Mexican composers Julio Morales and Jean Angelus Pichardo arrive to the Twin Cities for their first residency with elementary, high school, and community choral singers, exploring Mexican cultural and choral music traditions. Click here for more information about ¡Cantaré!.
Mexican composers Novelli Jurado and Rodrigo Cadet arrive to Rochester, Minnesota for their first residency with elementary, high school, and community choral singers, exploring Mexican cultural and choral music traditions. Click here for more information about ¡Cantaré!.
Mexican composers Julio Morales and Jean Angelus Pichardo return to the Twin Cities for their second residency with elementary, high school, and community choral singers, exploring Mexican cultural and choral music traditions. Click here for more information about ¡Cantaré!.
Mexican composers Novelli Jurado and Rodrigo Cadet arrive to Rochester, Minnesota for their final residency with elementary, high school, and community choral singers, exploring Mexican cultural and choral music traditions. Click here for more information about ¡Cantaré!.
Experience the music of our southern neighbors at a multi-generational fiesta! Prominent Mexican composers work as composers-in-residence with school choirs, community choruses, and VocalEssence to bring the sounds of Mexico to Minnesota. Join us for a family-friendly, bilingual music celebration! Tickets for the ¡Cantaré! Community Concert are free and will be available in the spring… Read More →
Mexican composers Julio Morales and Jean Angelus Pichardo return to the Twin Cities for their last residency with elementary, high school, and community choral singers, exploring Mexican cultural and choral music traditions. Click here for more information about ¡Cantaré!.
Experience the music of our southern neighbors at a multi-generational fiesta! Prominent Mexican composers work as composers-in-residence with school choirs, community choruses, and VocalEssence to bring the sounds of Mexico to Minnesota. Join us for a family-friendly, bilingual music celebration! Tickets for the ¡Cantaré! Community Concert are free. VocalEssence ChorusAdams Spanish Immersion, St. Paul Blaine… Read More →
Enjoy an hour-long performance by a cappella Mexican vocal ensemble Voz en Punto at the Minnesota History Center, introduced by Head Consul Alberto Fierro from the Mexican Consulate in Saint Paul. Founded in 1990, Voz en Punto builds upon traditional Mexican folk songs to create thrillingly inventive vocal jazz arrangements. Its founder, director, and baritone,… Read More →
Join us after the Voz en Punto performance on Sunday, November 15, 2015 in the Marzitelli Foyer at The Ordway to sample the flavors of Mexico with drinks, mouth-watering appetizers, and a sing-along with Voz en Punto to support the VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! education program. You will also have a chance to win top-drawer raffle prizes that… Read More →
VocalEssence invites you to spring into song on May Day 2016 by attending Choralia—a singing celebration to benefit the VocalEssence Community Engagement Programs, which inspire people of all ages and cultures to explore their love of singing—together we sing! Spring Into Song Menu: Chef Dinesh Jayawardena of the FireLake Grill has put together a bouquet of delectable… Read More →
As part of Carnegie Hall's Lullaby Project, VocalEssence will host a listening and sharing session of six newly written lullabies, jointly composed by select students from Longfellow Alternative High School and VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! composer Francisco Zúñiga, and performed by an octet of VocalEssence Ensemble Singers directed by Associate Conductor G. Phillip Shoultz, III. Reception to follow.… Read More →
Experience the music of our southern neighbors at a multi-generational fiesta! Prominent Mexican composers work as composers-in-residence with school choirs, community choruses, and VocalEssence to bring the sounds of Mexico to Minnesota. Join us for a family-friendly, bilingual music celebration! Featuring: Longfellow Alternative High School (Carnegie Hall Lullaby Project Partner), Minneapolis Folwell School, Performing Arts Magnet,… Read More →
Experience the music of our southern neighbors at a multi-generational fiesta! Prominent Mexican composers work as composers-in-residence with school choirs, community choruses, and VocalEssence to bring the sounds of Mexico to Minnesota. Join us for a family-friendly, bilingual music celebration! Featuring: Champlin Park High School, Champlin Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Minneapolis Northport Elementary School,… Read More →
Hear our community come together as more than 500 students join VocalEssence to celebrate Mexico through song. The culmination of a year-long composer-in-residence program, these bilingual concerts include premieres and an audience sing-along that will leave you with a renewed hope that music can change the world. Adams Spanish Immersion School, Saint Paul Highland… Read More →
