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Classical music spotlight: VocalEssence

May 17, 2013 at 7:40PM
Concert Choir students at Henry Sibley High School rehearsed on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 with a Mexican composer Jorge Cózatl via Skype in preparation for an upcoming concert. The Henry Sibley Concert Choir has has worked this year Jorge Cózatl, a composer from Mexico, who has composed a piece for them to perform. VocalEssence, a choral organization in Minneapolis, selected Henry Sibley to participate in its Cantaré! program that brings composers from Mexico into Minnesota classroom
Concert choir students at Henry Sibley High School rehearsed for a concert last year as part of the VocalEssence Cantaré! program. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

CANTARÉ
Tuesday: For the fifth year in a row, VocalEssence has embarked on its ¡Cantaré! program, pairing Mexican composers-in-residence with select Twin Cities elementary, high school and college choirs and community choruses to explore Mexico's cultural and choral heritage. The results of the residencies will be on display at two free community concerts. Composers Gerardo Cárdenas and Novelli Jurado have visited quarterly, working with Minnesota students to compose original pieces, which will be given world premieres, with different schools performing at each concert. (6 & 8 p.m. Tue. Free. Wayzata Community Church 125 Wayzata Blvd. E., Wayzata. 612-547-1456, www.vocalessence.org.)

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