By Rob Hubbard Special to the Pioneer Press Getting into the Christmas spirit was easy Saturday night. Outside the windows of the Colonial Church of Edina, big fluffy flakes wafted…  Read More →

From the Appleton (WI) Post-Cresent: …Thence to Minneapolis, where Philip Brunelle’s VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and Chorus recorded “Behold This Heavenly Light.”  Fully fourteen of the twenty tracks are world premiere…  Read More →

VocalEssence and The Singers each present multiple concerts featuring old and new holiday songs. By WILLIAM RANDALL BEARD, Special to the Star Tribune This time of year brings an abundance…  Read More →

BY ROB HUBBARD Pioneer Press If it weren’t for Felix Mendelssohn, you may never have heard of Johann Sebastian Bach. Had the relatively obscure Bach not been extolled so avidly…  Read More →