Findlay, Ohio, Nov. 20, 2001 — The University of Findlay Concert-Chorale and the Findlay Area Community Chorus and Orchestra will perform “A Celebration of Saint Nicolas” Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. in Central Auditorium in Findlay.

Conducted by Micheal F. Anders, UF professor of music, the event will feature 120 voices and a 20-piece orchestra.

The performance will include two seasonal works in honor of Saint Nicholas. The first is Franz Joseph Haydn’s “Missa Sancti Niccolai” from 1772. This work will feature soprano Vivian Robles Dettbarn, UF instructor of music, and a double quartet of local soloists, including Kathy Newell and Jomay Bomber, soprano; Jamee Wetzel and Mary Bushong, alto; Dennis Anderson and Jeffrey Opperman, tenor; and Robert Schirmer and Thurlow Steffy, bass.

The second piece is Benjamin Britten’s English cantata “Saint Nicolas” from 1948, which features the legends of who St. Nicolas really was. It features tenor JR Fralick, associate professor of music at Baldwin-Wallace College, organist Eleanor McCoy and pianists Sharon Vass and Kelly Lewis.

Following the concert, a donation will be taken to aid the St. Nicolas Greek Orthodox Church building fund. This church once stood directly across the street from the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and was destroyed from the collapse of the adjacent buildings on Sept. 11.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 434-4531.