VocalEssence has championed new music and unearthed forgotten gems to discover wonderful music that often goes unheard. Since our inception in 1969 through 2025, we have commissioned 372 new works and performed a total of 635 midwest, United States, and world premieres!

Check out our music through a variety of ways below.

• Commissions: Browse our list of commissions over the past 56 years.
• Recordings: Listen and purchase one of the many commercial recordings for sale that feature everything from holiday highlights to African American Spirituals.
• Repertoire Database: Search our database of all of the music that we have performed over the past 56 years.
• VocalEssence Music Press: a dynamic new music publishing company that offers a select group of emerging composers the opportunity to make their music available to choirs everywhere.

Interested in commissioning music?

Contact our Executive Director Amy Jaine Wielunski (612-547-1454 or amy@vocalessence.0rg) to learn more.