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April 2015
COMMUNITY SING: Rochester ¡Cantaré! Composers
Join 2015 ¡Cantaré! Composers Rodrigo Cadet and Novelli Jurado in a bilingual community sing in Rochester, MN. Discover music from Mexico that will have you singing all of the way home. No experience necessary.
Find out more »November 2015
COMMUNITY SING: José Galván
Advance registration for this event is closed. We hope you will join us—you can still register at the door! Join Voz en Punto director and past VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! composer José Galván for a FREE fun-filled morning of singing, laughing and dancing Mexican-style! No experience necessary. As a thank you for participating, the first 100 registrants will receive a complimentary ticket to VocalEssence Presents: Voz en Punto, so join us! Event Sponsor This presentation is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring…
Find out more »February 2016
COMMUNITY SING: David Morrow
Advance registration for this event is now closed. However, there is still plenty of room at the church, so please come and join us! Sing Come We That Love the Lord (arr. Wendell Whalum), I’m Buildin’ Me a Home (arr. Uzee Brown), What Month Was Jesus Born In? (arr. David Morrow), and Three Congregational Folk Spirituals (arr. Wendell Whalum) with Morehouse College Glee Club conductor David Morrow. In addition, hear about the more than 100-year history of the Glee Club…
Find out more »July 2016
COMMUNITY EVENT: A Bridge of Song
Hosted by Classical Minnesota Public Radio, you are invited to a free concert Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis. Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, Classical MPR manager of choral initiatives, and our own G. Phillip Shoultz, III, associate conductor, will lead singers in a program featuring special guests Fred Steele, JD Steele and Dessa. The event will last approximately one hour and consist largely of music, interspersed with brief inspirational and meditative readings. Run concurrently with a community sing in…
Find out more »October 2016
COMMUNITY SING: Alice Parker & Ysaÿe Barnwell
Advance registration for this event is now closed. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the door. No one knows better the power of singing together than the queens of choral music, Alice Parker and Ysaÿe Barnwell. Join us at this immersive community sing to feed your soul and rediscover the power of your own voice. No experience necessary. Tickets are $25. Parking in the Peoples Bank ramp will be validated (the ramp is on the same block as…
Find out more »January 2017
COMMUNITY SING: Melanie DeMore
ADVANCE REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED. Space is still available, and you can register at the door beginning at 6:00 PM Stomp and sing with self-described “vocal activist” Melanie DeMore at a rousing community sing. Bring your outdoor voice and connect with your neighbors as Melanie inspires you to create sanctuary in your community and within yourself. No experience necessary. Tickets are FREE. For more information, call 612-547-1451. Thank you to our sponsors This activity is made possible…
Find out more »FESTIVAL: Together We Sing
Join us for Together We Sing, a free Saturday festival where we will explore songs of hope and unity from a wide array of cultural perspectives, engage in conversation, and fellowship over food. Special musical guests from the community will join us throughout the day to enrich our experience. Now, more than ever, we need to raise our voices together in song! Melanie DeMore, guest artist ComMUSICation G. Phillip Shoultz, III, conductor Festival Schedule 9 am-12 pm: Session #1 (rehearsal…
Find out more »August 2017
COMMUNITY SING: Bring the Sing on the Capitol Green
Attention, singers of all abilities! To help celebrate the grand opening of the new Minnesota State Capitol building, we’re teaming up with Classical Minnesota Public Radio for a very special Bring the Sing on the Capitol Green on Sunday, August 13th. Come join other choral enthusiasts as we sing favorites from the Great American Songbook, led by our own Associate Conductor, G. Phillip Shoultz, III. This really is an event for all: whether you’re a choir member, a professional vocalist,…
Find out more »November 2017
COMMUNITY SING: Bach’s Mighty Fortress
Advance registration for this event is now closed. Registration at the door will open at 9:15 AM on Saturday at Roseville Lutheran Church. A link to download or view the music can be found below. Sing the songs of a German master! Join us for a morning of fellowship and song performing Bach’s Cantata No. 80 – Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God) as well as other Bach chorales and choruses to celebrate 500…
Find out more »January 2018
FESTIVAL: Together We Sing
Advance registration is now closed. If you would like to attend this event, you can register on-site beginning at 9:00 AM for the All-Day and Festival Session #1 options, or beginning at 11:30 AM for Festival Session #2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azvv3NxnR00 Spend your MLK weekend connecting with your community and singing with your "whole self" at this day-long festival. Be inspired as you work with guest artists from a variety of disciplines including ComMUSICation, Therees Hibbard, Los Alegres Bailadores, One Voice Mixed Chorus, and the…
Find out more »April 2018
COMMUNITY SING: John Rutter
Registration for this event is now closed. Because of capacity limitations, no more registrations can be taken, and walk-in registration at the event will not be available. Britain’s John Rutter invites you to join him for an afternoon of “sweeter music” as he leads you through the following of his favorite choral works: “Amazing Grace”, “A Clare Benediction”, “A flower remembered”, “Choral Amen in F”, “For the beauty of the earth”, “God be in my head”, “Look at the world”,…
Find out more »June 2020
LIVESTREAM: Lifting Every Voice to Inspire Change
This Father's Day, gather your family and friends to sing for justice in a livestream with song leaders from coast to coast. Envisioned and created by VocalEssence Associate Conductor G. Phillip Shoultz, III, this event will be a joy-filled, family friendly celebration with songs that honor fathers and the father figures in all our lives and songs that demand our attention and call us into action. "As a Black musician in a classical music scene mostly occupied by White people,…
Find out more »May 2022
Community Sing with Stewart Copeland
Together we sing THE music of The Police Join legendary rock drummer Stewart Copeland along with VocalEssence conductors, Philip Brunelle and G. Phillip Shoultz, III, as they lead a sing along featuring music of The Police including the following favorites: Every Breath You Take, Don’t Stand So Close To Me, and Message in a Bottle. Copeland won’t be on the drum set this time, but he’ll help introduce us to some of your favorite hits from one of your favorite bands. Bring your…
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