Dear friends of the Binghamton Downtown Singers,
As we continue to prepare for our 2025 performance of Handel’s Messiah, I want to share some thoughts to encourage you to get your tickets early. Whether you have attended every year or are joining us for the first time, we hope you’ll find something new and exciting to enjoy with this year's concert. We were blessed this year to have over a dozen new singers join us, and we are also welcoming some new soloists to our Messiah family. Most exciting for us is our new home at United Presbyterian Church, which has been so welcoming during our transition. I take joy in knowing that the Binghamton Downtown Singers are once again in downtown Binghamton. 
I have been fortunate this fall to have been able to attend multiple different concerts by local groups, and I was thinking recently about how fortunate we are in this area to have so many opportunities for the arts. There truly is something for everyone, no matter what style you prefer. The arts bring people together in ways that other platforms cannot. The way an audience holds its breath during a moment of tension, or a choir breathes together before a powerful line of music. The way you get goosebumps from a particularly moving section or from everyone standing to join in during the Hallelujah. Music unites us in moments of both joy and sorrow and it affects everyone, child to adult. As a teacher, I am blessed to see young musicians just starting their journeys and experiencing this feeling of unity for the first time. It is evidenced in little things, like witnessing a former student recording a performance so he could listen to it again. Or having a child realize that they recognize a piece of classical music. 
Your ongoing support of the arts in the community is what makes all of this possible. With so much going on in the area and during this time of year, we look forward to your presence on December 20th. We appreciate our audience, friends, advertisers and grant sponsors for keeping the arts thriving in Binghamton! 
Julie Drozdowski, President, Binghamton Downtown Singers

Table of Contents

1. 2025 Messiah Performance - Sat, Dec 20 2025, 7:00pm
2. Concert Dedication
3. Downtown Singers Announce a New Home
4. Meet Our Soloists
5. Spring Concert Announcement: The Soul’s Voyage
6. Let’s Talk About Parking