Enchanting Audiences with Musical Excellence

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. The choir 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.

We became the second early music choral group in the Twin Cities area, reviving old liturgies such as the Sarum Rite, and adapting others for new purposes, including Great Paschal Vespers and our annual Advent Procession.

While our liturgical music has been centered mainly on the Anglican tradition of the Episcopal Church, we have never been a “church choir” as such, and have often provided music for Lutheran, Catholic and other services.

Over the years the choir has changed its artistic course by adding women’s voices and by focusing on concerts and more secular and new music, while we continue to perform the great music of the church outside liturgical settings.

In March of 2023 we celebrated our 50th anniversary with a performance of selections from our music library of over a thousand titles, and we will continue to offer music of all eras, especially the seldom-heard works that deserve an audience.

We have always prided ourselves on presenting music that is not only excellent and inspiring but undeservedly overlooked.