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# Community invited to join Handel’s ‘Messiah’ performance — Dec. 13
- URL: https://lagrandeloop.com/arts-culture/community-invited-to-join-handels-messiah-performance-dec-13/
- Published: 2026-09-30T00:37:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T00:38:29.000Z
- Description: Performance: 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, at McKenzie Theatre, EOU. Community choir and orchestra rehearsals begin in October.
- Author: La Grande Loop
- Tags: Events, Music, Community, #event, #occurs-2026-12-13, #expires-2026-12-13, #time-1800

Community members are invited to sing or play in a 2026 performance of George Frideric Handel’s *Messiah* in La Grande.

Kevin Durfee, who conducted local *Messiah* performances in 2016 and 2017, will return to conduct. The performance begins at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, in McKenzie Theatre on the Eastern Oregon University campus.

## Choir rehearsals

- **Oct. 4, 11 and 25:** 5-7 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1802 Gekeler Lane, La Grande.
- **Sundays in November and Dec. 6:** 5 p.m. in the choir room at Loso Hall on the EOU campus.

## Orchestra rehearsals

- **Oct. 25:** 4-5 p.m. at 1802 Gekeler Lane. The orchestra will join the choir at 5 p.m.
- **Nov. 1, 15, 22 and 29, and Dec. 6:** 4 p.m. in the choir room at Loso Hall.

## Solo auditions and dress rehearsal

- **Solo auditions:** 3-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at Loso Hall.
- **Dress rehearsal:** Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at McKenzie Theatre.

For more information, call Marie at [541-805-8902](tel:+15418058902) or email Wes at [eo.endo@gmail.com](mailto:eo.endo@gmail.com).