Name: Concert: Welcome Christmas 2024, Dec 7
Start: 2024-12-07T16:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-12-07T17:30:00-06:00
Location: Northrop, University of Minnesota

Forget the hustle and bustle—take time to experience the wonder and joy of the season as VocalEssence returns to the magnificent Northrop stage to welcome Christmas in song. Immerse yourself in new and familiar favorites featuring all four VocalEssence ensembles singing together. Mix in harp, brass, percussion, and Northrop’s spectacular Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, plus our special ingredient—your voice—with rousing sing-alongs, creating the perfect recipe that will leave you feeling festive and full of holiday spirit.

Arrive early and hear the sounds of the season. Organist Aaron David Miller will fill the hall with music 30 minutes prior to the concert start time and VocalEssence Singers Of This Age, our teenage singers, will carol in the lobby.

Additional performance:
Sunday, December 8, 2024, 4 PM

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING:

Visit the Northrop Directions and Parking page for infomation about getting to the concert. If you have any questions about tickets, please call the Northrop box office at 612-624-2345.

PERFORMERS

PROGRAM

Concert Program

THINGS TO KNOW

• Arrive early—organist Aaron David Miller will fill the hall with music 30 minutes prior to the concert start time and VocalEssence Singers Of This Age, our teenage singers, will carol in the lobby.

• More than 200 singers will be performing on the Northrop stage to spread Christmas cheer.

• Expect to bring your outside voice—every Welcome Christmas concert includes an audience sing of familiar carols to join in the fun.

• Northrop’s fantastic Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ is one of the largest and last remaining concert-hall pipe organs in the United States. The organ has nearly 7,000 pipes with the largest measuring 32 feet tall and the smallest is the size of a pencil. To learn more about the organ, click the button below.

Northrop Pipe Organ

LISTEN

Click on the buttons below to enjoy past performances of Welcome Christmas.

Welcome Christmas Highlights 2023

Welcome Christmas Highlights 2022

Welcome Christmas 2021

Image Gallery

Philip Brunelle conducts at Northrop. Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
G. Phillip Shoultz, III conducts at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
Philip Brunelle conducts at Northrop. Photo Credit: Anna Min
Northrop's Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ in action. Photo Credit: Anna Min

Members of the VocalEssence Chorus performing at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
Philip Brunelle conducts the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
VocalEssence Singers Of This Age perform carols in Northrop Lobby. Photo Credit: Anna Min
G. Phillip Shoultz, III at the piano with VocalEssence Singers Of This Age performing at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography

Brass Players Perform, Photo Credit: Anna Min
VocalEssence Singers Of This Age performing at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
G. Phillip Shoultz, III conducts VocalEssence singers. Photo Credit: Anna Min
Members of the VocalEssence Chorus and Ensemble Singers perform at Northrop. Photo Credit: Anna Min

Details

Date:: Dec 7, 2024
Time:: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Event Categories:: Concerts, Ticketed Event

Venue

: Northrop, University of Minnesota
: 84 Church St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455 United States + Google Map
Phone: 612-624-2345
: View Venue Website

VocalEssence

Concert: Welcome Christmas 2024, Dec 7

Dec 7, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING:

PERFORMERS

PROGRAM

THINGS TO KNOW

LISTEN

Image Gallery

Details

Venue

Concert Venue:

Northrop, U of M, Minneapolis

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING: