Voces Novae

03/16/2026

03/14/2026

If you enjoy percussion, tomorrow is the concert for you! They have quite the setup for this performance. Between the percussionists, strings, brass, woodwinds, harp, pipe organ, keyboard, handbells, and 62-member chorus, there is something for everyone to enjoy!

Tickets available online or at the door.

✨ **Creation** ✨
📅 Sunday, March 15 | 3:00 PM
📍 St. Michael Catholic Church – Louisville, KY
🎟️ vocesnovaelouisville.org/events

03/14/2026

There is not a bad seat in the house for tomorrow’s concert! What a glorious space to perform in. Here’s a glimpse of our chamber orchestra practicing today with Artistic Director, Angela Vaughn Hampton. Tickets available online or at the door!

✨ **Creation** ✨
📅 Sunday, March 15 | 3:00 PM
📍 St. Michael Catholic Church – Louisville, KY
🎟️ vocesnovaelouisville.org/events

03/12/2026

Thank you to Louisville Public Media and 90.5 WUOL Classical Louisville’s Laura Atkinson for chatting with VN member Scott Burress about our performance this Sunday, 3/15 - the regional premiere of Dan Forrest’s Creation! We are so excited to share this incredible work with you. Tickets available online or at the door!

✨ **Creation** ✨
📅 Sunday, March 15 | 3:00 PM
📍 St. Michael Catholic Church – Louisville, KY
🎟️ vocesnovaelouisville.org/events

Voces Novae presents a regional premiere of Dan Forrest's Creation

03/08/2026

Mere days before our regional premiere of Creation, VN member Brandon Aten ran into composer Dan Forrest 400 miles away at ACDA Southern Conference! Dan was kind enough to sign our concert poster and wish us luck. We’re on cloud nine, but not as much as we will be next Sunday. Come see what all the fuss is about!

✨ **Creation** ✨
📅 Sunday, March 15 | 3:00 PM
📍 St. Michael Catholic Church – Louisville, KY
🎟️ vocesnovaelouisville.org/events

03/05/2026

The artwork of Dan Forrest's Creation: The circle shape and the complete color spectrum represent the diversity yet wholeness and interconnectedness of all creation.

The line drawings represent (clockwise) the themes of creation as presented in the work: Light, Sky, Garden, Spheres, Wings and Deep Blue (note that these lines both have double meanings: waves of the ocean and fish scales, and interlocking bird shapes that also evoke clouds/sky), and lastly, Ish Ishah (humanity) represented by double helixes.

All these lines flow together in one interdependent whole, as does creation.

✨ **Creation** ✨
📅 Sunday, March 15 | 3:00 PM
📍 St. Michael Catholic Church – Louisville, KY
🎟️ vocesnovaelouisville.org/events

03/02/2026

✨ **Creation** ✨
📅 Sunday, March 15 | 3:00 PM
📍 St. Michael Catholic Church – Louisville, KY
🎟️ vocesnovaelouisville.org/events

Join us for an awe-inspiring afternoon of music as we present the regional premiere of Dan Forrest’s oratorio, Creation! This work celebrating the wonders of our planet will be brought to life in collaboration with a ten-piece chamber orchestra, handbell ensemble (Christ Church United Methodist’s Carillon Ringers), and organist (Tim Baker).

We are deeply grateful to all these gifted musicians, as well as Nancy Harris of Harris Entertainment for securing the chamber orchestra and Donna Vaughn, CCUM’s Director of Adult Handbells.

Don’t miss this powerful collaboration of choir, chamber orchestra, handbells, and organ. We hope you’ll join us! 🎶

Chamber orchestra:
Kathleen Karr - flute, piccolo, alto flute
Alex DiThomas - oboe, English horn
Matthew Nelson - clarinet
Colin Dorman - horn
Chip Fellows - harp
Sarah Hill - violin
Wendy Doyle - cello
Terry O'Mahoney - percussion
Sam Riddick - percussion
Christopher Choi - percussion

Voces Novae is thrilled to present the regional premiere of Creation, the breathtaking large-scale work by acclaimed composer Dan Forrest. This expansive and

02/09/2026

While we are hard at work preparing for our upcoming performance of Dan Forrest’s “CREATION”, lets continue introducing you to the board members!

Up next is Danielle Armstrong.

Danielle Armstrong, soprano, loves the camaraderie and creative energy that comes from performing with talented musicians. Her passion for music began as a young child singing in church. She soon expanded her repertoire into secular works, including slumber party sing-alongs from The Little Mermaid. A Massachusetts native now based in Louisville, Danielle has performed with the Louisville Orchestra and tours regularly with the Royal School of Church Music America National Choir. By day, Danielle is Vice President of Operations at TogetherWith, an independent, employee-owned advertising agency; by night, she’s happiest cooking, discovering new restaurants, and making music with great people.

01/28/2026

Voces Novae proudly presents the regional premiere of Creation, the sweeping new choral work by acclaimed composer Dan Forrest. From the first spark of light to the wonder of the natural world, Creation is a powerful musical journey that celebrates awe, beauty, and humanity’s place within the universe.

Blending luminous harmonies, dramatic storytelling, and moments of breathtaking stillness, Forrest’s Creation invites listeners to experience the familiar story anew—through sound that is at once intimate and expansive. Voces Novae brings this extraordinary work to life with its signature clarity, emotional depth, and expressive intensity, offering audiences a rare opportunity to encounter one of today’s most compelling choral voices in a landmark performance.

Join us for an unforgettable evening of discovery, reflection, and sonic brilliance as Voces Novae unveils Creation in its first-ever regional performance.

GET TICKETS HERE: https://vocesnovaelouisville.org/event/dan-forrests-creation/

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12/02/2025

This campaign for is going to help pay for the instrumentalists we need for our spring concert, but that isn’t the only ambitious thing we’ve done this year!

We rebuilt and launched a new website, transitioned to mobile ticketing, and restructured so we could offer cheaper tickets to younger students and children hoping to increase accessibility to a wider audience!

As a small arts nonprofit, we know how to do a lot with a little, which is how we know every little bit counts!
Even $10 makes a difference to us!

https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=U5JEUGQFXZVWU

We thank you for continuing to support us and keep the music sounding!
We do it for you and we couldn’t do it without you!

12/02/2025

Friends and Patrons!
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Last night, we did our first read through of the music for our next concert, the regional premiere of Dan Forrest’s “Creation”! I can already tell you it is going to be lovely.
Performance of this work will include hiring a chamber orchestra of 9-11 performers, which comes at a fairly significant cost.

You may remember that we didn’t hit our fundraising goal on this year’s Give For Good Louisville, so we are back to ask for your help and support to allow us to keep the music going!

You can support this endeavor by either giving directly through this link, or on the donation page on our website:
https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=U5JEUGQFXZVWU

We appreciate you and your support and hope that you will also consider attending the premiere on March 15 (location TBD)!