PRE-CONCERT CONVERSATION: John Birge and Peter Schickele
Before the P.D.Q. Bach & Peter Schickele Birthday Bash performance, participate in a conversation with Classical Minnesota Public Radio Host John Birge and composer Peter Schickele at 7 pm.
Before the P.D.Q. Bach & Peter Schickele Birthday Bash performance, participate in a conversation with Classical Minnesota Public Radio Host John Birge and composer Peter Schickele at 7 pm.
This performance is sold out. If you would like to buy tickets to the open dress rehearsal, click here. It’s been 50 years since Professor Peter Schickele released P.D.Q. Bach on an unsuspecting musical public. And it’s been 80 years since the professor’s mother released him on a society ill-prepared for such singular genius. And… Read More →
Mexican composers Novelli Jurado and Rodrigo Cadet arrive to Rochester, Minnesota for their final residency with elementary, high school, and community choral singers, exploring Mexican cultural and choral music traditions. Click here for more information about ¡Cantaré!.
Join 2015 ¡Cantaré! Composers Rodrigo Cadet and Novelli Jurado in a bilingual community sing in Rochester, MN. Discover music from Mexico that will have you singing all of the way home. No experience necessary.
Experience the music of our southern neighbors at a multi-generational fiesta! Prominent Mexican composers work as composers-in-residence with school choirs, community choruses, and VocalEssence to bring the sounds of Mexico to Minnesota. Join us for a family-friendly, bilingual music celebration! Tickets for the ¡Cantaré! Community Concert are free and will be available in the spring… Read More →
Online ticket sales for this event are now closed. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the event beginning at 3:30 pm. Step into the past to support the future of choral music education programs at VocalEssence. Join the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and guest artist Don Shelby as Mark Twain on the historic… Read More →
Online ticket sales for this event are now closed. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the event beginning at 7:00 pm. Step into the past to support the future of choral music education programs at VocalEssence. Join the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and guest artist Don Shelby as Mark Twain on the historic… Read More →
Mexican composers Julio Morales and Jean Angelus Pichardo return to the Twin Cities for their last residency with elementary, high school, and community choral singers, exploring Mexican cultural and choral music traditions. Click here for more information about ¡Cantaré!.
Come and experience the sounds of Sabathani Senior Center's new choir in Songs of Love and Life, an exciting program featuring selections of jazz, blues, spirituals, folk songs and more! Free and open to the public. Reception to follow in the Senior Center, Room 106. Sabathani Senior Center is part of a new VocalEssence community… Read More →
Experience the music of our southern neighbors at a multi-generational fiesta! Prominent Mexican composers work as composers-in-residence with school choirs, community choruses, and VocalEssence to bring the sounds of Mexico to Minnesota. Join us for a family-friendly, bilingual music celebration! Tickets for the ¡Cantaré! Community Concert are free. VocalEssence ChorusAdams Spanish Immersion, St. Paul Blaine… Read More →
Come and experience the sounds of Heritage Park Open Circle's new choir in Songs of Love and Life, an exciting program featuring selections of jazz, blues, spirituals, folk songs and more! Free and open to the public. Reception to follow in the Great Room. Heritage Park Open Circle is part of a new VocalEssence community… Read More →
Come and experience the sounds of Ecumen Seasons at Maplewood's new choir in Songs of Love and Life, an exciting program featuring selections of jazz, blues, spirituals, folk songs and more! Free and open to the public. Reception to follow in the Cafe. Ecumen Seasons at Maplewood is part of a new VocalEssence community engagement… Read More →
Come and experience the sounds of Ecumen Seasons at Maplewood's new choir in Songs of Love and Life, an exciting program featuring selections of jazz, blues, spirituals, folk songs and more! Free and open to the public. Reception to follow in the Cafe. Ecumen Seasons at Maplewood is part of a new VocalEssence community engagement… Read More →
Members of the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and Don Shelby as Mark Twain go on the road to Alexandria, Minnesota to celebrate life on the Mississippi River. Through choral music and the spoken word, VocalEssence takes listeners on a musical journey of the past and present—choral masterpieces, favorite folksongs, traditional spirituals, and Americana—all paired with the… Read More →
Members of the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and Don Shelby as Mark Twain go on the road to Alexandria, Minnesota to celebrate life on the Mississippi River. Through choral music and the spoken word, VocalEssence takes listeners on a musical journey of the past and present—choral masterpieces, favorite folksongs, traditional spirituals, and Americana—all paired with the… Read More →