October 1, 2023 By Robert Atendido | Twin Cities Geek https://twincitiesgeek.com/2023/10/vocalessence-opens-its-55th-season-together-we-sing/ VocalEssence, the noted Twin Cities choral institution of which I happen to be a member, will be starting its 55th season, Together We Sing, in late October. We have started rehearsals already, and we are preparing both choral classics and new music to delight…  Read More →

October 26, 2023 By Sheila Regan | MinnPost https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2023/10/weekend-picks-get-your-ghoul-on-at-the-haunted-avalon-and-with-sparkle-theatricals-get-real-life-scared-contemplating-a-post-roe-world/ Plus: VocalEssence performs with the St. Olaf Choir; a Hmong-American exhibit of art in different mediums in the east metro, and a Halloween puppet extravaganza on the Midtown Greenway. Halloween approaches and Twin Cities arts organizations are ready. Whether you’re in the mood for immersive outdoor puppetry, ghoulish…  Read More →

October 18, 2023 By Brian Newhouse| YourClassical https://www.yourclassical.org/story/2023/10/18/choral-legend-sigrid-johnson-honored-with-premiere-of-song-in-my-heart?utm_campaign=Choral+Stream+Newsletter+-+20231022&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc_Newsletter&utm_content=  Sigrid Johnson often said, “God gave me two beautiful sons, and every year I’m blessed with 100 daughters.” She conducted St. Olaf College’s 100-voice first-year women’s chorus, the Manitou Singers, for decades. And on Oct. 29 at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, the Minnesota choral legend will…  Read More →

October 24, 2023 By Rob Hubbard | Star Tribune https://www.startribune.com/queen-adam-lambert-the-1975-get-out-vocalessence-mariology-gordon-parks-haunted-roundhouse/600314329/?refresh=true Critics’ picks for entertainment in the week ahead. VocalEssence and the St. Olaf Choir Here’s a meeting of two groups that remain the gold standard for the richly textured Upper Midwest style of choral singing. The concert features VocalEssence’s Philip Brunelle and G. Phillip Shoultz…  Read More →

October 10, 2023 By Connor Boritzke Smith | St. Olaf College https://wp.stolaf.edu/news/st-olaf-choir-to-perform-concert-with-vocalessence The St. Olaf Choir will join forces with VocalEssence for a collaborative concert at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis on Sunday, October 29 at 4 p.m. The concert will be conducted by Anton Armstrong ’78, conductor of the St. Olaf Choir, and Philip Brunelle and…  Read More →

September 2, 2023 by Blair Ingenthron | Broadway World https://www.broadwayworld.com/minneapolis/article/VocalEssence-and-The-Bach-Society-Of-Minnesota-to-Present-Bachs-Joyous-Christmas-Oratorio-in-December-20230902 There will be two opportunities to enjoy Bach’s retelling of the traditional Christmas story, December 15 and 16. Old friends and past collaborators the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and the Bach Society of Minnesota will join once again to present  Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. There will be two opportunities to enjoy…  Read More →