Ensemble Singers perform on "A Prairie Home Companion" with Garrison Keillor

Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 5 pm (CST)

Don't miss the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers performing on the nationally broadcast radio show "A Prairie Home Companion" with Garrison Keillor.

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VocalEssence has appeared many times with Garrison over the years and some of their colloborations are featured on these 2-CD sets:

Hymn to Potatoes (and other choral masterworks)

Who knew a choir could be this funny? Garrison Keillor, Philip Brunelle and the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers dish up a generous helping of Potatoes a la Schubert, run away to Europe to indulge their “Shenandoah” habit, and enlighten us on the T.U.L.I.P. doctrine. This two-CD set of the best choral skits and bits from 10 years on A Prairie Home Companion includes the often-requested “Julia” (John Lennon) and a rare choral interpretation of “Karma Chamelon” (Boy George). With Charles Kemper and Richard Dworsky at the piano, The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band and guest appearances by Tom Keith and Tim Russell.

Hymn to Potatoes 
Julia 
Bohemian Rhapsody

Over the River & Through the Woods 

On November 23, 2004, the Hopeful Gospel Quartet — Garrison Keillor, Mollie O’Brien and Robin & Linda Williams — traded musical moments with the VocalEssence Chorus and Ensemble Singers in a concert at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis. The evening seamlessly blended American folk traditions with choral masterpieces old and new, from “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” to “Now Thank We All Our God.” Garrison Keillor shared his Thanksgiving memories in a hilarious yet poignant monologue.