By Rob Hubbard Anyone who has lost a child knows that the pain and grief are too overwhelming for words or music. So English composer Jonathan Dove took on an…  Read More →

  By Rob HubbardSpecial to the Pioneer Press Jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeckhad a style all his own, but within it you could hear a wealth of influences. For…  Read More →

If you were at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis Sunday afternoon for the opening of VocalEssence’s 45th season, we don’t need to tell you how glorious it was, how deeply,…  Read More →

REVIEW: For its 45th-season opener, Sunday afternoon at Central Lutheran in Minneapolis. VocalEssence went big with composer Jonathan Dove’s “There Was A Child.” For its 45th-season opener, Sunday afternoon at…  Read More →

By Rob Hubbard Anyone who has lost a child knows that the pain and grief are too overwhelming for words or music. So English composer Jonathan Dove took on an…  Read More →

By Rob Hubbard, Special to the Pioneer Press Posted:   04/26/2013 The legend of the lumberjack giant, Paul Bunyan, is so indelibly stitched into the mythology of Minnesota that most…  Read More →

By Rob Hubbard, Special to the Pioneer Press Posted:   12/01/2012 12:01:00 AM CST If yuletide carols being sung by a choir are one of the most effective tools for…  Read More →

By Rob Hubbard, Special to the Pioneer Press06/13/2012 Minnesotans aren’t generally the kind to show off. But when conductors, composers, singers and administrators in the choral business converged upon the…  Read More →

Review by Dan Emerson Special to the Pioneer Press, 02/19/2012 Each February, VocalEssence, the Minneapolis-based choral group, honors Black History Month with a “Witness” concert at St. Paul’s Ordway Center.…  Read More →

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 →

By Rob HubbardSpecial to the Pioneer PressUpdated: 11/06/2011 10:05:41 PM CST When last we heard from VocalEssence, the Minneapolis-based choral organization was pulling out all the stops for a program…  Read More →

http://www.twincities.com/stage/ci_19265071 By Rob HubbardSpecial to the Pioneer PressUpdated: 11/04/2011 12:52:54 PM CDT Looking for the ideal gift for the fiercely proud Minnesotan? Perhaps a smorgasbord of the state’s many musical…  Read More →

By Rob Hubbard, Special to the Pioneer Press Updated: 04/09/2011 12:40:21 AM CDT J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor is the musical equivalent of what Michelangelo painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling.…  Read More →

By Rob Hubbard Special to the Pioneer Press, 03/04/2011 Andre Thomas is an inspiring man. He’s devoted his career to teaching young Americans not only how to sing traditional African-American spirituals,…  Read More →