Prepare to be transported, comforted and captivated by Sing Me to Heaven: Love Songs and a Requiem, the Saint Paul Vocal Forum’s (SPVF) upcoming set of November performances, inspired by the tenth anniversary of 9/11.
New SPVF artistic director Karin Barrett comments, “How do we express the inexpressible? Through the power of music we can experience the pure joy of love, or the healing of a deep and sorrowful loss.”
In fulfilling the long-standing SPVF mission of Singing for Understanding and Peace, Ms. Barrett has programmed 10 sublime works that touch on love, grief, loss and hopefulness including Herbert Howells’ Requiem and music by William Harris, Stephen Paulus, Ralph Vaughan Williams and others.
Concert dates, times, click locations for directions:
- Sunday, November 6, 7 PM – St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Roseville
- Saturday, November 12, 7 PM – Salem Lutheran Church in North Minneapolis
- Sunday, November 13, 3 PM – St. Peter’s Catholic Church in North St. Paul
Free admission, though contributions to SPVF will be gratefully accepted. Donations of non-perishable food items for local food shelves will also be collected at each concert.
Long-time friends of the St. Paul Vocal Forum may know that the choir’s board accepted the resignation of founding artistic director David Ryan Moberg last spring. Whether you have enjoyed SPVF for years or are a new enthusiast, you’re invited to make a connection with the choir this fall as SPVF continues its tradition of choral excellence and community engagement.
