CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON conductor

Program: PAUL MORAVEC/MARK CAMPBELL: Sanctuary Road

Sanctuary Road by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec and Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award winning librettist Mark Campbell. It is the second of Moravec's “American historical oratorios.” Campbell conceived and created the libretto drawn from the astonishing stories found in William Still’s The Underground Railroad. Regarded as the Father of the Underground Railroad, Still‘s meticulous documentation of the heroic and courageous stories of enslaved African Americans escaping to freedom is transformed into a “modern choral masterpiece, representing struggle and hope in the best of the oratorio tradition” (Black Grooves).

                    BUY TICKETS SUBSCRIBE TWO CONCERTS SUBSCRIBE THREE CONCERTS TREVOR KROEGER conductor WITH QUEEN CITY CABARET Escape the winter chill and the holiday rush at An Intimate Christmas with VAE, a cozy reimagining of our candlelit holiday concert. Conductor Trevor Kroeger will lead VAE singers, instrumentalists, and…Read more AN INTIMATE CHRISTMAS WITH VAE

                    BUY TICKETS SUBSCRIBE TWO CONCERTS SUBSCRIBE THREE CONCERTS ISAAC CATES conductor Program: Lift Every Voice and Sing JAMES WELDON JOHNSON, arr. Rolond Corter Striving After God UNDINE SMITH MOORE, ed. James Abbington The Lord’s Prayer arr. ISAAC CATES I’m Gonna Sing ‘Til the Spirit Moves in My Heart MOSES HOGAN…Read more HARMONY ACROSS TRADITIONS: An Evening with Isaac Cates

                BUY TICKETS SUBSCRIBE 2 CONCERTS SUBSCRIBE 3 CONCERTS   LAUREN McALLISTER conductor STEPHEN MICHAEL HANNA baritone ELLEN GRAHAM mezzo-soprano JACKIE STEVENS soprano JASON VEST tenor DAVID KIRKENDALL piano Program:   H. LESLIE ADAMS To the Road! from The Wider View M. C. RICHARDS Introit – Opening Song, from Angel Poems EDWARD ELGAR Where Corals Lie, from Sea Pictures…Read more Take Yourself With You

                    BUY TICKETS – SAT MAR 9 @ 7:30 pm SUBSCRIBE TWO CONCERTS SUBSCRIBE THREE CONCERTS CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON conductor Program: BACH Mass in B Minor Beloved Grammy-winner Craig Hella Johnson returns to conduct his final performances as VAE Music Director with a performance of Johann Sebastian…Read more BACH B MINOR MASS

                    BUY TICKETS – SUN MAR 10 @ 3:00 pm SUBSCRIBE TWO CONCERTS SUBSCRIBE THREE CONCERTS CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON conductor Program: Bach Mass in B Minor Beloved Grammy-winner Craig Hella Johnson returns to conduct his final performances as VAE Music Director with a performance of Johann Sebastian…Read more BACH B MINOR MASS

                    BUY TICKETS CHRISTIN SEARS conductor Using music selections from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, David Childs, Laura Mvula and more, Sun, Moon & Stars explores stories of the human experience — life, longing, love and loss — through the wonders of our universe and the mystery and beauty that…Read more Salon Concert: Sun, Moon & Stars

                    BUY TICKETS SUBSCRIBE     BENEDICT SHEEHAN conductor An evening of passionate choral works by Maddalena Casulana, Barbara Strozzi, Laura Hawley and Anna Olson, culminating in the world premiere of Benedict Sheehan’s The Passion of Mary, a new exploration of the Christian Passion narrative from the perspective…Read more THE WOUNDED HEART: Songs of Passion & Loss

BUY TICKETS SUBSCRIBE MATTHEW SWANSON conductor VAE’s beloved Candlelit Christmas returns to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel at The Summit Country Day School. Music from across a thousand years is woven together into an unbroken tapestry of singing, all presented in contemplative candlelight. Hear the music of Judith Weir, Morten Lauridsen, Roderick Williams and other…Read more CANDLELIT CHRISTMAS DEC 21