Press releases  

Chorale, MacPhail launch senior choir
July, 2010

The Minnesota Chorale and MacPhail Center for Music announce the formation of Voices of Experience, a chorus of Twin Cities’ seniors, ages 55 and older. A Chorale-MacPhail steering committee has chosen Dr. Mary Kay Geston, an associate professor of music at Northwestern College in St. Paul, as the ensemble’s conductor.

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Dr. Mary Kay Geston, conductor of Voices of Experience

Principal Ray Aponte honored by MYC
June, 2010

Ray Aponte, principal at Jefferson Community School, was honored by the Minneapolis Youth Chorus for extraordinary service to MYC since its founding in 2007.

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Principal Ray Aponte, with Chorale board president Les Bendtsen (l) and MYC Founding Conductor Pat Arasim (r).

All in a summer's work: Romey in U.S. and Europe
September, 2006

Chorale Artistic Director is in demand as a guest conductor and chorus master for the prestigious Oregon Bach Festival, a Carnegie Hall performance in January 2007, and the Festival Ensemble Stuttgart's tour of European festivals.

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Chorale named principal chorus of MN Orchestra
September, 2004

The Minnesota Chorale was named the principal chorus of the Minnesota Orchestra, formalizing an artistic relationship that dates to the Chorale's founding in 1972.

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