Is childcare available?
If you need childcare during Sunday evening choral rehearsals, please contact messiahmatsu@gmail.com ASAP to check availability and make arrangements. All childcare must be prearranged.
What do I wear?
All rehearsals are casual dress.
Performance dress
Women: dressy black tops and bottoms.
Men: black suit coats and pants, and white shirts.
Red ties for the men and necklaces for the ladies will be provided for the performance.
Where are rehearsals?
All auditions and rehearsals will be at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints next to Wasilla High on Bogard rd.
The Primary Room (for Orchestra and Solo rehearsals is at the corner of the building farthest away from Bogard & Dellwood).
821 E Dellwood St, Wasilla AK
Who can sing?
This community event is open to all levels of singers. We request that participants be at least 15 years old, able to read and practice the music and attend all rehearsals.
We use Handel's Messiah Schirmer Edition. Scores are available to check out at the first practice. Everyone will need a black cover or folder to hold their music for performances. If you want to use the Novella Edition, please ensure that you have marked any discrepancies between the two.
The working program shows potential solo numbers and all chorus numbers for the performance. The final program will depend on the soloists for each part.
Held weekly on Sundays at the Wasilla Building of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (821 E. Dellwood St.,Wasilla AK 99654).
If you do not have your own music, please arrive at the first rehearsal by 5:30pm.
10/12/25- 6-7:30pm, solo auditions after rehearsal
10/19/25- 6-7:30pm, solo auditions after rehearsal
10/26/25- 6-7:30pm
11/2/25- 6-7:30pm
11/9/25- 6-7:30pm
11/16/25- 6-7:30pm
11/22/25-11/23/25 TBD
11/29- Saturday rehearsal with Orchestra 2-4pm
12/4- Thursday evening dress rehearsal 6-7:30pm
SUNDAY 12/7-Performances at Glenn Massay 2pm & 7pm
Here are several rehearsal helps for you as you practice The Messiah. Test them out and see what you think:
Boulder Messiah - mp3 practice tracks by part. These don't have words, but are played by instruments instead of midi files.
Cyberbass - The classic multi-part rehearsal tool.
RehearsalTracks - Aaron Giles free rehearsal tracks for Messiah. You can select your voice part, your speed, and your degree of difficulty.
Chord Perfect - This YouTube Channel features Rehearsal Assistance for many choral pieces including Messiah broken down by choral parts.nice because it includes singers singing the words to each piece. Scroll down to the Handel's Messiah playlists for each part.
Musescore - This is a very interesting program that plays the accompaniment and shows the score at the same time. You need to search 'Messiah' at the top to find all the different tracks.
SoundCloud--A nice app that allows you to choose a part and sing along. You need to create an account. Select The Messiah, the piece you wish to sing, and your part.