College-Community choral collaborations have a rich history at Hastings College dating to the 1800s. Productions of Handel's Messiah were first added to the repertoire in 1928; a combined chorus of 350 singers, local orchestral musicians, and players from the Omaha Symphony presented a full performance of the work. Even through the Great Depression and the Second World War, Messiah continued to be performed.

Download the 2011 Messiah program. 

In celebration of the 125th anniversary year of Hastings College, the Department of Music presented the twenty-fourth in our acclaimed series of massed-choir productions of portions of Handel's Messiah. The performance featured nearly five hundred current, former, and future students; distinguished alumni and current faculty as choristers, soloists, and conductors; members of the Hastings Symphony Orchestra; and an audience of more than three thousand 'singing along' with the Hallelujah Chorus! For the first time, the performance was seen worldwide via a live webcast produced by the students and faculty of HC Media's HCTV6.

And the Glory of the Lord

Lin Warren, conductor

Listening time: 3'24"

And He Shall Purify 

Mark Harman, conductor

Listening time: 2'43"

O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion

Betty Volenec, mezzo-soprano

Byron Jensen & Dan Hutsell, conductors

Listening time: 5'33"

For Unto Us a Child Is Born

Jennifer Bates Orvis, conductor

Listening time: 4'48"

Recitative & Glory to God

Lacey Beemer Franzen, soprano

Byron Jensen & Charles Smith, conductors

Listening time: 4'03"

His Yoke Is Easy

Brad Ronne, conductor

Listening time: 2'42"

Since By Man Came Death

Fritz Mountford, conductor

Listening time: 2'12"

Worthy Is the Lamb

Don Reimer, conductor

Listening time: 7'14"

Hallelujah

Robin Koozer, conductor

Listening time: 5'06"