Oboist to perform at UMC services

Oboist Nick Carozza will be featured in a Palm Sunday Passion Musical at the First United Methodist Church of Demopolis April 10.

The program begins at 11 a.m. in the sanctuary of the church, 200 E. Decatur St. Directed by Dr. Bonnie Rice, the event will feature sacred music spanning decades. Among the featured hymn-writers are American composers Phillip Bliss (1838-1876) and George Bennard (1873-1958).

Nick Carozza

Carozza, a versatile oboist, performs with the Huxford Symphony Orchestra, University of Alabama Opera Orchestra and the Huxford Woodwind Quintet. Raised in western Colorado, he is the former principal oboist of the Valley Symphony Orchestra in Montrose, Colo., and frequently played both the oboe and English horn with the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra.