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2020-2021 Season Announcement Coming Soon!
Artistic Director Philip Brunelle and a special guest update you about the progress of our 2020-2021 season announcement.
Where in the World are the Conductors – September 2020
Artistic Director Philip Brunelle and Associate Conductor G. Phillip Shoultz, III have been busy preparing for a safe and innovative 52nd season of VocalEssence. Online and physically distanced rehearsals have begun with VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers and will begin soon for our youth choir VocalEssence Singers Of This Age. Philip Brunelle has begun releasing… Read More →
Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle – August 10, 2020 – Episode 100
Today, we celebrate 100 Musical Moments. Philip and series producer Tim Brunelle talk about what they’ve each learned collaborating these past 20+ weeks, from the piano in Guild Hall of Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis.
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Where in the World are the Conductors – July 2020
By the end of July, Artistic Director and Founder Philip Brunelle will have recorded and presented 100 “Musical Moments” featuring 100 composers who have featured with VocalEssence over the past 51 years! Also, on July 18 Philip will be featured virtually in a program honoring him as Musician of the Year by the Society of American… Read More →
VOCALESSENCE ON INSTAGRAM ARCHIVE – JUNE 2020
Judith Weir | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Hall Johnson | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Gerald Near | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle William Grant Still | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Lili Boulanger | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Lennox Berkeley | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Healey Willan | Musical Moments with… Read More →
Weekend Best Bets: June 18-21
This weekend: Juneteenth celebrations, online Midsommar festival, Electric Fetus sale, Father’s Day Motor Show, and more By Tally Shaver | Minnesota Monthly Published: JUNE 17, 2020 https://www.minnesotamonthly.com/health-covid-19/culture-2/weekend-best-bets-june-18-21/ Melanie DeMore, a song leader for Sunday’s Father’s Day SingalongKYNDELL HARKNESS Minnesota Arboretum Hosts Weekly Storytime & Crafts What: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Storytime & Crafts at Home When: Every… Read More →
VOCALESSENCE ON INSTAGRAM ARCHIVE – MAY 2020
FAMILY: Voices Calling Concert Florence Price | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Hector Berlioz | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Nathaniel Dett | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Gerald Finzi | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Leonard Bernstein | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle https://www.vocalessence.org/gps-friends-episode-4-nirmala-shruthi-rajasekar/ Timothy Takach | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Antonio Vivaldi… Read More →
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VocalEssence On Instagram Archive – April 2020
Ian Kellam | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Olivier Messiaen | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle John Gardner | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle VocalEssence & Nation – “Hands” 4/27/2019 Gabriel Fauré | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Sydney Guillaume | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Daniel Kantor | Musical Moments with Philip… Read More →
VocalEssence On Instagram Archive – March 2020
Carol Barnett | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach) | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle VocalEssence was featured this morning on WCCO for our efforts in sharing hope through song. Stephon from VESOTA Shares Hope Ludwig van Beethoven | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle Introducing Take 5 With GPS Acacia from… Read More →
Memories from Conductors – April 2020
We asked Artistic Director Philip Brunelle what past concert brings him joy during this topsy turvy time and below is his response. “Obviously, out of hundreds of concerts it is difficult for me to select one concert—but I would choose the concert on March 9, 1974 when we performed the premiere of Dominick Argento’s’ cantata,… Read More →
Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle on WCCO-TV – March 25, 2020
Sponsor a Seat for just $25
Who is your inspiration? On February 24, 3,462 students from 34 schools will hear our radically diverse youth choir VocalEssence Singers Of This Age at the WITNESS Young People’s Concerts. But here is the catch… In order to make the concerts possible for all, we need to raise $25 per student. Sponsor a seat (or two)… Read More →