Music notes

The Binghamton Downtown Singers and Orchestra will perform Handel’s oratorio “Messiah” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21 at Sarah Jane Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church, 308 Main St., Johnson City.

The performance, the choir’s 37th annual, will be under the direction of DTS Artistic Director Marisa Crabb and will feature soprano Nicole Joseph, mezzo-soprano Dawn Pierce, tenor Vale Rideout and baritone Timothy LeFebvre. Crabb is a viola instructor at SUNY Broome.

General admission tickets at $20 are available now by calling 607-648-5032, emailing DTS_Concerts@stny.rr.com or writing to the Downtown Singers at 102 Helen St. #2, Binghamton NY 13905. They also may be purchased at the door.

A free student (K-12) ticket is available with the purchase of an adult ticket.

This project is made possible with public funds from the Chenango Arts Council’s Decentralization Program, a re-grant program of the NYS Council on the Arts, with support from Governor Cuomo and the NYS Legislature. Additional support for Broome County provided by the Stewart W. & Willma C. Hoyt Foundation. Funding is also provided by the Upstate Coalition for a Fairgame Arts Grant program and through a grant from IBM Corporation’s Community Grants program.