Welcome Christmas 2024

  • VocalEssence singers holding black folders and wearing black with colorful scarves perform at Northrop. Photo Credit: Anna Min

Two Performances

Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 4 PM
Northrop
84 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN

Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 4 PM
Northrop
84 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN

Forget the hustle and bustle—take time to experience the wonder and joy of the season as VocalEssence returns to the magnificent Northrop stage to welcome Christmas in song. Immerse yourself in new and familiar favorites featuring all four VocalEssence ensembles singing together. Mix in harp, brass, percussion, and Northrop’s spectacular Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, plus our special ingredient—your voice—with rousing sing-alongs, creating the perfect recipe that will leave you feeling festive and full of holiday spirit.

Arrive early and hear the sounds of the season. Organist Aaron David Miller will fill the hall with music 30 minutes prior to the concert start time and VocalEssence Singers Of This Age, our teenage singers, will carol in the lobby.

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING:

Visit the Northrop Directions and Parking page for infomation about getting to the concert. If you have any questions about tickets, please call the Northrop box office at 612-624-2345.

THINGS TO KNOW

• Arrive early—organist Aaron David Miller will fill the hall with music 30 minutes prior to the concert start time and VocalEssence Singers Of This Age, our teenage singers, will carol in the lobby.

• More than 200 singers will be performing on the Northrop stage to spread Christmas cheer.

• Expect to bring your outside voice—every Welcome Christmas concert includes an audience sing of familiar carols to join in the fun.

• Northrop’s fantastic Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ is one of the largest and last remaining concert-hall pipe organs in the United States. The organ has nearly 7,000 pipes with the largest measuring 32 feet tall and the smallest is the size of a pencil. To learn more about the organ, click the button below.

Northrop Pipe Organ

Image Gallery

  • Person in black tuxedo conducting.
    Philip Brunelle conducts at Northrop. Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
  • Person in black suit conducting.
    G. Phillip Shoultz, III conducts at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
  • Person in black tuxedo conducting singers wearing black clothes and multicolored scarves holding black folders perform on stage.
    Philip Brunelle conducts at Northrop. Photo Credit: Anna Min
  • Two people sitting at an organ with timpani and another person to the left.
    Northrop's Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ in action. Photo Credit: Anna Min
  • Singers wearing black clothes and multicolored scarves holding black folders perform.
    Members of the VocalEssence Chorus performing at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
  • Person in black tuxedo conducting singers wearing black clothes and multicolored scarves holding black folders perform on stage.
    Philip Brunelle conducts the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
  • People wearing red and white Santa hats holding black folders and singing.
    VocalEssence Singers Of This Age perform carols in Northrop Lobby. Photo Credit: Anna Min
  • Person in black suit playing piano with singers wearing black and multicolored scarves singing.
    G. Phillip Shoultz, III at the piano with VocalEssence Singers Of This Age performing at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
  • Musicians wearing black play brass instruments.
    Brass Players Perform, Photo Credit: Anna Min
  • Singers wearing black clothes and multicolored scarves holding black folders perform.
    VocalEssence Singers Of This Age performing at Northrop, Photo Credit: Tony Nelson Photography
  • Person in black conducting singers wearing black clothes and multicolored scarves holding black folders perform on stage decorated with poinsettias.
    G. Phillip Shoultz, III conducts VocalEssence singers. Photo Credit: Anna Min
  • Singers wearing black clothes and multicolored scarves holding black folders perform.
    Members of the VocalEssence Chorus and Ensemble Singers perform at Northrop. Photo Credit: Anna Min