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Artist Biography
Minnesota's VocalEssence Ensemble Singers have gained national renown for their nine recordings while maintaining a strong local focus in the group's home community of Minneapolis. The ensemble has commissioned more than 300 new works, including operas as well as choral music. VocalEssence was founded in 1969 and consists of a 130-voice VocalEssence Chorus and a smaller core group, the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, with 32 mixed-gender singers. The director since the organization's founding has been Philip Brunelle. The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers released their debut album, Dance Like the Wind: Music of Today's Black Composers, in 1997. The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers have released nine albums, including two featuring Garrison Keillor, the longtime host of the radio program A Prairie Home Companion. The VocalEssence Ensemble Singers were heard on the 2023 release Tina Davidson: Hymn of the Universe.
Hometown
Minneapolis, MN, United States
Genre
Classical
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