Piedmont, Truett seek community singers to join in upcoming performances

If you like to sing and are looking for a group to join, Piedmont College and Truett McConnell University are looking for you.

The Piedmont Chorale will soon begin rehearsals for its 2019-20 season. The choir will perform the annual Service of Lessons and Carols and the Great Composers Series concert featuring the Ninth Symphony and other works by Beethoven in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the famed composer’s birth.

The Chorale is seeking singers for all voice parts. Rehearsals begin at 6 p.m., Monday, August 19, in Nielsen Hall on Piedmont’s Demorest campus.

The group will perform the 31st Annual Service of Lessons on December 6 and 7. The Great Composers Series concert is April 25.

No audition is required.

For information on joining the Piedmont Chorale contact conductor Wallace Hinson at 706-778-8500 ext. 1211, or email him at [email protected].

TMU’s Messiah

Also this fall, the Truett McConnell University Community Choir and TMU Chorale will be rehearsing and performing Part I and short portions of Parts II and III of the great Oratorio, Messiah by George Frideric Handel.

The choir will have ten Tuesday evening rehearsals beginning on September 3. Rehearsals will be from 6-8 p.m. in the Driskell Building on the TMU campus in Cleveland.

The choir, soloists, and orchestra will perform on Tuesday, November 19.

If you are interested in participating contact Dr. Ken Gabrielse at [email protected].