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VocalEssence Holiday Programming 2022
VocalEssence has several opportunities to listen and watch over the holidays. Here are the ways you can enjoy VocalEssence programming: VocalEssence On Demand Enjoy inspiration on your schedule! This digital content is available whenever and wherever! Enjoy 2022-2023 Season digital releases-including highlights from Welcome Christmas 2022 at Northrop, the 2021-2022 Digital Season, single releases, and…
Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise)
Have Ye Not Known & Ye Shall Have a Song
Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
Aaron Jay Kernis | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle
In this Musical Moment, VocalEssence artistic director and founder Philip Brunelle shares insider information and beautiful music by the composer Aaron Jay Kernis. Aaron Jay Kernis b. 1960 Pulitzer Prize and Grammy-Award-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis is among the most esteemed musical figures of his generation. He began his musical studies on the violin; at… Read More →
James Woodman | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle
In this Musical Moment, VocalEssence artistic director and founder Philip Brunelle shares insider information and beautiful music by the composer James Woodman. James Woodman b. 1957 James Woodman was born in Portland, Maine, and educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Princeton University, and the New England Conservatory. He was appointed the first composer-in-residence at the Cathedral… Read More →
Harold Friedell | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle
In this Musical Moment, VocalEssence artistic director and founder Philip Brunelle shares insider information and beautiful music by the composer Harold Friedell. Harold Friedell 1905-1958 Harold Friedell was an American organist, educator, and composer of a large number of choral anthems and solo organ pieces. Born in Jamaica, New York he became the organist of… Read More →
Thank you for joining us! Share your voice!
Thank you for joining us at Bach’s Christmas Oratorio on Friday, December 3rd! Would you take a few minutes to give us some feedback? VocalEssence staff extensively study the responses in order to make the next VocalEssence concert even better. To take our survey, click the button below. Take Survey
Leland Sateren | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle
In this Musical Moment, VocalEssence artistic director and founder Philip Brunelle shares insider information and beautiful music by the composer Leland Sateren. Leland Sateren 1913-2007 Leland Sateren was a renowned Minnesotan composer and conductor who served as chairman of the Augsburg College Department of Music from 1950 to 1973 and as director of the Augsburg… Read More →
Sir Arnold Bax | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle
In this Musical Moment, VocalEssence artistic director and founder Philip Brunelle shares insider information and beautiful music by the composer Sir Arnold Bax. Sir Arnold Bax 1883-1953 Sir Arnold Bax was a British composer whose choral works exemplify the neo-romantic music popular between World War I and II. Born in London to a prosperous family,… Read More →
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle
In this Musical Moment, VocalEssence artistic director and founder Philip Brunelle shares insider information and beautiful music by the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840-1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a luminary Russian composer whose output made him the most well-known Russian composer of all time. He manifested a clear interest in music… Read More →
Gwyneth Walker | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle
In this Musical Moment, VocalEssence artistic director and founder Philip Brunelle shares insider information and beautiful music by the composer Gwyneth Walker. Gwyneth Walker b. 1947 Widely performed throughout the country, the music of American composer Gwyneth Walker is beloved by performers and audiences alike for its energy, beauty, reverence, drama, and humor. She holds… Read More →
Philip Brunelle Honored to Ring Minnesota Liberty Bell
In 1950 the Department of the Treasury gifted each of the 50 states their own Liberty Bell—full sized replicas of the bell in Philadelphia. Each bell, created by the Christoph Paccard Bell Foundry in France, weighs approximately 2,080 pounds. The Minnesota Liberty Bell is rung on four occasions throughout the year and Philip Brunelle was given… Read More →
Minnesota choirs await return of live performances
by: Bill Ward YourClassical | May 6, 2021 https://www.yourclassical.org/story/2021/05/06/minnesota-choirs Minnesota choirs await return of live performances The Minnesota Chorale rehearses.Courtesy of the artist With the COVID-19 pandemic abating, vocal ensembles in “the Land of 10,000 Choirs” have come a long way. They still, alas, have a long way to go. Few vocations and avocations face… Read More →