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Mortals & Angels

It’s time for another mashup of Minnesota musical genres, as Minnesotan choral legends VocalEssence and bluegrass quintet Monroe Crossing team up for a new recording, Mortals & Angels: A Bluegrass Te Deum. Mortals & Angels: A Bluegrass Te Deum is an original work by Minnesota composer Carol Barnett and librettist Marisha Chamberlain, and is an…  Read More →

VocalEssence Launches Diverse Youth Choir

October 24, 2017

VocalEssence is expanding upon the work we have done for nearly three decades in providing Minneapolis and St. Paul students access to choral music. We are creating a  VocalEssence Youth Choir that revolutionizes our concept of choir and seeks to reflect the diversity of our community in its membership. Through this choir, we seek to…  Read More →

VocalEssence marks ‘Finnish miracle’ with choral music, folk fiddling

Review: VocalEssence and Osmo Vänskä on clarinet teamed up for a powerful concert. By Michael Anthony Special to the Star Tribune Posted 9/25/17 — 1:33 PM People speak of “the Finnish miracle,” referring to the surprising number of important musicians produced by the little country (population 5.5 million): conductors, singers, virtuoso instrumentalists. Celebrations of Finland’s centennial…  Read More →