Sunday, November 21st, 2010 — 3:00 PM
Queen of Peace Catholic Church — 6455 SW Highway 200

General admission tickets sold separately — see order form

The glory of glories, this familiar and beloved masterpiece for orchestra and choir comes to Ocala this Christmas season in its entire splendor – Matthew Wardell leading orchestra, full community choir and guest soloists in Frederick Handel’s best-known work culminating with the overpowering Hallelujah Chorus. Originally created in just a week, Messiah remains a timeless treasure to be enjoyed, embraced and never to be forgotten.

October 15th – 17th, 2010
4414 SW College Road Ste 500

To help support this extraordinary musical performance, the Barnes & Noble bookstore at Market Street at Heath Brook will donate a % of voucher sales of book, CD, DVD & coffee shop sales Friday, October 15th through Sunday, October 17th. Shop early for Christmas and present the voucher below to support this incredible event. Join the OSO Music Director and Conductor, Matthew Wardell at Barnes & Noble on Fri. from
5 - 8 PM, Sat. from 2 - 5 PM and Sun. from 4 - 7 PM for conversation and information about the Messiah performance.

Don’t forget your voucher! You must have it when you shop. Vouchers will not be passed out in the store. Can’t visit the bookfair at Barnes & Noble? Visit BN.COM/bookfairs to support us online from 10/15/10 to 10/17/10 by entering the Bookfair ID# 10263044 at checkout.

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Friday, December 10th, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Ocala’s Historic Downtown Square

This concert was established with the generous help of former Mayor Gerald Ergle
and the City of Ocala as a free community concert designed to help ring in
the Holiday Season and create a tradition in the heart of Downtown Ocala.

Featured as soloists with the OSO during the fourth concert “By Popular Demand” March 26th & 27th, 2011.

The Ocala Symphony Orchestra Youth Outreach Program provides performances and master classes that are designed to be engaging, exciting, and fun, with great music that is chosen for its appeal to young listeners. The intent of this program is to support and to enhance Marion County school district’s existing arts and music curriculums. During the presentations students are introduced to live classical music through a string quartet, consisting of two violins, one viola and one cello or woodwind ensemble consisting of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn. The string quartet is led by the Ocala Symphony Orchestra’s Concertmaster, Dr. Oleg Proskurnya who serves as narrator and guide through the 30 – 45 minute program. Students learn first hand about the basic elements of music as each musician discusses their instrument. A short piece of music is then played to demonstrate each of the topics discussed and students are encouraged to ask questions during the Q&A session at the end of the program. The school visits will occur on the Friday prior to each of our concert weekends and are coordinated by Youth Outreach Committee Chair and OSO Board Member Naseem Shah and Public School Volunteer Coordinator Suzanne McGuire. Since the program’s inception the musicians have volunteered at Madison Street Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts, Dr. N.H. Jones Elementary School, West Port High School, Sparr Elementary School and the Marion Juvenile Correctional Facility for Boys. Future visits include: Eighth Street Elementary, Reddick Collier Elementary and Hammet Bowen Elementary. The Board of Directors and staff of the Ocala Symphony sincerely thank the musicians for volunteering their time to prepare and present these wonderful performances and classes to our local school children and youth.