertmaster Dr. Eric Olson, assistant professor of music, and adjunct organist Sarah Carlson will appear alongside the orchestra.<\/p>\n
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Community members are welcome to listen or sing along to the choruses of Handel’s “Messiah.” Scores will be provided or singers may choose to bring their own.<\/p>\n
Those wishing to sing are invited to attend optional, but recommended, rehearsals at First Lutheran Church on July 3 and 10 from 6:30 – 9 p.m.<\/p>\n
The concert is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
Contact: Links: The Bemidji State University Department of Music will present its inaugural Oratorio Night with a sing-along performance of Handel’s “Messiah” on July 12 at First Lutheran Church in Bemidji. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the concert will feature vocal solos by baritone Dr. Cory Renbarger and tenor Dr. James Bowyer, associate professors of music, and soprano […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":510,"featured_media":48124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[872,1002,9,681],"tags":[982],"class_list":["post-48121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-music","category-news","category-news-updates","tag-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/510"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48121"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48129,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48121\/revisions\/48129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDr. James Bowyer<\/i><\/a>, associate professor of music, 206-551-6147<\/p>\n
\nMaster of Music Education program<\/i><\/a>
\nBSU Department of Music<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"