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. The Watkins Shaw edition is recommended.
Here are some options for sourcing a copy:
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
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/
And remember this wonderful practice resource at Cyberbass:
http://www.cyberbass.com/Major_Works/Handel_GF/Handel_Messiah.htm
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