Celebrate the season with VocalEssence the way it works for you! From exciting live concerts to a program you can stream on demand as you cozy up with family around the fire, there’s bound to be something for you to keep the spirit of the season going on your schedule.
Celebrate the Season with VocalEssence
welcome the season with song
The VocalEssence Welcome Christmas concert on December 13 features all of our choirs together on the Northrop stage to welcome in the season in a grand program that only VocalEssence could bring you. Spend your afternoon with your closest friends with familiar tunes in new arrangements and some soon-to-be favorites you’ve yet to hear. Feel the holiday spirit move through you as you lend your voice to joy-filled sing-alongs that will leave you feeling uplifted, festive, and ready to celebrate the season.
cozy up and listen along from home
Can’t make it in person or just need a night in from the cold? Purchase your ticket to Live from London beginning December 8. Featuring the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers in a special program recorded on our landmark tour to England, this program brings some local musical favorites to the international stage — and you get to enjoy it from the comfort of your living room. Whether you’re gathering with the family and looking for some music to put on or you’re unwinding alone from a little too much time with your in-laws, this 1-hour program will refresh your spirit and warm your soul. Purchase it once and you’ll have unlimited access from December 8 through January 6!
Purchase just the VocalEssence concert for $19 or buy one of the two Live from London season passes and get even more concerts from our friends around the world. This season of Live from London includes a special premiere of a new work by longtime collaborators and friends of VocalEssence Jocelyn Hagen and Tim Takach. There is sure to be something for everyone.
give the gift of music
If you’re looking for that perfect holiday gift, consider sharing music that will keep your loved one’s spirit nourished throughout the season and into the new year with our album How to Hold On: Songs of Comfort and Solace. Available as a CD perfect for that special someone’s stocking. This music of Melanie DeMore will bring joy wherever it is played. And, our limited-edition double vinyl printing of the album is available for pre-order now with expected shipping in mid-December. Pre-order this special run now while supplies last with bonus tracks featuring the combined forces of the VocalEssence Chorus, Ensemble Singers Singers Of This Age, Vintage Voices, and Melanie DeMore live at Orchestra Hall in March 2024.
kick off the new year with a choral legend
And finally, kick off the new year with a bang and a song: Sir John Rutter is coming to town and you won’t want to miss this chance to hear his music and sing with him. Come and spend An Afternoon with John Rutter at the Cathedral of Saint Paul as we ring in the new year with some of his beloved epiphany carols and the U.S. Premiere of his latest masterwork inspired by James Weldon Johnson’s poem “The Creation.”
Or perhaps you want to join in on the singing yourself — come and Sing with John Rutter and welcome him back to town at Plymouth Congregational in an evening filled with his favorite works as you and 500 of your newest singing besties sing under his baton.