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We Shall Not Be Moved

Watch our teaching artists sing the Freedom Song, “We Shall Not Be Moved”. This is one of four songs being sung at the Young People’s Concert on February 21, 2025.  Sing along with us! https://vimeo.com/1029665031?share=copy

VocalEssence Welcomes New Board Members

November 12, 2024

VocalEssence is thrilled to announce the addition of three new members to its Board of Directors. The VocalEssence Board of Directors serve as ambassadors for the organization in the larger community. They also guide VocalEssence in all major policy decisions while ensuring the financial stability of the 56-year-old nonprofit. “I’m delighted to welcome our new…

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Concert: Weather: Stand the Storm

May 24, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

In a collaboration between One Voice Mixed Chorus, Singing City, Elevate Vocal Arts, and VocalEssence Singers Of This Age, this program is is aimed at both acknowledging and commemorating the 5th anniversary of the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Expect an emotional and powerful call to ACTION, which we hope will inspire…

An image of singers, composed of diverse vocalists dressed in coordinated maroon and tan attire, performing under the direction of a conductor who stands at the front, guiding their performance. Musicians accompany the choir on instruments including a grand piano, guitar, and drums. Photo credit: Rhiannon Fiskradatz

Concert: Urban Choir Festival

Nov 22 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Join us for an evening of choral music. Urban Choir Festival participants and Prairie Fire Choir will perform A Vision Unfolding with music by Kyle Pederson and text by Shanelle Gabriel. The combined forces of See Change Treble Choir, Minnesota Valley Women’s Chorale, and Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus will perform EveryBODY, by Kyle Pederson,…

Immigrant Experiences

The 2024-2025 Season opened with The Concert Version of the Musical Kristina, which brings the listener on a journey of hope and heartbreak through the eyes of Swedish immigrants, Kristina Nilsson and her family, brought to life by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, the legendary songwriters of ABBA. Kristina’s experiences of love, loss, and hope resonate as…

VocalEssence to present concert version of the musical ‘Kristina’ at Bethel University

By Rob Hubbard Star Tribune | October 22, 2024 https://www.startribune.com/vocalessence-to-present-concert-version-of-the-musical-kristina-at-bethel-university/601166097 Created by ABBA pop group members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, the musical premiered in Sweden in 1995. Benny Andersson knows something about earworms. He created many during the 1970s and early ‘80s as half of the tandem that wrote the songs of Swedish pop…  Read More →

A postage stamp printed in red featuring an image of a woman and an apple tree with the words “Kristina from Duvemala” in Swedish and 15 cents with a black ink circle stamp that says, “TAYLORS FALLS MINN. JUN 25 1860.”

The Concert Version of the Musical Kristina

Based on Vilhelm Moberg’s “The Emigrant Novels” BENNY ANDERSSON  BJÖRN ULVAEUS  LARS RUDOLFSON English Lyrics by Björn Ulvaeus and Herbert Kretzmer Licensed by Charlotta Teaterproduktion KB Kathryn Rupp, Kristina Evan Tyler Wilson, Karl Oskar G. Phillip Shoultz, III, Robert Clara Osowski, Ulrika Robin Helgen, Fina Kajsa Ben Brunnette, Arvid (Farmhand at Nybacken) Andy McCullough, Danjel…