It's been 50 years since an ambitious young musician from Faribault, Minn., started his new job as organist and choirmaster at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis. His name was Philip ...

VocalEssence, one of the world's premier choral music organizations, announces the performances for its 56th concert season, "Seasons of Song." Across eight events, the "Seasons of Song" programming ...

After George Floyd's death, seemingly every Twin Cities classical group promised to perform more music by African American composers. But VocalEssence already had been at it for three decades. Or as ...

Who’s the guy on the camel? That’s probably what a lot of people said when a billboard started popping up around the Twin Cities in 1985. The bespectacled, balding man astride a camel was vocal music ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Choral arts organization VocalEssence will culminate its 2026 Black History Month programming with a massive collaborative concert ...

VocalEssence, one of the world's premier choral music organizations, is gearing up for its "speed limit" season-55 years of making music and celebrating the joy of singing together. In honor of this ...

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Create an account or log in to save stories. [MUSIC PLAYING] CATHY WURZER: Right, it's time for our series, Connect the Dots, where we ask community elders to share their wisdom about what really ...

Big and intimate. Traditional and fresh. These are the paradoxes with which the singers of VocalEssence wrestle. While 143 voices unite when their two main choirs combine, they’re often tasked with ...