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Birthday Ode to “Big Daddy Bach” – Schickele, Peter / 50th Anniversary Concert (2018-2019)
De Flyendes Kör (Flight) – Andersson, Benny / 50th Anniversary Concert (2018-2019)
Knockout: A Rag – Bolcom, William / 50th Anniversary Concert (2018-2019)
Eternal Ruler of the Ceaseless Round – Larsen, Libby / 50th Anniversary Concert (2018-2019)
The Battle of Jericho – Hogan, Moses / 50th Anniversary Concert (2018-2019)
Paul Bunyan in the Lumberjack Camp – Britten, Benjamin / 50th Anniversary Concert (2018-2019)
Praise the Lord with Harp and Tongue – Handel, George Frideric / 50th Anniversary Concert (2018-2019)
In the Beginning – Copland, Aaron / 50th Anniversary Concert (2018-2019)
VocalEssence sounds festive at 50th anniversary concert
by Terry Blain October 8, 2018: http://www.startribune.com/vocalessence-sounds-festive-at-50th-anniversary-concert/495932081/ Review: A high-energy anniversary concert revisited the ensemble’s greatest hits. In the beginning, there was Aaron Copland. Fifty years ago, Philip Brunelle invited the iconic American composer to conduct his newly formed choir at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis. The great composer accepted. And the rest, as they say, is… Read More →
50th Anniversary Concert a BIG Success
The 50th Anniversary Concert and Dinner on October 7, 2018 was an evening filled with special moments. Governor Dayton proclaimed it VocalEssence Together We Sing Day. Senator Tina Smith began the festivities with a beautiful tribute to the organization. Acclaimed composer Alice Parker wrote an arrangement to surprise Artistic Director Philip Brunelle. Read the lyrics… Read More →
VocalEssence celebrates 50 years of making musical bridges — and that first boost from Aaron Copland
by Kathy Berdan October 4, 2018: https://www.twincities.com/2018/10/04/vocalessence-50th-anniversary-concert-ordway-st-paul-philip-brunelle-aaron-copland-cantare/ Harmony through harmony. That’s a good description of what Twin Cities choral stalwart VocalEssence has been doing for half a century. Founder and director Philip Brunelle and the group’s 30-member professional Ensemble Singers recently returned from a trip to Mexico City, where they performed with 30 Mexican singers and a… Read More →
In Honor of the VocalEssence 50th Anniversary by Catherine Dehoney, President of Chorus America
I’m Catherine Dehoney, President of Chorus America, the research, professional development, and advocacy organization for choruses in North America. Philip asked me to keep my remarks “short and profound, like the Gettysburg Address”. I’m not sure I can achieve ‘profound’, so I’ll try for ‘short’! Two score and 10 years ago, Philip Brunelle brought forth… Read More →
A Toast to 50 Years from Marilyn Carlson Nelson
And on the eighth day, God created VocalEssence, and it was good. So now, dear Philip, Carolyn, VocalEssence, it falls to me to end this magnificent celebration with a toast. A toast to 50 years of music that have unspooled before us at a dizzying speed tonight, beginning and ending with Aaron Copeland and The… Read More →
VocalEssence Kicks Off 50th Season with a Trip Down Memory Lane—At The Ordway Oct. 7
CONTACT: Jennifer Weismann Jennifer@owl-marketing.com 612-716-0556 VOCALESSENCE KICKS OFF 50th SEASON WITH A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE—AT THE ORDWAY OCT. 7 Special guests—and surprises—as choral nonprofit kicks off historic anniversary with songs from their most popular performances MINNEAPOLIS — June 27, 2018—It’s going to be a magical night of remembrance and tribute as VocalEssence opens its… Read More →