Jerry Blackstone, director of choirs at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, will lead the University Musical Society Choral Union and Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra presentation of Handel’s “Messiah” Dec. 6 and 7 at Hill Auditorium. The ensembles will feature soloists Mary Wilson, soprano; Claudia Huckle, mezzo-soprano; John Tessier, tenor; Joshua Hopkins, bass; and Edward Parmentier, harpsichord. For ticket information go to www.ums.org. (Photo by Peter Smith Photography)