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Members of VocalEssence Singers Of This Age wearing multicolored shirts and black pants singing and dancing on risers. Photo credit: Anna Min

Event: Stories the Land Holds: Changing, Growing, and Celebrating

May 14 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

After a year of learning together, of making new and renewed connections with one another and the land, let’s celebrate with food, friendship, art making, and an interactive multi-disciplinary concert. The VocalEssence Singers Of This Age (SOTA) is a community of Twin Cities teenagers engaged in expanding what it means to be a choir and,…

2026 Chorus America Concert & Chair’s Reception

Join us for the VocalEssence featured performance at the 2026 Chorus America Conference, followed by the Chair’s Reception. The reception will include drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and a brief program honoring: Nikki Lewis VocalEssence Lifetime Director & Jeffrey Barnett Chorus America Philanthropy Award Recipient Friday, June 5, 2026 4:30-5:30 pm – VocalEssence Concert: Global Rhythms, Minnesota…

VocalEssence singers wearing black with multicolored stoles perform while clapping their hands with joyful expressions. Photo Credit: Kyndell Harkness

Global Rhythms, Joyful Voices Digital Concert Program

FEATURING: Ghanaian Drumming and Dance Ensemble led by Nii Adjetey Mensah Kaj Cis Siab from HOPE Community Academy, Pa Nhia Moua and Kyra Thor, directors Los Alegres Bailadores, Rebecca Moran Cusick, director Phantom Chorus Theatre RGK Dance Academy, Renu Kumar, director Jhadiya Steele VocalEssence Chorus VocalEssence Singers Of This Age G. Phillip Shoultz, III, conductor

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A Joyful Gathering: Pre-Concert Celebration

May 3 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

To kick off our celebration of America’s diverse traditions, we are throwing a party! Make plans to join us for A Joyful Gathering, a pre-concert party that brings food, music, and creativity together to help us experience the stories and traditions of cultural communities that make up the tapestry of America. EVENT timeline Free and open…

2024-2025 Supporters

VocalEssence is blessed to have so many committed supporters. Thank you for all that you do to keep our community singing! Although we make every effort to ensure that our Honor Roll list is accurate and complete, we are capable of error. Please let us know if your name does not appear the way you…

VocalEssence Singers Of This Age Go to Philly

For the first time in the ensemble’s history, the VocalEssence Singers Of This Age (SOTA) boarded a plane to embark on a tour outside the Midwest! From February 12-16, 2026, 37 SOTA singers and 4 staff members traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on a trip that included both extraordinary choral experiences and important cultural engagements. On day #1, having arrived just in time…