December 2017

Handel’s Messiah was composed over the course of a month in 1741, six months before its premiere in Dublin at a new concert hall where several of Handel’s operas were also performed. Even the dress rehearsal was ticketed, and the morning newspapers excitedly reported that the oratorio “far surpasses anything of that nature, which has been performed in this or any other Kingdom.”

Handel’s Messiah was composed over the course of a month in 1741, six months before its premiere in Dublin at a new concert hall where several of Handel’s operas were also performed. Even the dress rehearsal was ticketed, and the morning newspapers excitedly reported that the oratorio “far surpasses anything of that nature, which has been performed in this or any other Kingdom.”

Art engages children of all ages, helping them become active, curious readers and inspired writers. In this two-part workshop, teachers will delve into their creativity to explore techniques in collage illustration and three-dimensional paper construction to illustrate any story.

Art engages children of all ages, helping them become active, curious readers and inspired writers. In this two-part workshop, teachers will delve into their creativity to explore techniques in collage illustration and three-dimensional paper construction to illustrate any story.

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote over 200 church cantatas, and the Bach Collegium Japan is intent on performing every one of them — and in fact did so, in chronological order, from 1995-2013.

Handel’s Messiah was composed over the course of a month in 1741, six months before its premiere in Dublin at a new concert hall where several of Handel’s operas were also performed. Even the dress rehearsal was ticketed, and the morning newspapers excitedly reported that the oratorio “far surpasses anything of that nature, which has been performed in this or any other Kingdom.”

Handel’s Messiah was composed over the course of a month in 1741, six months before its premiere in Dublin at a new concert hall where several of Handel’s operas were also performed. Even the dress rehearsal was ticketed, and the morning newspapers excitedly reported that the oratorio “far surpasses anything of that nature, which has been performed in this or any other Kingdom.”

Art engages children of all ages, helping them become active, curious readers and inspired writers. In this two-part workshop, teachers will delve into their creativity to explore techniques in collage illustration and three-dimensional paper construction to illustrate any story.

Art engages children of all ages, helping them become active, curious readers and inspired writers. In this two-part workshop, teachers will delve into their creativity to explore techniques in collage illustration and three-dimensional paper construction to illustrate any story.

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote over 200 church cantatas, and the Bach Collegium Japan is intent on performing every one of them — and in fact did so, in chronological order, from 1995-2013.