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Voices of Ascension

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Founded and conducted by Dennis Keene, Grammy-nominated Voices of Ascension is one of the world's premier professional choral ensembles.

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On June 4, Voices of Ascension returns to Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers for Voices Outdoors. In honor of this year's installment of Voices Outdoors, we look back to last year's concert at Untermyer with Voices' performance of Palestrina's "Sicut cervus." Check it out below!

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Next Saturday at 5 PM, the Voices of Ascension Singers will light up the amphitheater at Untermyer Gardens in Yonkers, NY. If you live in NYC and haven't experienced Untermyer Gardens, then you are in for a treat! Check out these photos from last year's concert at Untermyer.

Next Saturday at 5 PM, the Voices of Ascension Singers will light up the amphitheater at <a href="/untermyergarden/">Untermyer Gardens</a> in Yonkers, NY. If you live in NYC and haven't experienced Untermyer Gardens, then you are in for a treat! 

Check out these photos from last year's concert at Untermyer.
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Tickets are still available for this Saturday's Voices Outdoors at Untermyer Gardens! We are now offering a discount code for $25 tickets for our Twitter followers. Head over to voicesofascension.org and enter the code FB25 at our box office to get the discount.

Tickets are still available for this Saturday's Voices Outdoors at Untermyer Gardens! 

We are now offering a discount code for $25 tickets for our Twitter followers. Head over to voicesofascension.org and enter the code FB25 at our box office to get the discount.
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Rehearsing for tomorrow's concert at Untermyer Gardens! Get your ticket and listen to Josquin des Prez's "El Grillo" 🦗 and other chamber choir faves on a beautiful, sunny afternoon 🌞. Head over to voicesofascension.org and use the code "FB25" to get $25 tickets!

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Check out these wonderful photos from Voices Outdoors this past weekend at Untermyer Gardens 🌷! As we end the 2021-22 season on a high note, we look forward to what next season will bring...stay tuned! 👀 Photo credit: Roman Dean (Roman Dean)

Check out these wonderful photos from
Voices Outdoors this past weekend at
<a href="/untermyergarden/">Untermyer Gardens</a> 🌷!  As we end the
2021-22 season on a high note, we look forward to
what next season will bring...stay tuned!  👀

Photo credit: Roman Dean (<a href="/rophotoman/">Roman Dean</a>)
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Announcing our 2022-23 season! This season features masterworks by @paolaprestini, Vaughan-Williams, and Fauré; our annual Candlelight Christmas Concerts; the world premiere of James Bassi's "Protect;" and a concert with Young People’s Chorus of New York City! Learn more at voicesofascension.org.

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If you're in #Brooklyn, check out Kronos Quartet and filmmaker Sam Green's "A Thousand Thoughts" with guests roomful of teeth on 7/14 at the Prospect Park Bandshell, presented by our friends at BRIC! Tickets are FREE; RSVP at bricartsmedia.org/bric-celebrate….

If you're in #Brooklyn, check out <a href="/kronosquartet/">Kronos Quartet</a> and filmmaker Sam Green's "A Thousand Thoughts" with guests <a href="/roomfulofteeth/">roomful of teeth</a> on 7/14 at the Prospect Park Bandshell, presented by our friends at <a href="/BRICbrooklyn/">BRIC</a>! 

Tickets are FREE; RSVP at bricartsmedia.org/bric-celebrate….
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Throughout the summer, we'll be reflecting on the 2021-22 season, gearing up for our 2022-23 season. From our Candlelight Christmas Concerts in 2021, we present "Quem Pastores Laudavere" by longtime Voices ensemble member James Bassi. Take a listen below! #classicalmusic

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Happy #Juneteenth! In the spirit of the holiday, we amplify and celebrate spiritchild, lyricist and co-creator of "Orbits." Watch the 1st movement of "Orbits" by spiritchild, ShoutHouse and the Voices of Ascension Singers, featuring music by Will Healy, below.

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As we head into summer, we take a look back and celebrate the 2022-23 season. Check out these wonderful photos from Roman Dean! From L to R: Candelight Christmas Concerts, Lucia Bradford performing Duruflé, Orbits at Roulette, Voices Outdoors at Untermyer Gardens

As we head into summer, we take a look back and celebrate the 2022-23 season. Check out these wonderful photos from <a href="/rophotoman/">Roman Dean</a>! 

From L to R: Candelight Christmas Concerts, Lucia Bradford performing Duruflé, Orbits at <a href="/Roulette_NYC/">Roulette</a>, Voices Outdoors at <a href="/untermyergarden/">Untermyer Gardens</a>
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Did anyone order a dark, somber Poulenc piece with eerie organ accompaniment? Oh, you didn't? Well, here is our performance of Poulenc's "Litanies à la Vierge Noire" anyway! Recorded this past March at 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, take a listen to this stark take on grief below.

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My how time flies ⌚️! This is one of the first photos taken of Artistic Director Dennis Keene with the Ascension Chorus in 1988, the precursor ensemble to Voices of Ascension. Do you see yourself or anyone you know in this photo 👀? Let us know in the replies!

My how time flies ⌚️! 

This is one of the first photos taken of Artistic Director Dennis Keene with the Ascension Chorus in 1988, the precursor ensemble to Voices of Ascension. 

Do you see yourself or anyone you know in this photo 👀?  

Let us know in the replies!
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Launched in the 2021-22 season, Voices of The New has become vital to our slate of concerts. Listen to an excerpt of a Voices of The New program with Will Healy's "New York Revisited," a stunning setting of sonnets by Joseph Tusiani performed by Voices & ShoutHouse.

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This summer, we introduce our Singer Spotlight series to get to know our singers and share the music they love! First, we chat with baritone Greg Purnhagen, a music theater dynamo who's worked with Philip Glass and Björk. Check out the interview at ow.ly/mww250JEfSJ.

This summer, we introduce our Singer Spotlight series to get to know our singers and share the music they love! 

First, we chat with baritone Greg Purnhagen, a music theater dynamo who's worked with Philip Glass and Björk. 

Check out the interview at ow.ly/mww250JEfSJ.
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A soothing "Shenandoah" for tumultuous times in America. Performed by the Voices of Ascension Singers on June 4 at Untermyer Gardens. #4thofjuly2022 #classicalmusic #folk

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It's #flashbackfriday 🤩! Today we remember our performance of José Limón's "Missa Brevis" with Limon Dance Company in June 2011. It's always a pleasure to collaborate with other mediums, especially dance, and we hope to do more in the future! #classicalmusic #moderndance

It's #flashbackfriday 🤩! 

Today we remember our performance of José Limón's "Missa Brevis" with <a href="/LimonDance/">Limon Dance Company</a> in June 2011. It's always a pleasure to collaborate with other mediums, especially dance, and we hope to do more in the future!

#classicalmusic #moderndance
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It's #christmasinjuly 🎄! Today we share with you Liz Lang and Daniel Beckwith's extraordinary rendition of "Rejoice Greatly" from Handel's "Messiah," from our Candlelight Christmas Concerts this past year. Take a listen to this barnstormer of an aria below!

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It's #FlashbackFriday! Check out these photos from over 20 years ago, when Voices performed Berlioz and Ives with M. Tilson Thomas, Edwin Outwater and the SF Symphony at Carnegie Hall. We hope to come back to Carnegie soon! #classicalmusic #vintage #nyc

It's #FlashbackFriday! 

Check out these photos from over 20 years ago, when Voices performed Berlioz and Ives with <a href="/mtilsonthomas/">M. Tilson Thomas</a>, <a href="/eoutwater/">Edwin Outwater</a> and the <a href="/SFSymphony/">SF Symphony</a> at <a href="/carnegiehall/">Carnegie Hall</a>. We hope to come back to Carnegie soon!

#classicalmusic #vintage #nyc
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From VOA and choral curator Hai-Ting Chinn comes three unique choral events this winter. World premieres by Hannah Selin (Jan 31), Max Vinetz (Feb 14), and Raquel Acevedo Klein (Feb 28), and experiments in collaborative programming. conta.cc/3ZPOmeh

From VOA and choral curator Hai-Ting Chinn comes three unique choral events this winter. World premieres by Hannah Selin (Jan 31), Max Vinetz (Feb 14), and Raquel Acevedo Klein (Feb 28), and experiments in collaborative programming.
conta.cc/3ZPOmeh