Orchestra of the Bronx to Present Händel’s ‘Messiah’
By Francisco SalazarThe Orchestra of the Bronx is set to present Handel’s “Messiah.”
The performance will be held on Dec. 3, 2025, at the Lovinger Theater at Lehman College and will be free for all.
Michael Spierman will lead the orchestra and will include 20-plus guest speakers, reading brief passages from the oratorio created by Händel and premiered in Dublin in 1742.
The speakers all have a connection to The Bronx and include judges, college and university presidents, government officials, an honor student, doctors, a hip-hop artist, a server in a local restaurant, a member of the State Assembly, and more.
Here is the list of speakers:
Vincent Amendola, Faculty Emeritus, Academy of Mount Saint Ursula
Valerie Capers, Educator and Jazz Artist
Laurie Cumbo, Commissioner, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Daisy Cocco de Filippis, President, Hostos Community College, CUNY
Hon. Jeffrey Dinowitz, Member, NY State Assembly
Vanessa I. Gibson, President, Borough of The Bronx
Ilyssa Gillman, Education Director, Amalgamated Park Reservoir Co-Op
Eugene Oliver, member Bronx Rotary Club
Larry D. Johnson, Jr., President, Bronx Community College, CUNY
Michael Max Knobbe, Executive Director, BronxNet Community Television Stations
Jesus Lopez-Jensen, Executive Director, The Bronx Council on the Arts
Benjamin Mitchell, Manager, NYC Housing Authority
Henry Ovalles, Interim Director, Lehman Stages, Lehman College, CUNY
Ariana Prela, Honors Student
Alan Price, Bronx Science graduate, currently Director, JFK Library and Museum, Boston
Jason Regalado, Bronx Hip-Hop Artist
Maurice Richard, Server, Black Whale Restaurant, City Island
Hon. Jose M. Serrano, Member, NY State Senate
Diane Strom, Dept. of Pediatrics, BronxCare Health Systems
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