FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MINNEAPOLIS—October 2013—The U.S. premiere of acclaimed English composer Jonathan Dove’s ‘There Was a Child’ opens the 2013-2014 VocalEssence season, on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 4 p.m. The one and only performance will be held at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, and will feature the 130-voice VocalEssence Chorus and 32-voice Ensemble Singers, as… Read More →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COCKTAILS & CABARET FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT ARTS EDUCATION Twin Cities choral group, VocalEssence, celebrates Nov. 18 at the Metropolitan MINNEAPOLIS—Philip Brunelle, artistic director and founder of celebrated Twin Cities choral ensemble VocalEssence, will put down his conductor’s baton and take his place at the piano for the non-profit’s annual Cocktails &… Read More →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COCKTAILS & CABARET FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT ARTS EDUCATION Twin Cities choral group, VocalEssence, celebrates Nov. 18 at the Metropolitan MINNEAPOLIS—Philip Brunelle, artistic director and founder of celebrated Twin Cities choral ensemble VocalEssence, will put down his conductor’s baton and take his place at the piano for the non-profit’s annual Cocktails &… Read More →
Welcome Christmas Carol Contest VocalEssence & American Composers Forum announce the 16th annual Welcome Christmas Carol Contest for for SATB chorus and piano POSTMARK DEADLINE: August 2, 2013 The custom of singing Christmas carols brings joy to the holiday season unlike any other tradition. And every December VocalEssence and the American Composers Forum celebrate this… Read More →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Download high resolution photo (RGB jpg) Learn to sing Tesfa’s name Hear Tesfa sing “Dreams” MINNEAPOLIS — June 17, 2013 —Minnesota-based choral organization VocalEssence announces today that it has hired its first assistant artistic director, Mr. Tesfa Wondemagegnehu (one-dim-AWG-knee-you), after a global search. Tesfa joins VocalEssence from Orlando, Fla., where he was… Read More →
by Marianne Combs June 17, 2013, 10:00 AM VocalEssence, the Minnesota choir led by Philip Brunelle, has hired its first assistant artistic director in its 44 year history, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu. Wondemagegnehu comes from Orlando, Florida where he served as director of choral activities at Freedom High School. He holds a degree in choral conducting and… Read More →
By Elyse Kaner on June 11, 2013 Published online in ABCNewspapers.com Blaine High School’s Concert Choir was briefly immersed in Mexican culture recently – both musically and beyond. The 82-member auditioned choir last month debuted in concert two world premiere songs sung in Spanish, celebrating the musical traditions of Mexico. The pieces were commissioned for… Read More →
¡Cantaré! une a compositores y estudiantes locales en un concierto de la comunidad y la educación PARA ENTREGA INMEDIATA CONTACTO: Jennifer Weisman, 612-716-0556 Jennifer@owl-marketing.com MINNEAPOLIS—30 de abril de 2013— La internacionalmente reconocida organización coral VocalEssence celebra la vibrante cultura y música de México con dos presentaciones especiales de ¡Cantaré! el 21 de mayo. Los conciertos… Read More →
¡Cantaré! pairs composers, local students for community concert and education FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Jennifer Weismann, 612-716-0556Jennifer@owl-marketing.com Download high resolution photographs for press use MINNEAPOLIS — April 29, 2013 — Internationally renowned choral organization VocalEssence celebrates the vibrant culture and music of Mexico with two special performances on May 21 — ¡Cantaré! (I Will Sing!). The… Read More →
Pop Wagner & Don Shelby appear on Kare-11 TV April 27, 2013 to promote the VocalEssence performances of “Paul Bunyan.”
By Pamela Espeland MinnPost.com, April 25, 2013 Since pushing back from the anchor’s desk at WCCO in 2010, Don Shelby has gone to college, built a house, grown his hair out, cut it off, written columns, studied playwriting, and launched a new career: actor. Wearing fishnets and heels, he was the narrator in “The Rocky Horror Show”… Read More →
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox have put a new twist on their status as legends – by becoming fashion trendsetters.Article by: Jeff Strickler, Star TribuneApril 20, 2013 Suddenly Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox are trendy. They have their own line of athletic shoes (eat your heart out, Michael Jordan) and were… Read More →
Posted by: Jon Bream Updated: April 14, 2013 – 4:47 PM A full house of 1,000 people went to see a solo Rufus Wainwright Saturday night at the Fitzgerald Theater and a VocalEssence concert broke out. A world premiere, no less. Unadvertised. Written by Wainwright. He explained that he’d composed “Bloom” as a five-movement piece… Read More →
CONTACT: Jennifer Weismann, 612-716-0556Jennifer@owl-marketing.com Minneapolis, MN (March 22, 2013) – VocalEssence and the American Composers Forum announce the selection of six emerging composers to participate in the 2013 Essentially Choral reading session. The winners were chosen from a field of 52 new works written by composers living in 19 states. The public is invited to… Read More →
Posted on March 9, 2013 by mnuet.com VocalEssence has planned a varied and challenging 45th season. “One would think it would be a challenge to keep things fresh after more than four decades — but we find the contrary to be true,” Philip Brunelle, founder of VocalEssence, said in a written statement. “The mission of… Read More →
