Wheatland Chorale presents "Glad Tidings!" holiday concert Dec. 9, 10 and 11

Performances feature J.S. Bach's Magnificat, Christmas repertoire

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ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (11/29/2011)(readMedia)-- Wheatland Chorale, celebrating 25 years and a new artistic partnership with Elizabethtown College, performs a seasonal "Glad Tidings!" concert Dec. 9, 10 and 11, highlighting J.S. Bach's Christmas Eve Magnificat and an array of holiday offerings. An instrumental ensemble accompanies the Chorale during this holiday concert series.

Wheatland Chorale presents its first holiday concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, at Atonement Lutheran Church, 5 Wyomissing Blvd., Wyomissing, Pa. The following day, Dec. 10, the Chorale performs at 8 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 2215 Brandywine Lane, York, Pa. And rounding out the holiday concert series is a performance at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at First Presbyterian Church, 140 East Orange St., Lancaster, Pa.

Tickets -- $18 in advance, $20 at the door and $5 for students with ID -- are available online or at 1-800-838-3006.

Beginning in spring 2012, the Wheatland Chorale will perform concerts at Elizabethtown College's Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Concerts will take place several times throughout the academic year. Watch the Elizabethtown College events page for concert dates.

Elizabethtown College, in south-central Pennsylvania, is a private coed institution offering more than four dozen liberal arts, fine and performing arts, science and engineering, business, communications and education degrees. Through personal attention, creative inspiration and academic challenge, Elizabethtown College students are encouraged to expand their intellectual curiosity and are given the opportunity to become a bigger part of the world through experiential learning-research, internships and study abroad. Elizabethtown College's overall commitment to Educate for Service is fulfilled as students are taught intellectually, socially, aesthetically and ethically for lives of service and leadership.

Visit www.etown.edu for more information about Elizabethtown College.