VocalEssence has been at the forefront of choral music since its founding in 1969 by artistic director Philip Brunelle. Growing out of the Plymouth Music Series, VocalEssence includes a 130-voice chorus as well as a 32-voice professional ensemble. In addition to collaborating with many renowned contemporary composers, the VocalEssence professional ensemble is also the house choir on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion. Here, the professional ensemble sings in the Ted Mann Concert Hall at the University of Minnesota.

Special thanks:
Benjamin Vander Kooi
Malia Cole
Nick Peter
Mary Ann Pulk
Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota
Plymouth Congregational Church

Thus activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council (SMAHC) with fund appropriated by the State Legislature and/or by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and is appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.