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Show Handel's Messiah Opens Nov. 28 The best way to have a voice in the community is to sing Handel's "Messiah" on Sunday, November 28th with the Utah Chorale. The event is the Chorale's Fifth Annual Sing-In, set for the Sunday after Thanksgiving at 8pm in Symphony Hall. Those who sing should plan to bring their G. Schirmer edition of the "Messiah". A limited number of "Messiah" scores will be on sale in the Symphony Hall lobby prior to the performance. The Sing-In is free to the public, but seating is limited. Plan to arrive early. The Chorale will be accompanied accom-panied by the Utah Chambei Orchestra, under the direction direc-tion of Newell B. Weight, former Musical Director of the Chorale. This year's soloists include JoAnn Ott-ley, Ott-ley, soprano; Susan Berndt Cook, alto; Michael Ballam, tenor; and David Power, baritone. Jo Ann Ottley, soprano, i; well known to Utahns. Ms Ottley has appeared fre quently with the Utah Symphony as well as with other American and European Euro-pean orchestras. This year's alto soloist is Susan Berndt Cook, a 10-year veteran of the Salt Lake Oratorio Society and 12-year member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Lyric tenor Michael Ballam, a graduate of Indiana University, Uni-versity, will bring to the "Messiah" performance impressive im-pressive credits, having performed per-formed with opera companies compan-ies in Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, as well as numerous otner American cities in recent years. Baritone David Power, a BYU graduate, received advanced ad-vanced music degrees at the University of Idaho and the Hartt School of Music. His activity as an interpreter of German Lieder has received highest critical acclaim. David Power is presently professor ot voice and chairman of the vocal area in the University of Utah's Department of Music. The "Messiah", the renowned re-nowned Christmas choral work, is one of the world's wonders of feverish activity. It was composed by Georgt Frederick Handel in just 2-days 2-days in the summer of 1741 and saw its first performana in Dublin, Ireland in 1742, The popularity of the work-derives work-derives from its choruses, many of which resemble ceremonial anthems. There is much' tone-painting in which the meaning of the ?twrdsyis xortayed in the |