Coastal Branch Library Winter Community Programs: "The Story behind Handel's Messiah" - Maestro Dr. David Ott

Walton County Coastal Branch Library hosts Winter Community Programs Wednesdays from Jan 2nd through Feb 27th, 2019 at 10:00 am. Winter Community Programs are designed for our adult community and families having educational and entertaining value while learning about our community and neighbors. Free and open to the public. This outstanding community winter program is sponsored each year by Friends of the Coastal Branch Library.

Program brochures will be available at the Coastal library and the schedule will be posted on the Walton County Coastal Calendar website at www.youseemore.com/walton/coastal.

January 9:
"The Story behind Handel's Messiah" - Maestro Dr. David Ott
Dr. David Ott will present a live musical presentation, “The Story behind Handel’s Messiah”. Ott is an internationally recognized American composer and conductor of classical music whose impressive works have been performed and recorded by some of the most notable orchestras in the United States and Europe. Ranking at the top of post-World War II born American composers, Dr. Ott’s works are among the most frequently performed of any American of the era. He has been cited as “one of the greats of American symphony music composers of the last quarter of the twentieth century.” Once nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in music by renowned cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, he has composed a large portfolio of compositions in every genre of music from large-scale orchestra works to short overtures. His works have been performed by the National Symphony and by orchestras in over a dozen major American cities. Conductor David Ott | Panama City POPS Orchestra

For more information, please call Noah or Alisha at Coastal Library, 850-267-2809.

More at the Library...
Reading with a Ranger on the First Thursday of the month at 10am. This program takes place at the Walton County Coastal Branch Library (437 Greenway Trail). A fun story time for children to learn about nature with a Park Ranger. FREE and open to all SoWal kids! Thanks to Topsail Hill Preserve State Park Rangers!

South Walton Coastal Branch Library hosts year round events such as book sales, community programs and lectures, children's story time, chess, tai chi, meditation and other classes open to the community. Stop in to see works of a local artist on display each month. 

The library is located at 437 Greenway Trail off Hwy. 331 South.  Follow South Walton Coastal Branch Library on Facebook for updates and events.