Download high res photo of composer John Rutter MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (September 8, 2009) –VocalEssence will Welcome Christmas this holiday season with the music of choral composer extraordinaire John Rutter—including the United States premiere of his newest work “Carol of the Magi.” Named “the best choral show of the season by the best choral group around”… Read More →
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (July 23, 2009) — VocalEssence, the Minneapolis-based non-profit choral ensemble, is very pleased to announce the election of three new members to its board of directors. They were elected at the quarterly board meeting on May 20, 2009 to serve three-year terms beginning in July. Susan Crockett, Ph.D. is Vice President and Senior… Read More →
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (July 7, 2009) – This October, Grammy Award-winning British conductor Simon Halsey leads a British Invasion — conducting the VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers in a program featuring beloved choral masterpieces and new influential works, all by British composers. The Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis will host the performance on Saturday, October… Read More →
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (June 24, 2009) – The VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers open the 2009-2010 season with Of Love & Angels featuring the Midwest premiere of Evensong: Of Love and Angels, written by Minnesota’s own Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento. The program also commemorates the 250th Anniversary of George Frideric Handel’s death with Zadok the… Read More →
Essentially Choral Reading Session (open to the public) Saturday, April 18, 10 am-1 pm Sateren Auditorium in the Music Hall at Augsburg College 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis No ticket is required for this free session. Paid parking ($5) will be available in Lot L. Please follow this link for a detailed map of the college—the… Read More →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 23, 2009 “The best choral group around: VocalEssence.” – MPLS.ST.PAUL Magazine VOCALESSENCE ANNOUNCES ITS 2009-2010 SEASON with Sweet Honey in the Rock James Sewell and members of the James Sewell Ballet Twenty marimbas from the Marimba 2010 Festival & Convention Two Stephen Paulus world premieres MINNEAPOLIS— Following a tremendously successful 40th… Read More →
Purchase "Eric Whitacre Extravaganza" Download Card For the first time in its 40-year history, VocalEssence is issuing a live concert recording only three days after the actual performance. The recording is available via digital download, rather than conventional CD format. "Eric Whitacre Extravaganza" was recorded live in concert at Orchestra Hall on Sunday, March 22,… Read More →
Eric Whitacre Extravaganza VocalEssence Chorus and Ensemble Singers The St. Olaf Choir Eric Whitacre High School Honor Choir Eric Whitacre, Anton Armstrong, & Philip Brunelle, conductors Sunday, March 22, 2009 (4 pm) Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN Tickets: $20-$40 (Service charges may apply. Student and partial view tickets are half price. Group discounts… Read More →
Purchase "Eric Whitacre Extravaganza" Download Card For the first time in its 40-year history, VocalEssence is issuing a live concert recording only three days after the actual performance. The recording is available via digital download, rather than conventional CD format. "Eric Whitacre Extravaganza" was recorded live in concert at Orchestra Hall on Sunday, March 22,… Read More →
WITNESS: Celebration of a Dream Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 4 pm Concert Conversation at 3 pm Ordway Center for the Performing Arts 345 Washington Street, St. Paul Tickets: $20, $30, $40 (Service charges may apply. Student and partial view tickets are half price. Group discounts are available.)To order: 651-224-4222, ww.vocalessence.org Download high res press… Read More →
Six of the most prestigious area choral ensembles join VocalEssence for world premiere MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (February 5, 2009) – VocalEssence concludes its 40th anniversary season with a massive choral collaboration entitled "Everybody Sing!" celebrating the incredible choral tradition in our community. For the first time, six of the most prestigious professional and community choirs in… Read More →
Birmingham Post Jan 20 2009 By Terry Grimley ON the second date of its English tour Minneapolis’s outstanding professional choir drew around 150 people to its wide-ranging programme of American choral music. But disappointing numbers could not detract from the enjoyment of those wise enough to select this extremely pleasant way of spending a… Read More →
Follow the tour online! Tour Blog Tour Photo Diary Tour Press Minnesota Pubic Radio Tour Blog In January 2009, the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and artistic director Philip Brunelle will tour England, giving six public concerts in Oxford, Birmingham, London, Cambridge and Ely. Heralded by the London Times as "a superb American choir…an engaging group, polished,… Read More →
By Alexandra Coghlan 4:19pm Wednesday 21st January 2009 Oxford Times Bringing choral music to Oxford is rather like crashing a convention of diabetics with a box of doughnuts – superfluous at best, outright dangerous at worst. Our city boasts more choirs per square metre than almost any other, and with choral alumni including the Tallis… Read More →
Contact: Jennifer Bauer 612-547-1459 jbauer@vocalessence.org VocalEssence presents third annual "Reatha Clark King Award" to Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan C. Page and Diane Sims Page MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (December 17, 2008) – The Reatha Clark King Award for Excellence and Youth Motivation through the Cultural Arts was developed by VocalEssence to celebrate and recognize those who… Read More →
