As many folks know, Mary Ann Aufderheide is retiring at the end of this season! We will miss her greatly. The staff has put together a Kudoboard to share well wishes to her. Please take a moment to send her a message and pass it along to mutual friends and colleagues! Here is the link (note: comments on here will not be included and have been turned off, so please be sure to visit the Kudoboard to send your note): https://lnkd.in/guU8RyNu
About us
Founded by Philip Brunelle in 1969, the groundbreaking organization that grew into what is now known as VocalEssence inspires new voices in singing groups in the United States and around the world. Originally known as the Plymouth Music Series, the organization incorporated as a separate nonprofit in 1979 and in 2002 changed its name to VocalEssence, capturing the essence of its mission to explore music for the human voice. Throughout its first five decades, VocalEssence has unceasingly given access to and nurtured new voices through composer festivals, commissions, presenting choirs from around the world, cross-cultural education programs including VocalEssence WITNESS and ¡Cantaré!, free tickets and programs to students and seniors (Vintage Voices), the creation of our new intentionally inclusive youth choir VocalEssence Singers Of This Age (VESOTA), and many more. Under the enthusiastic leadership of Artistic Director and Founder Philip Brunelle and Associate Conductor, G. Phillip Shoultz, III, VocalEssence performing groups—the Ensemble Singers (32 professionals), the VocalEssence Chorus (110 volunteers), and VESOTA (55 high school students)—are made up of local residents. In addition to championing lesser-known works of the past, VocalEssence has an unwavering commitment to today's composers, which has resulted in more than 550 premieres and 300 commissions—more than half of which were written by composers of color. The organization has received the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music six times and has been honored with more Chorus America awards than any other ensemble nationwide, including the once-in-an-organizational-lifetime Margaret Hillis Achievement Award for Choral Excellence.
- Website
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http://www.vocalessence.org
External link for VocalEssence
- Industry
- Musicians
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1969
- Specialties
- Choral Music, Classical Music, Contemporary Music, and Community Engagement
Locations
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Primary
Get directions
1900 Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403, US
Employees at VocalEssence
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Joanne K. Reeck, M.A., Ed.D.
Vice President for Equity and Inclusion at Augsburg University & Interim Executive Director at The Forum on Workplace Inclusion
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Amy Wielunski
Relationship Builder | Cross-functional Leader
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Jeffrey Bina
Director of Finance and Operations at VocalEssence
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Amanda Timmer
Director of Marketing and Communications