Voices of Ascension: Canticle of the Sun Voices of Ascension, Beth Willer, conductor Church of the Ascension May 21, 2026 Published in Sequenza 21 By Christian Carey   NEW YORK – Beth Willer, Director of Choral Activities at Peabody Conservatory and Artistic Director of Lorelei Ensemble, served as guest conductor for Voices of Ascension’s recent Canticle of the Sun concert. To say the program was ambitious is to undersell the challenges posed by all of the pieces. Most choral ensembles, even professional ensembles, would consider any one of these works to be an inclusion sufficient to prove their capabilities