MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (September 12, 2011) — The 2011-2012
VocalEssence concert season debuts with The
Gift of Fire, presenting two new pieces, William Bolcom’s Prometheus and Michael Daugherty’s Mount Rushmore on Sunday, October 9,
2011 (4 pm) at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. A tremendous massed choir, including
the voices of the VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers, Magnum Chorum,
The Singers and the St. Olaf College Manitou Singers, will perform on this
concert along with the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.