Perrysburg Chorale offers free holiday performancePERRYSBURG – The Perrysburg Symphony Chorale
will present a free Holiday Cheer Concert at St. Rose Catholic Church, 214 E. Front St. Saturday at 7:30
p.m.The program includes holiday favorites and a sing-along. Pieces to be performed include "’Twas the
Night Before Christmas," "Sleigh Ride," "White Christmas," "Santa Claus is
Comin’ to Town" and "Do You Hear What I Hear."A visit from Santa Claus is
expected.Online:perrysburgsymphonychorale.org.Owens band staging benefit holiday showThe Owens Community
College Concert band will present a holiday benefit concert Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre of
the Fine and Performing Arts Center, off Oregon Road in Perrysburg Township.A free will offering will be
collected to assist St. Paul’s Community Center of Toledo.The band, conducted by William "Fred"
Dais, will perform a variety of holiday favorites including Leroy Anderson’s "Sleigh Ride."The
program will also include: traditional Christmas carols; "Hanukkah, A Festival of Lights"; music
Alan Anthony Silvestri from the movie "The Polar Express"; and "Toy Trumpet."Also, local
favorite Ragtime Rick will narrate "Twas the Night Before Christmas." He’ll also perform while the
freewill is being collected.Soprano presents recital ‘My Christmas Story’Soprano Fidelia Esther Darmahkasih
will present a senior recital "My Christmas Story" Saturday at 7 p.m. in St. Mark Lutheran Church,
315 S. College Drive, Bowling Green.The Bowling Green State University student selected music that expresses
the season including Exsultate, jubilate by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with a small ensemble of strings and
winds conducted by Brady Meyer.She will be accompanied throughout by Jeff Manchur on piano and organ and
will be joined by tenor Dustin Hill on "O how amiable are thy dwellings" by John Rutter and
Michael Kasinger on oboe for selections from a cantata by J.S. Bach.Also on the program will be pieces by
Ludwig Von Beethoven, Franz Joseph Haydn, William Fischer and David Sandstrom.Darmahkasih, a winner of this
year’s Dr. Marjorie Conrad Song Competition on campus, studies with Christopher Scholl.Local singers part of
"Messiah" traditionTOLEDO – The Toledo Symphony Orchestra joined by soloists including tenor
Richard Mathey, of Bowling Green, and the Toledo Choral Society and BGSU choruses will perform Handel’s
"Messiah" Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle.Other soloists are mezzo-soprano
Katherine Calcamuggio, soprano Cheryl Babb and baritone Kevin Foos.This is the fifth year that the Toledo
Symphony has presented "Messiah" in partnership with the Toledo Choral Society and BGSU.
"Messiah" has been performed in the community for more than 90 years.Richard Napierala, director
of the Choral Society, will conduct.Tickets are $35 in all sections. Call 419-246-8000 or visit
www.ToledoSymphony.com.