Elevate Vocal Arts

Mission: Elevate Vocal Arts creates performance and education opportunities, and expands creative workforce development opportunities for individuals from historically marginalized communities to develop as professional Vocal Artists who speak to our time's relevant issues through music, storytelling, and spoken word, strengthening our democracy.

About Elevation: EVA’s flagship, all-professional performing ensemble, Elevation, is Delaware’s only professional vocal ensemble. Elevation performances fuse traditional, classical choral music with jazz, hip-hop, R&B, storytelling, and spoken word. Unique to our model and our repertoire, we consider the vocal arts to be more than just singing and are inclusive of the many ways the human voice is used in creative and artistic expressions.

Elevation self-produces performances throughout Delaware annually. Performances are produced in New Castle County, Kent County, and Sussex County. In addition to these self-produced concerts, Elevation is presented by colleges and universities, arts and culture venues, and houses of worship.

More than just performers, Elevation’s Vocal Artists mentor our Vocal Arts Apprentices and support Delaware arts educator professional development and school-based residencies.

Our Programming

We offer the following programming:

Vocal Artist Training, Mentoring, & Workforce Development

Education:

• 30-60 Day School-Based Residencies
• Professional Development Sessions
• The Bent But Not Broken Conference: 
  • Bent But Not Broken — the first and only of its kind — is a four-day music conference amplifying the musical contributions and accomplishments of Black vocal artists across time and genres. Now in its third year, BBNB 3.0 offers interest sessions, immersion choirs, panel discussions, honor choirs, and performances. This year, conference attendees will have the opportunity to focus on the interlocking concepts of self-work, homework, and hard work through sessions led by internationally acclaimed scholars and musicians.

Professional Vocal Arts Performance:

• Vocal
• Spoken Word & Storytelling