Originally scheduled for May 2020, but canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both organizations will open their respective seasons with this concert. Drawing on their ability to present master choral works for chamber orchestra and chorus, the two groups will perform under the direction of both Gregory Ristow, Associate Professor of Conducting and Director of Vocal Ensembles at Oberlin College & Conservatory, and Daniel Meyer, Artistic Director of BlueWater Chamber Orchestra. This concert will feature Ludwig van Beethoven’s Mass in C Major, Op. 86 and American composer Gwyneth Walker’s emotionally intense The Golden Harp, featuring Ideastream Public Media’s John Mills as narrator.

Free-will donations accepted. A pre-concert talk will be presented by Charles Edward McGuire, PhD, from Oberlin College & Conservatory, 30 minutes before the performance. This concert is sponsored in part by Ohio Arts Council and the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.