Pioneer Press: VocalEssence has its first assistant artistic director
VocalEssence has hired its first assistant artistic director, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu.
Wondemagegnehu joins the Minnesota-based choral organization from
Orlando, Fla., where he was director of choral activities at Freedom
High School. He will serve under VocalEssence artistic director and
founder Philip Brunelle, and associate conductor and vocal coach Sigrid
Johnson. He will start this summer, in time for the start of the
organization’s 45th season. — Ross Raihala