Gregorian Singers

The Gregorian Singers is one of the longest-lived vocal ensembles in the Twin Cities area, founded in 1973 by its current music director, Monte Mason. It was originally constituted as a men’s choir to sing the plainsong office of Compline at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Minneapolis and to present the great music of the church within the context of its liturgies. From its start as a small men’s chant schola, The Gregorian Singers became the second early music choral group in the Twin Cities area. The choir revived old liturgies and adapted others for new purposes, including the Advent Procession that we have continued to present every year.  Over the years the choir has changed its artistic course by adding women’s voices and, while we continue to perform the great music of the church outside liturgical settings, focusing on concerts and more secular and new music, 

Recent performances include concerts of medieval and Renaissance music as part of the Twin Cities Early Music Festival; a concert of early music in collaboration with the Laurel School of Music (formerly the St. Paul Conservatory of Music); Scandinavian choral music sponsored by the Edvard Grieg Society and the Leif Erickson Society, respectively; as well as previous and upcoming concerts of Scandinavian Christmas music. 

We support our singers and music-making in the Twin Cities by paying for our singers’ time and talent, for partner instrumental organizations, and for recording and publishing performances of rare music. Your contribution is needed to help us fund future performances like these, and to support new partnerships, unique projects and performances in the broader Twin Cities, as well as collaborations with artists and organizations statewide. 

Donate today and be a part of our artistic legacy. We appreciate every contribution of any size. And each contribution makes us eligible for one of the Golden Ticket prizes - funds that could help us pay a singer or even fund an entire concert!

• $500 Golden Tickets will be awarded through November 20.  One random winner will be drawn each day from November 1 through November 20, and $500 will be added to the original gift. 
• Each hour on Give to the Max Day, November 20, one Golden Ticket of $1,000 will be awarded through a random drawing of all donations transacted during the previous hour. 
• Additionally, one Super-Sized Golden Ticket of $10,000 will be awarded, drawn randomly from all donations made through GiveMN.org until 11:59pm CST on November 20.