• VocalEssence Chorus
• VocalEssence Ensemble Singers
• VocalEssence Singers Of This Age
• VocalEssence Vintage Voices
• Casey Rafn, piano
• Samuel Holmberg, organ
• Philip Brunelle, conductor
• G. Phillip Shoultz, III, conductor

Coming Soon

• Be prepared to sing along—and use your outdoor voice—Welcome Christmas is known for audience participation!
• Commissioning is at the heart of VocalEssence. Since our founding in 1969, VocalEssence has commissioned more than 370 new works.
• During our 2017-2018 season, composer Shruthi Rajasekar participated in VocalEssence ReMix, a program that offered one-on-one composer mentorships to emerging Minnesota composers as they each wrote choral works to be premiered by VocalEssence. Since then, Rajasekar’s music has been commissioned and performed by choirs across the United States and England.
• Philip Brunelle requested that Conrad Susa write a piece similar to Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, written for treble voices and harp, but with mixed voices (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and harp. Susa’s Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest was written in 1992 for mixed voices accompanied by harp, guitar, and marimba, and has been a favorite commission ever since.