December 6, 2004

Two La Sierra University music students will be featured as soloists in this year’s performance of Handel’s Messiah at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove on December 19. 

Amanda Hall, La Sierra University senior vocal music performance major, and Timothy Gonzales, La Sierra University junior vocal music performance major, were chosen from among the famed Southern California church’s regular chorus singers.

Hall, a senior at La Sierra University, is a long time veteran of the church’s professional choir. The soprano will be performing the “Rejoice” aria solo from the first section of the program.

Gonzales, on the other hand, is new to the Crystal Cathedral.  He’s no stranger to vocal performance or the Messiah, however. “I’ve been singing professionally for 8 years now, mostly opera,” said the first-year La Sierra University junior, who will be singing the opening tenor solos. This will be Gonzales’s 19th performance of Handel’s masterpiece.

The performance will be held in the Crystal Cathedral’s Arboretum on Sunday, December 19 at 6 pm. Admission is free. To contact the Crystal Cathedral, call (714) 971-4000.

Written by Larry Pena