Today, though we want to share a little bit about the ensemble that is performing with Mr. Keillor, VocalEssence. VocalEssence and Garrison Keillor will be on two albums released this month!
Founded in 1969, VocalEssence is recognized internationally for innovative exploration of music for voices and instruments. Each year the organization presents an engaging collection of concerts featuring the 125-voice VocalEssence Chorus, the 32-voice Ensemble Singers, famous guest artists and instrumentalists. In addition to championing lesser-known works of the past, VocalEssence has an unwavering commitment to today’s composers, and has commissioned well over 120 new works and given more than 130 world premieres. VocalEssence has received the ASCAP Award for adventurous programming of contemporary music an unprecedented five times, and has been awarded the once-in-an-organizational-lifetime Margaret Hillis Achievement Award for Choral Excellence.VocalEssence Artistic Director and Founder Philip Brunelle is renowned internationally for his work as a conductor and clinician. He has guest conducted the New York Philharmonic, Berkshire Choral Festival and Minnesota Orchestra, and was selected to preside over the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music, which took place in Minneapolis-St. Paul in August 2002. Brunelle has served on the Minnesota State Arts Board and the National Council on the Arts and is a current member of the St. Olaf College, Chorus America and the International Federation for Choral Music Board of Directors. He is the recipient of many awards including the Kodály Medal (Hungary), the Royal Order of the Polar Star (Sweden), the F. Melius Christiansen Award (American Choral Directors Association) the Michael Korn Founder’s Award for Development of the Choral Art (Chorus America), and is an Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
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