Join us for a season of discovery, innovation, masterworks, collaboration, and community. 

Discovery
Baked into the DNA of VocalEssence is our focus on new music and new composers. This season will feature the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by composer Shruthi Rajasekar and the Midwest premiere of a VocalEssence co-commissioned song cycle based on the Seven Deadly Sins.

Innovation
VocalEssence believes in pushing the boundaries of choral performance. This season’s WITNESS concert will explore how social change moves through music and poetry, from West African tradition to contemporary voices.

Masterworks
This year, the season will open with a grand performance of epic proportions – expanding our singers to 200+ voices, with full symphony orchestra and 12 harps for a performance that is sure to captivate and enthrall.

Collaboration
Throughout the season, VocalEssence will celebrate our collaborative spirit, working with partners, guest artists, and ensembles outside the organization’s usual orbit.

Community
At VocalEssence, Together We Sing is more than just a tagline, it is an intention that resonates through our concert season. This season will bring together voices of all ages and backgrounds across our four performance ensembles and pull you, our audience, into the mix with our signature community sing-along moments.

TICKETS AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 8!

2026-2027 Season Concert Listing

Urban Youth Choir Festival
Monday, October 12, 2026

Lineage: French Choral Masterworks
Friday, October 30, 2026, 7:30 PM

VocalEssence Vintage Voices: Trillium Woods
Friday, November 6, 2026, 3 PM

VocalEssence Vintage Voices: Keystone
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 6 PM

VocalEssence Vintage Voices: Sabathani
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 6 PM

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
Friday, December 4, 2026, 7:30 PM
Saturday, December 5, 2026, 4 PM

Welcome Christmas
Friday, December 11, 2026, 7:30 PM
Saturday, December 12, 2026, 12-1 PM (Sensory and Kid Friendly)
Saturday, December 12, 2026, 3 PM

WITNESS: The Poet Sings
Sunday, February 28, 2027, 4 PM

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Friday, April 16, 2027, 7:30 PM

Temptation to Tranquility
Friday, May 14, 2027, 7:30 PM

THANK YOU TO OUR SEASON SPONSORS