Handel's Messiah at Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church

Every holiday season, more than 700 audience members gather for one of Long Beach’s most cherished holiday traditions: Handel’s Messiah. This concert, which is the only professional production of Messiah in the city, is Camerata’s most anticipated concert of the year and will celebrate its 18th consecutive year of performance this December alongside the Tesserae Baroque ensemble and four professional soloists. Camerata’s performance of Handel’s Messiah will take place on Tuesday, December 22, 2026 at Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church in Long Beach.

Founded in 1966, the Long Beach Camerata Singers is a choral and music education nonprofit that believes music is a force for peace, and seeks to enrich and transform the lives of performers and local community through excellence in program, innovative programming and arts education.

In performance, Camerata Singers presents two ensembles: the large pro-core 80-voice chorus and the Catalyst Chamber Ensemble, a 14-voice all professional a Capella group. LBCS also currently presents two education programs: the award-winning Camerata Children's Music Academy, which provides foundational vocal music instruction for children ages 3 to 5 through the YMCA and Long Beach City College Child Development Programs; and Peace4Youth, a social justice–oriented music curriculum presented in Long Beach Unified School District middle and high schools.

This season, Camerata celebrates six-decades of continuous operation and their shared 10-year anniversary with Grammy-Award winning conductor and Artistic Director, James K. Bass.