Flash forward five years and the Anna’s Bay Chorale has been transformed into a pool of 160 accomplished singers, ages 14-86, from all over Mason County, growing their choral skills under the tutelage of the talented tenor from Point Pleasant, N.J.
Blegen’s dreams of building community through music, and teaching children the joys of classical music, are coming true in ways he never imagined. A gigantic case in point: the Anna’s Bay Chorale has been invited to be the anchor choir to perform Handel’s Messiah in the Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Thanksgiving weekend in New York City.
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