The Mirandola Ensemble, established in 2011, is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based professional choral ensemble dedicated to promoting the highest standards of choral music, the idea of choral music as ‘high art’ in the Western tradition, and the aesthetics of the Renaissance. The ensemble is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization, and has served multiple years as a Class Notes Artist-in-Residence for Classical Minnesota Public Radio. The group’s three studio albums – “The Infant King: Advent and Christmastide”, “Unquiet Thoughts: The Lute Songs of John Dowland”, and “Nymphs & Angels” – are all available via iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon, Spotify, and other streaming music services.
The Mirandola Ensemble is led by Artistic Director and tenor Nick Chalmers.
OUR NAME
Our name comes from the esteemed Renaissance philosopher, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463 – 1494), who wrote in his seminal treatise “Oration on the Dignity of Man”: “[Adam,] to you is granted the power, contained in your intellect and judgment, to be reborn into the higher forms, the divine.”
In the Mirandola Ensemble, we aim to take the spirit of Mirandola’s philosophy seriously, just as our favorite Renaissance composers did. Vocal music should be not only entertaining and fun, but also enlightening and even moral. It has the ability not only to amuse us, but to make our lives better.
The Mirandola Ensemble aims to represent the highest standards in vocal music performance, utilizing the most recent scholarship and the very best professionals in the field today.
