Arts, Community, Park Forest

Grande Prairie Singers Salute Handel March 12


Grande Prairie Singers
The Grande Prairie Singers in concert. (PHOTO SUPPLIED)

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Grande Prairie Singers, directed by Jo Rodenburg, salute the genius of George Frederic Handel with its “Hoorah for Handel’ concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 12 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 6850 W. 159th St, Tinley Park.

This performance is part of the Singers gala 40th anniversary season and is a celebration
of all things Handel including portions of his first great composition “Dixit Dominus,” written when the composer was 22.                                                    ·

The Grande Prairie Singers, the oldest musical group in the south suburbs, will bejoined by the delightful and talented Grande Prairie Children’s Choir, directed by Oksana Rodak.

The final concert, May 21,2017, “Moses to Max: Jewish Music from the Sinai to Carnegie Deli” will highlight the compositions of Max Janowski,the longtime musical director of KAM Temple in Chicago and Beth Sholom in Park Forest. It will take place on May 21,2017 at St. Lawrence O’Toole Church in Matteson

Single concert tickets for either concert are $15; $20 at the door or $10 for students with an ID.

Tickets may be ordered online at www.grandeprairiechoral.org or by phone at (708) 481-8684


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