Dear Friends of the Flint Hills Messiah Chorus;
With your help, we could secure additional matching funds during the Wamego Match Day, hosted by the Wamego Community Foundation, from October 2 through 5, 2025. Wamego Match Day holds an incredible opportunity for the Flint Hills Messiah Chorus when the Wamego Community Foundation will provide a prorated match on gifts to our fund.
The Flint Hills Messiah Chorus seeks to provide an opportunity for people to come together to perform an annual concert of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah accompanied by a chamber orchestra during the Easter season in Wamego, KS. Your donation makes it possible for the chorus to be accompanied by a chamber orchestra. Our next concert will be on March 8, 2026 at the Wamego United Methodist Church.
Make a donation:
In Person:
Match Day Event
When: Thursday. October 2, 2025
Where: Iron Clad Coworking, 427 Lincoln
Time: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Happy Hour
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Online:
Online gifts can be made with a credit card between 12:00 am October 2 and 11:59 pm October 5 by visiting www.WamegoMatchDay.com.
Mail In/Drop Off:
Write only ONE check made payable to WCF for your entire gift. Complete the donation form to indicate the amounts you would like to give to participating organizations.
**The form can be downloaded from WamegoMatchDay.com.
Donations can be mailed to WCF, PO Box 248, Wamego KS 66547, postmarked by 10/5 and received by 10/8
Dropped off at the red mail slot at Iron Clad Coworking, 427 Lincoln Ave.
Gifts up to a maximum of $5,000 in matching funds per donor, per organization will be matched on a prorated basis. Donations are eligible for a prorated match based on the total amount raised and the available matching pool. For example, if an organization raises 7.5% of the total donations, they will receive 7.5% of the matching funds.
With your help, we could secure additional matching funds during the Wamego Match Day, hosted by the Wamego Community Foundation, from October 2 through 5, 2025. Wamego Match Day holds an incredible opportunity for the Flint Hills Messiah Chorus when the Wamego Community Foundation will provide a prorated match on gifts to our fund.
The Flint Hills Messiah Chorus seeks to provide an opportunity for people to come together to perform an annual concert of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah accompanied by a chamber orchestra during the Easter season in Wamego, KS. Your donation makes it possible for the chorus to be accompanied by a chamber orchestra. Our next concert will be on March 8, 2026 at the Wamego United Methodist Church.
Make a donation:
In Person:
Match Day Event
When: Thursday. October 2, 2025
Where: Iron Clad Coworking, 427 Lincoln
Time: 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Happy Hour
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Online:
Online gifts can be made with a credit card between 12:00 am October 2 and 11:59 pm October 5 by visiting www.WamegoMatchDay.com.
Mail In/Drop Off:
Write only ONE check made payable to WCF for your entire gift. Complete the donation form to indicate the amounts you would like to give to participating organizations.
**The form can be downloaded from WamegoMatchDay.com.
Donations can be mailed to WCF, PO Box 248, Wamego KS 66547, postmarked by 10/5 and received by 10/8
Dropped off at the red mail slot at Iron Clad Coworking, 427 Lincoln Ave.
Gifts up to a maximum of $5,000 in matching funds per donor, per organization will be matched on a prorated basis. Donations are eligible for a prorated match based on the total amount raised and the available matching pool. For example, if an organization raises 7.5% of the total donations, they will receive 7.5% of the matching funds.
Performance
Sunday, March 8, 2026
2:00 pm
First United Methodist Church
600 Lincoln Avenue
Wamego, KS
Sunday, March 8, 2026
2:00 pm
First United Methodist Church
600 Lincoln Avenue
Wamego, KS
In 2026, Palm Sunday is March 29. The Manhattan Symphony Orchestra has a concert scheduled that day and most of the Messiah Orchestra members play in the Manhattan Symphony. Spring break for K-State is the two weekends before Palm Sunday.
Due to both of those conflicts, the Messiah Steering Committee has voted to change the Messiah concert date to Sunday, March 8, 2026, at 2:00 PM in the Wamego First United Methodist Church sanctuary.
The following are rehearsal dates starting in January, 2026.
January 4, 11, 18, 25
February 1, 8, 15
February 22 (With orchestra) 2:00-5:00
March 1 (With orchestra) 2:00-5:00
March 8 concert at 2:00
On February 22 and March 1, the chorus is asked to report at 1:30 to warm up before we rehearse with the orchestra. The combined chorus and orchestra rehearsals can last until 5:00 pm.
Chorus History
The Flint Hills Messiah Chorus and Chamber Orchestra traces its roots to the late 1980's when the KANZA conference of the United Methodist Church organized an ecumenical performance of "Messiah" three times. In 1991, the Wamego Council of Churches and a steering committee of volunteers from the area took the reins of the organization and named it "The Flint Hills Messiah Chorus."
The all volunteer chorus has gathered each year since, except 2000, 2020, 2021, and 2022 to perform portions of "Messiah" during the Easter season.
An organist and pianist accompanied the chorus in the early years. In 1998, the chamber orchestra was added to the performance. The instruments include violin, viola, cello, flute, trombone, bassoon, French horn, piccolo trumpet, trumpet, keyboard, timpani, oboe and clarinet. In order to have an orchestra, the choir members seek to raise funds each year to pay the musicians of this 21-piece chamber orchestra. The Flint Hills Messiah Chorus is a 501 (c) 3 organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Our mailing address is 2202 Grandview Drive, Wamego, KS, 66547.
Over the years, talented people have given countless hours in practicing and organizing this performance. It is truly a labor of love. We hope that you can hear it in our voices and our instruments as we perform this timeless work for you.
We have started a tradition in Northeast Kansas that we hope to continue for years to come.
The all volunteer chorus has gathered each year since, except 2000, 2020, 2021, and 2022 to perform portions of "Messiah" during the Easter season.
An organist and pianist accompanied the chorus in the early years. In 1998, the chamber orchestra was added to the performance. The instruments include violin, viola, cello, flute, trombone, bassoon, French horn, piccolo trumpet, trumpet, keyboard, timpani, oboe and clarinet. In order to have an orchestra, the choir members seek to raise funds each year to pay the musicians of this 21-piece chamber orchestra. The Flint Hills Messiah Chorus is a 501 (c) 3 organization. All donations are tax-deductible. Our mailing address is 2202 Grandview Drive, Wamego, KS, 66547.
Over the years, talented people have given countless hours in practicing and organizing this performance. It is truly a labor of love. We hope that you can hear it in our voices and our instruments as we perform this timeless work for you.
We have started a tradition in Northeast Kansas that we hope to continue for years to come.
