The St. Maryโ€™s College of Marylandโ€™s Choir and Orchestra will perform G.F. Handelโ€™s โ€œMessiah,โ€ an oratorio, at 4 p.m. Sunday, December 5, 2010, at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Lexington Park.

The free annual holiday music tradition will be conducted by Larry Vote, the collegeโ€™s vice president of academic affairs and choir director. For more information, contact the music department at (240) 895-4498 or tmvaudin@smcm.edu.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland, designated the Maryland state honors college in 1992, is ranked one of the best public liberal arts schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. More than 2,000 students attend the college, nestled on the St. Mary’s River in Southern Maryland.

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