The 43rd annual Messiah Sing Along will be at 7:30 p.m Tuesday, Dec. 16 in the First  Presbyterian Church, corner of State and Constance. As it has for many years, this Santa Barbara holiday tradition will benefit Unity Shoppe.

Phillip McLendon will conduct this performance of Georg Frederick Handel’s choral masterpiece “Messiah.”

James Mooy has organized the orchestra, which includes members of the Santa Barbara City College Symphony. Erin Bonski-Evans is the organist, and four soloists will perform — all are volunteering their talents.

That covers everything and everybody except the chorus. That’s because the chorus is — the audience.

Tickets are $10, 100 percent of which goes to Unity Shoppe, the Santa Barbara nonprofit that helps some 18,000 of low-income adults, children, and the elderly annually.  

Tickets and music scores (bring your own) are available at Chaucer’s in Loreto Plaza and at the door. Tickets are also available at the Unity Gift Shoppe, 1209 State St.

For details, visit https://unityshoppe.org/ways-to-give/seasonal-campaigns/.