We are a semi-professional choral ensemble that foregrounds contemporary works by composers from underrepresented backgrounds. 

Minneapolis Choir Collective (fka Minneapolis Choir Co-Op) was founded in 2018 as the Minneapolis Madrigal Singers by Founding Artistic Director Rack. 

  • MCC has ranged in size from12 singers to over 70. Our size fluctuates based on our project.

  • Our ensemble is an inclusive LGBTQ+ communitywith 92% of singers in 2025 identifying as queer. 

  • Previously focused primarily on madrigals, the bulk of MCC’s repertoire is now new works by composers from underrepresented backgrounds.

  • Other notable repertoire performed in the last few years includes Paul Winter’s Earth Mass, Howell’s Requiem, and a variety of works by our Composing Fellows and Collaborating Artists.

MCC Leadership

Artistic Director - Rack

Rack (he/they) is a conductor, singer, and educator currently living in South Minneapolis. Rack is the founding artistic director of the Minneapolis Choir Collective (MCC), a vocal ensemble that focuses on creating opportunities for musicians and advocating for local social justice organizations. In addition to the MCC, Rack works as Director of Music Ministries at White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church and teaches music at Minneapolis College. You can hear Rack perform with his band Rabeca streaming online, or at local venues throughout the Twin Cities.

Executive Director - Beth Trizna

Beth Trizna (she/her) is a teacher and multidisciplinary artist. She is an active freelance horn player and recently founded Lemonbrass, a brass quintet that premieres works from local composers. She sings with Minneapolis Choir Collective and serves as Executive Director. Beth composes music for brass ensemble and also weaves baskets from willow she forages in overlooked spaces around the Twin Cities.

MCC Board of Directors

President - Klo Vivienne Garoute

Treasurer - Ben Caswell

Secretary - Julia Reimann-Perez

Isaac Mayhew

Oliver Stockert

April Crowley

Beth Trizna

Rack

Past Concerts

  • Winter 2026

  • Fall 2025

  • Summer 2025

  • Spring 2025

  • Winter 2025

  • Fall 2024

  • Summer 2024

  • Winter 2024

  • Fall 2024

  • Spring 2023

  • Winter 2023

  • Fall 2023

  • Summer 2022

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that the land now called the Minnehaha neighborhood in South Minneapolis, where MCC primarily rehearses and performs, is the ancestral and present-day land of the Dakota people. The specific band here was the Wahpekute.

Minnehaha United Methodist Church is less than 6 miles from Bdóte - the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers. It is a significant sacred Dakota landscape. 

For more information on the Wahpekute band, please visit this webpage (History of the Wahpekute). We encourage further exploration and learning beyond this resource. The Native Land Digital interactive map shows which Indigenous lands you live on in the Americas and elsewhere.