How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace

Available Now!

VocalEssence is thrilled to announce a new album, How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace, will be released on Friday, September 26. This album is a reflection in song about the difficulties and beauty of being a human being. Featuring close friend of VocalEssence, Melanie DeMore, and the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, How to Hold On includes 14 of her original songs and arrangements written to be medicine—and nourishment—to comfort us in an increasingly chaotic world. Through her music, we are encouraged to keep our hearts open and not be afraid to let ourselves ache, cry, and rejoice at being alive with one another.

The album will be available on September 26 for purchase digitally and to stream on all major music platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, and many more! More details on how and where to find the album digitally will be available here on our website on release day. CDs will be available for purchase at VocalEssence concerts and events this fall.

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Melanie DeMore

Melanie DeMore is a 3-time Grammy-nominated singer/composer, choral conductor, music director, and vocal activist who believes in the power of voices raised together. In her presentations, DeMore beautifully brings her participants together through her music and commentary. DeMore facilitates vocal and stick-pounding workshops for professional choirs, and community groups as well as directing numerous choral organizations across the U.S., Canada, and beyond. She is a featured presenter of SpeakOut!–The Institute for Social and Cultural Change and a Master Teaching Artist for Music at UC Berkeley/Cal Performances. She is a charter member of Kate Munger’s Threshold Choirs and conducts song circles with an emphasis on the voice as a vessel for healing. In her own words: “A song can hold you up when there seems to be no ground beneath you.”

VocalEssence Ensemble Singers

The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers have established an international reputation because of their extensive catalog of recordings and broad range of unique repertoire. This chamber choir, whose members hail from a wide variety of professions, is bound together by their skilled artistry to create what The Times of London has described as a “flawless” sound.