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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Brecksville United Methodist Church (BUMC), in conjunction with the Brecksville Center for the Arts (BCA), is proud to announce a singing of <i>Messiah</i>, Parts II and III, on Sunday, April 22, 2012, at 4:00pm in the Sanctuary of Brecksville UMC, in Brecksville, Ohio. The BCA Community Chorus will lead the singing; scores will also be available at the door and all singers are welcome to participate or simply listen. The work will be accompanied by organ and professional chamber orchestra, under the direction of Joy Fenton, Director of Music at BUMC and Associate Director of the BCA Community Chorus. This event is free and open to the public; a free-will offering basket will be available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Open auditions</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'> are being held for all soprano, tenor, and bass solos in Parts II and III of Messiah. Please read below for the complete solo listing. Auditions will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, March 6 and 7, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm in the Sanctuary at Brecksville United Methodist Church. [65 Public Square, Brecksville, Ohio 44141.] Auditions will be by appointment. Those interested should come prepared to sing their movement(s) of interest from <i>Messiah</i>. No additional material will be required at this time. It is recommended, though not required, that brief recitatives be paired with the aria that immediately follows, wherever applicable. <b>Contact Joy Fenton</b> at <a href="mailto:music@brecksvilleumc.com">music@brecksvilleumc.com</a> or 440.526.8938, ext. 231 to schedule a 15-minute audition <b>or with any questions regarding this event!<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Available Solos:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Tenor – XXVII. Recit. All they that see Him**<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Tenor – XXIX/XXX. Recit/Air. They rebuke/Behold, and see<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Tenor – XXXI/XXXII. Recit/Air. He was cut off/But Thou didst not<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Tenor – XXXIV. Recit. Unto which of the angels said He**<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>**may be performed by the same singer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Bass – XXXVI. Air. Thou art gone up on high<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Soprano – XXXVIII. Air. How beautiful are the feet of them<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Bass – XL. Air. Why do the nations so furiously rage together<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Tenor – XLII/XLIII. Recit/Air. He that dwelleth/Thou shalt break them<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Soprano – XLV. Air. I know that my Redeemer liveth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Bass – XLVII/XLVIII. Recit/Air. Behold, I tell you a mystery/The trumpet shall sound<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Soprano – LII. Air. If God be for us<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>