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October 2014
¡Cantaré! Composer Residency – Week One
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!.
Find out more »January 2015
Rochester ¡Cantaré! Composer Residency, Week One
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!.
Find out more »March 2015
¡Cantaré! Composer Residency, Weeks Two and Three
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!.
Find out more »April 2015
Rochester ¡Cantaré! Composer Residency, Weeks Two and Three
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!.
Find out more »FAMILY CONCERT: Rochester ¡Cantaré! Community Concert
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 of 2015. VocalEssence Chorus Franklin Elementary School Montessori at Franklin Riverside Central Elementary Century High School Concert Choir Mayo High School Concert Choir and Treble…
Find out more »May 2015
¡Cantaré! Composer Residency, Week Four
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!.
Find out more »FAMILY CONCERT: ¡Cantaré! Community Concert 2015
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 High School, BlaineMinnehaha Academy Lower School, Minneapolis Park High School, Cottage Grove Partnership Academy, Richfield Southwest High School, Minneapolis Youth Choir of Our Lady of…
Find out more »November 2015
Voz en Punto at the Minnesota History Center
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, José Galván, first forged a relationship here in Minnesota during his time as a composer-in-residence for ¡Cantaré!, a VocalEssence educational initiative that brings the talents…
Find out more »FUNDRAISER: Voz en Punto Fiesta
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 include tickets to the sold-out A Prairie Home Companion show featuring the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, and dinner for four at Surly Brewer’s Table. $30 of…
Find out more »May 2016
FUNDRAISER: VocalEssence Choralia 2016
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 items including a delicious chicken and mushroom wellington or a mouth-watering vegetarian cannoli. Uplifting and immersive entertainment: VocalEssence, a guest choir, and special guest Melanie…
Find out more »EDUCATION: VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! Listening and Sharing Session for Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Project
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. Because of the private nature of the material, this event is available by invitation only, and closed to the public.
Find out more »FAMILY CONCERT: VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! Community Concert 2016
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, Minneapolis Hiawatha Leadership Academies, Minneapolis Central High School, Saint Paul VocalEssence Ensemble Singers Season Sponsor Concert Sponsors Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable Foundation Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation…
Find out more »FAMILY CONCERT: VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! Community Concert 2016
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, Brooklyn Center VocalEssence Ensemble Singers Season Sponsor Concert Sponsors Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable Foundation Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation This activity is made possible by the voters…
Find out more »May 2017
FAMILY CONCERT: VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! Community Concert 2017, 7 PM
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 Park Senior High School, Saint Paul Irondale High School, New Brighton Meadow Lake Elementary School, New Hope Richard R. Green Central Park School, Minneapolis Washburn…
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