The Mirandola Ensemble

Help us fund our upcoming performance and education activities!

Currently celebrating its 15th season, The Mirandola Ensemble is a Minneapolis-based 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization working to bring choral music, Renaissance aesthetics, and education to new audiences throughout the Twin Cities and neighboring communities. In addition to our steadfast commitment to the programming and revitalization of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque repertoire, in recent years the Mirandola Ensemble has explored innovative programmatic avenues using contemporary compositions, as well as having forged new exciting relationships via educational outreach throughout the state.

Your 2025 Give to the Max Day donation to The Mirandola Ensemble will contribute towards, among other things, our continued educational programming as well as continued live performances of newly curated concert programs. Last month we kicked off our concert season with a triumphant collaboration with the University of Minnesota Choirs on a brand new program entitled "Echoes of Bohemia." Early this November we will join forces with Renaissance Band Incantare on a program presented for the American Musicological Society's National meeting here in Minneapolis. We are also currently active choral residents working with two talented choirs at Blake High School. In December we travel back in time to Windsor Castle at Christmas for a candlelit concert featuring the sumptuous harmonies of Medieval and Renaissance England at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral. We have been staying active as well, as always, singing for various liturgies of many different faith denominations, including new opportunities singing for Compline liturgies at St. Mark's Cathedral as well as serving as the choir for High Holy Days at Temple Israel in October! 

This February, Mirandola will appear for the first time on the renowned Bethlehem Music Series, presenting "The Floating City," a program featuring the resplendent sounds of Renaissance Venice in a program for voices, strings, brass, and keyboards concert will be preceded by a 30 minute Q&A with Mirandola musicians led by Minnesota Public Radio's Steve Staruch. This Spring, we also hope to launch a school residency with Holy Spirit Academy in Monticello, coaching middle school students on early music repertoire, including introductory polyphony and chant.

We are also happy to announce that we have secured matching funds of $2,000 through anonymous donors for Give to the Max Day 2025. Gifts up to that amount will therefore essentially count for double.

We are extremely proud of what The Mirandola Ensemble continues to accomplish, and we are thrilled to be back doing what we do best: bringing beautiful, underperformed music to our community and schools. Your financial contribution will help us achieve just that.

Gratefully yours,

Nick Chalmers, Artistic Director