For Immediate Release                                                  Contact: Shawn Gingrich

March 25, 2008                                                         (717) 533-9668
 

Messiah College Concert Handbell Choir

The Messiah College Concert Handbell Choir will present a concert at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, 2008 at First United Methodist Church, 64 West Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania. A free-will offering will be received.

The Concert Handbell Choir is comprised of fourteen students of varying degree pursuits. The director, Shawn Gingrich also is adjunct organ instructor on campus and works full-time in church music at First United Methodist Church, Hershey.

The program will include: Procession of Praise by Arnold Sherman (performed with organ and handbells); Grazioso by Arnold Sherman; My Spirit Be Joyful by J. S. Bach, arr. Douglas Wagner; Amazing Grace by Diane Bish, arr. Shawn Gingrich; Take Five by Paul Desmond, arr. Campanile; Fanfare of Triumph by Michael Joy; Serenity by Douglas Floyd Smith; Sherekea Usafari by Cathy Moklebust; All American Hometown Band, by Noona, arr. William Wood, and Pizzicati, by Delibes, arr. Kevin McChesney.

Messiah College is a Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences located in Grantham, Pennsylvania. The College is committed to an embracing evangelical spirit rooted in the Anabaptist, Pietist and Wesleyan traditions of the Christian Church. Their mission is to educate men and women toward maturity of intellect, character and Christian faith in preparation for lives of service, leadership and reconciliation in church and society. Visit <messiah.edu> for further details.

For more information on the concert, please contact Shawn Gingrich at First United Methodist Church at 717.533.9668.

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