Messiah score

Especially for new choir members - note that members are expected to have their own copy of Handel's Messiah since this work is performed every second year. Yes, 2011 is a Messiah performance year!

Here are some options for sourcing a copy:

Download free PDFs of the entire or parts of the Messiah score from: 

http://imslp.org/wiki/Messiah,_HWV_56_%28Handel,_George_Frideric%29

or

http://icking-music-archive.org/ByComposer/Handel.php

or this score, based on the Chrysander edition:

http://scores.ccarh.org/handel/messiah/

Copies of Messiah can be purchased online from: 

Sheetmusicplus
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/Messiah/907780

Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0853602115/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Amazon USA
http://www.amazon.com/Messiah-Watkins-Shaw/dp/0853602115/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311235329&sr=8-1

Book Depository (UK) with free delivery to NZ
http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Handels-Messiah-Choral-Edition-Watkins-Shaw/9780853602118

Purchase from Dunedin bookshops:

University Bookshop
Beggs Music Works

And remember this wonderful practice resource at Cyberbass:

http://www.cyberbass.com/Major_Works/Handel_GF/Handel_Messiah.htm