Minnesota Chorale

The organization is an acclaimed, professional core symphonic chorus. It performs some 20 concerts yearly with a variety of collaborating partners, including professional, academic and civic ensembles, as well as other choirs. The organization's bridges series, begun in 1994 to build musical and social bridges to diverse populations, has been acclaimed as a national model for community engagement programs. Bridges is a series of musical initiatives that harness the richness and diversity of the global choral repertoire to engage cultural communities and raise awareness of pressing social needs.

Comprised of ensembles for singers from ages 8 to 80-plus, the Minnesota Chorale is a multi-generational umbrella organization. With the founding of the minneapolis youth chorus in 2007, the Chorale deepened its community connections offering choral opportunities for minneapolis school students. Those in grades 6 through 8 develop their musical gifts in an environment dedicated to the celebration of diversity and the pursuit of artistic excellence. Myc's prelude children's choir, for children in grades 3 through 5, provides an introductory choral experience for younger singers. Voices of experience, established in 2010 in partnership with the macphail center for music, offers mature singers opportunities to achieve vocal excellence and enrich the community through song.