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Thirty-seven years of ‘Messiah’

By Bill Snyder | December 19, 2019

Marisa Crabb

For thirty-seven years the Downtown Singers have been presenting George Frederic Handel’s ‘Messiah’. Music Director Marisa Crabb and singer Carol Chandler join us to talk about this annual tradition, and some of the history of the composition and premiere of ‘Messiah.’

Photo credit: Downtown Singers

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