By Rob Hubbard Special to the Pioneer Press Getting into the Christmas spirit was easy Saturday night. Outside the windows of the Colonial Church of Edina, big fluffy flakes wafted toward the ground, blanketing the spire of the very New England-esque structure and the rolling hills of the park across the street. And, inside the…  Read More →

From the Appleton (WI) Post-Cresent: …Thence to Minneapolis, where Philip Brunelle’s VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and Chorus recorded “Behold This Heavenly Light.”  Fully fourteen of the twenty tracks are world premiere recordings, making this a dream recording for a choral director in search of new things to sing.  But it is a listener’s dream as well,…  Read More →