Ever wanted to sing a solo from Handel’s Messiah with the orchestra? Now is your chance!
Now accepting auditions for soloists for the Palm Sunday Messiah Sing-Along at Bethany College!
The Messiah Festival is accepting audio and video submissions for the opportunity to be a soloist on Palm Sunday, March 25, 2018. Send your 3-5 minute recording of you singing to the Messiah Festival Office at deutscherta@bethanylb.edu by March 1, 2018. We prefer that you audition with the piece for which you auditioning, but it is not mandatory. Indicate which solo(s) for which you are auditioning.
Soloists selected will be notified on or by March 5.
Solo selections include:
| 2 | Tenor | Comfort Ye My People |
| 3 | Tenor | Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted |
| 5 | Bass | Thus Saith the Lord |
| 6 | Alto | But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming |
| 8 | Alto | Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive |
| 9 | Alto and Chorus | O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings |
| 10 | Bass | For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth |
| 11 | Bass | The People That Walked in Darkness |
| 14 | Soprano | There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field |
| Soprano | And Lo, The Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them | |
| 15 | Soprano | And the Angel Said Unto Them |
| 16 | Soprano | And Suddenly There Was With the Angel |
| 18 | Soprano | Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion |
| 19 | Alto | Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind be Opened |
| 20 | Alto | He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd |
| Soprano | Come unto Him | |
| 23 | Alto | He Was Despised |
| 29 | Tenor | Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart |
| 30 | Tenor | Behold, and See if There Be Any Sorrow |
| 31 | Tenor | He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living |
| 32 | Tenor | But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell |
| 38 | Soprano | How Beautiful are the Feet |
| 40 | Bass | Why do the Nations |
| 42 | Tenor | He that Dwelleth in Heaven |
| 43 | Tenor | Thou Shalt Break Them |
| 45 | Soprano | I Know That My Redeemer Liveth |
| 47 | Bass | Behold, I Tell You a Mystery |
| 48 | Bass | The Trumpet Shall Sound |