Dale Morehouse, associate professor of voice and opera at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, will sing the role of Elijah in the upcoming Winfield oratorio.

Rehearsals for “Elijah” continue to be held every Sunday, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. The rehearsals will be held each Sunday in February and on the first Sunday in March leading up to the concert Sunday, March 8, at 3 p.m. The two-hour concert will be held in the Winfield High School Auxiliary Gymnasium and will feature soloists, orchestra, and a 200-voice chorus.  David Gardner, assistant professor of music at Southwestern College, will serve as choirmaster for the rehearsals, and conducting the oratorio will be Daniel Stevens, assistant professor of strings music.

Morehouse has sung 80 leading baritone roles in opera, operetta, and musical theatre; performed recitals, concerts, and oratorios with orchestras, choruses, and ballet companies; and directed over 50 stage productions and 35 different scenes programs for theaters, universities, and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe.

“I have worked with Dale in two professional productions with Wichita Grand Opera and am extremely pleased that he will be performing with us,” Gardner says.  “He is not only a very fine musician, but an excellent communicator and a wonderful person to work with.”

This presentation of the “Elijah” oratorio is to commemorate the 25th year since the oratorio was taken to Israel in 1984 and performed three times in the Holy Land.

For more information about the Elijah, call John Paulin at (620) 229-7909 or e-mail him at john.paulin@sckans.edu.