The annual Ozarks Chorale Winter Concert promises beautiful music to put visitors in the holiday mood. On December 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Auditorium, the group will perform all of Handel's «The Messiah» Christmas choral pieces with full professional orchestral accompaniment, along with other classical and holiday favorites.

Also in the musical spotlight is Huw Priday from Brecon, Mid Wales, performing as guest Tenor Soloist singing the tenor solos of the Messiah. Priday has appeared with all the major British opera companies and has also shown his versatility by singing the role of 'Piangi' in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre in London's West End. His operatic career has taken him to mainland Europe singing in Germany France Sweden Denmark and Spain. With an extensive oratorio and concert career, he has traveled all over the world to Australia, America, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East.

Other unique arrangements of traditional holiday favorites to be performed include Brahms' «How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place» with its soaring tenor and soprano passages and Rutter's delightful arrangement of «The Twelve Days of Christmas.»

Maestro C. Myron Flippin, conductor for the Ozarks Chorale and the North Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestra, and Orchestra Director for the Northwest Arkansas Academy of Fine Arts, will conduct all the voices and orchestra musicians for this «Old Fashioned Christmas» concert. The Ozarks Chorale boasts over 60 members, nine of which are students from the area.

Admission to the concert is $10 for adults and can be purchased from any Chorale member or at the City Auditorium. Students are admitted free. For more information to online at www.OzarksChorale.com or contact Steve Shell at 479-363-0363.

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