![A choir wearing black with various colored scarves performs onstage with patterned pink and purple lighting projected behind them. A conductor stands downstage with their back toward the camera and musicians surrounding them.](/sites/default/files/styles/half_image/public/2023-24-season-images/VocalEssence/VocalEssence_WebThumb_2200x1200.jpg?itok=wN46wgfD)
Check out these featured facts before the VocalEssence: Welcome Christmas Dec 9-10 performances at Northrop.
![A choir wearing black with various colored scarves performs onstage with patterned red lighting projected behind them. A conductor stands downstage with their back toward the camera and musicians surrounding them.](/sites/default/files/styles/half_image/public/2023-24-season-images/VocalEssence/1_Blog-2200x1500_VE.jpg?itok=GyvbDn_w)
Photo by Tony Nelson Photography.
Sharing the Joy
Photo by Tony Nelson Photography.
A Decades-long Commitment to Minnesota
![Ēriks Ešenvalds](/sites/default/files/styles/half_image/public/2023-24-season-images/VocalEssence/3_Blog-2200x1500_VE.jpg?itok=BTsMkJjY)
Photo by Aivars Krastiņš.
New Works from “The World’s Hottest Young Choral Composer” (The Boston Globe)
![A conductor dressed in black faces to the left with one arm lifted and the other bent at their side. A music stand and musicians appear below them.](/sites/default/files/styles/half_image/public/2023-24-season-images/VocalEssence/4_Blog-2200x1500_VE.jpg?itok=EjE8sSxL)
Photo by Tony Nelson Photography.
“Christmas Concertizing”
![A person in a gray suit conducts a choir of children.](/sites/default/files/styles/half_image/public/2023-24-season-images/VocalEssence/5_Blog-2200x1500_VE.jpg?itok=cv2j-Hub)
Photo by Laura Alpizar.
Innovation, Inclusivity, and G. Phillip Shoultz III in Choral Music
![A person in a navy suit and light-colored shirt sit in front of a piano and face the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/half_image/public/2023-24-season-images/VocalEssence/6_Blog-2200x1500_VE.jpg?itok=4uVoNArN)
Photo by Tony Nelson Photography.