
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!

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.



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!

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)


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.

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….



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.

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


Today is #WorldMusicDay! Here are eight nonprofits with a focus on music that have a Candid Seal of Transparency. Pacific Symphony BayAreaGirlsRockCamp @guardiansdbc Alarm Will Sound LA Opera @TheJazzArts Voices of Ascension Savannah Music Festival


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.


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.


A soothing "Shenandoah" for tumultuous times in America. Performed by the Voices of Ascension Singers on June 4 at Untermyer Gardens. #4thofjuly2022 #classicalmusic #folk

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! 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

