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March 2019
FAMILY SERIES: Tales & Tunes, 9:30 AM
Tickets are off sale online, but walk up sales will be available on Saturday, March 30 starting at 9 am. Members of the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and Singers Of This Age Nancy Carlson, author Let’s create together! In this musical story time, your little ones can roll up their sleeves and make a craft, sing along to nursery rhymes with our singers, and hear acclaimed local author Nancy Carlson read some of her most-loved books. Listen to brand new songs…
Find out more »FAMILY SERIES: Tales & Tunes, 11:30 AM
Tickets are off sale online, but walk up sales will be available on Saturday, March 30 starting at 11 am. Members of the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and Singers Of This Age Nancy Carlson, author Let’s create together! In this musical story time, your little ones can roll up their sleeves and make a craft, sing along to nursery rhymes with our singers, and hear acclaimed local author Nancy Carlson read some of her most-loved books. Listen to brand new songs…
Find out more »April 2019
MPR: 50th Anniversary Concert Broadcast
As part of Classical Minnesota Public Radio’s “Voices of Spring” celebration, they will encore their November broadcast of the two-hour special of the VocalEssence 50th Anniversary Concert. Tune in to your Classical Minnesota Public Radio Station on Tuesday, April 23 at 7 PM CST. Live Stream Click here to go to the Live Stream of the concert. Find your station Click here to find your Classical Minnesota Public Radio station.
Find out more »CONCERT: The Times They Are A-Changin’
VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers Ashley DuBose, guest appearance Jeremy Messersmith, guest appearance Nation, guest appearance Bob Dylan’s timeless music has been covered by everyone from Jimi Hendrix to the Kronos Quartet. As the finale to our 50th season, it’s time to add our name to the list. Join us as we reimagine Dylan in the Midwest premiere of The Times They Are A-Changin’: The Words and Music of Bob Dylan, commissioned in honor of his 2016 Nobel Prize in…
Find out more »May 2019
EVENT: Soul Sing at Icehouse
Advance ticket sales are closed. $15 Standing room tickets will be available for purchase at the door beginning at 5PM. VocalEssence is partnering with The Avant Garde to bring out the soul in all of us. Led by VocalEssence Teaching Artist Niles (Chadwick Phillips), The Avant Garde specializes in fusing multiple forms of art into one event (music concerts, visual art showings, dance performances, poetic readings, theater, and more). This event will feature performances by hip-hop artist Niles, jazz performer…
Find out more »FAMILY SERIES: VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! Community Concert 2019
VocalEssence Singers Of This Age Field Community School, Minneapolis Harding High School, St. Paul Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School, New Hope Hear our community come together as hundreds of students join VocalEssence to celebrate Mexico in song at the VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! Community Concert. The culmination of a year-long composer-in-residence program, this bilingual concert includes premieres and an audience sing-along that will leave you with a renewed hope that music can change the world. Learn more about the VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! Program by…
Find out more »EVENT: Tienda at TPT
This unique performance at TPT Studio A in Lowertown, St. Paul will feature a partially staged opera by Schubert Club Composer-in-Residence Reinaldo Moya with words by Caitlin Vincent. Among the singers and instrumentalists featured in this chamber opera is mezzo soprano Clara Osowski and members of the VocalEssence Singers Of This Age. The opera tells the story of Luis Garzón, a Mexican musician who immigrated to Minneapolis in 1886 and opened a small Mexican grocery store, or tienda, in St.…
Find out more »EVENT: Tienda at Neighborhood House
This unique performance will feature a partially staged opera by Schubert Club Composer-in-Residence Reinaldo Moya with words by Caitlin Vincent. Among the singers and instrumentalists featured in this chamber opera is mezzo soprano Clara Osowski and members of the VocalEssence Singers Of This Age. The opera tells the story of Luis Garzón, a Mexican musician who immigrated to Minneapolis in 1886 and opened a small Mexican grocery store, or tienda, in St. Paul in the 1920s. While Luis had married…
Find out more »September 2019
Minnesota State Fair Performances
The members of the VocalEssence Singers Of This Age will be performing on the International Bazaar Stage at the Minnesota State Fair on September 1 and 2, 2019. Come and join us for music on a stick! See their full schedule below. More information can be found at: https://www.mnstatefair.org/schedule/vocalessence-youth-choir/ Sunday, September 1, 2019: 10:45 AM, 12 PM, and 1:15 PM Monday, September 2, 2019: 10:45 AM, 12 PM, and 1:15 PM
Find out more »VocalEssence Ensemble Singers Mexico Tour Homecoming Concert
The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers under the direction of Philip Brunelle will present a Homecoming Concert featuring music from their Mexico tour. The concert is free of charge, but a free-will offering will be taken at the event. VocalEssence and Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church (SOLLC) both value experiences that bring people together. “Together We Sing” is the guiding motto for VocalEssence and this event celebrates both organizations’ shared commitment to cultivating positive connections that strengthen cross-cultural relationships. SOLLC puts…
Find out more »FAMILY: Tales & Tunes 2019, 9:30 AM
Advance ticket sales are now closed. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the door beginning at 8:45 AM. Let’s create together! In this musical story time your little ones can roll up their sleeves and make a craft, sing along to nursery rhymes with VocalEssence singers, and hear acclaimed authors, David LaRochelle and Mike Wohnoutka read some of their most-loved books. Listen to brand new songs written by teen moms through our Lullaby Project and create a song with us…
Find out more »October 2019
OLLI CLASS: Divine Light
VocalEssence is beginning its 51st season! There is an amazing amount of unique choral music to be explored - this session with Philip Brunelle will include music of Jake Runestad (with the composer present), as well as music from Denmark, Indonesia, France, Hungary and Ireland. Divine Light Performances Sunday, October 13, 2019 from 4-5:30 PM Sunday, October 13, 2019 from 7-8:30 PM In order to sign up for this session, you must be a member of the Osher Lifelong…
Find out more »CONCERT: Divine Light, 4 PM
Advance ticket sales are now closed. A limited number of tickets are still available and can be purchased at the door beginning at 2:30PM. More tickets are available for the 7PM performance. Soak in the intimate beauty of the human voice in this unique chamber performance exploring the relationship between the human and the divine. Joining the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers on this journey will be Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Associate Concertmaster Ruggero Allifranchini. Skillfully selected for the space, the wide-ranging…
Find out more »CONCERT: Divine Light, 7 PM
Advance ticket sales are now closed. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the door beginning at 5:30 PM. Soak in the intimate beauty of the human voice in this unique chamber performance exploring the relationship between the human and the divine. Joining the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers on this journey will be Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Associate Concertmaster Ruggero Allifranchini. Skillfully selected for the space, the wide-ranging blend of music from all over the world includes György Ligeti’s…
Find out more »November 2019
VINTAGE VOICES: Parkshore Senior Living Vintage Voices Concert
Come and experience the sounds of the Park Singers Vintage Voices in an exciting program featuring selections of folk songs, spirituals, doo wop, Broadway hits, and more! Free and open to the public. Parkshore Senior Living is a partner of the VocalEssence Vintage Voices program, an exciting choral program that integrates the arts into the everyday lives of older adults by fostering the creation of choirs in residential assisted living communities and senior centers. Click here for more information. VocalEssence Chorus and Ensemble Singers…
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