Crossing borders through choral music
Border CrosSing is an award-winning choral music nonprofit based in Minnesota.
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Listen
Led by Artistic Director Ahmed Anzaldúa, Puentes is an award-winning, auditioned vocal ensemble that fills the space with stirring sounds and compelling narratives, connecting artists and audiences.
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Sing
Love to sing? Join our community sings, Heritage Choir or Puentes ensemble. ¡Ven a cantar con nosotros!
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Teach
Explore our educational offerings through our School Residencies —designed to inspire and make Latin American music accessible for everyone.
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Border CrosSing specializes in rarely performed music from Latin America and beyond. Explore our previous performances, sheet music series and more.
Our Next puentes Concert
Calixto Álvarez: Réquiem Osún
Join Border CrosSing for the final concert of our 2024-2025 Season: the regional première of Réquiem Osún, by Cuban composer Calixto Álvarez, in its entirety. This work is a Requiem Mass that brings together the Christian Requiem for the Dead in Latin with prayers to the Orishas in Yoruba and other West African indigenous languages.
Friday, 30 May @ 7pm | Church of the Ascension (Minneapolis | MAP) &
Saturday, 31 May @ 7pm | Academia Cesar Chavez School (Saint Paul | MAP)
Come hear us sing!
2024-2025 Puentes Season
“Dance Party” at La Doña Cervecería
September 13 at 7 PM | September 15 at 4 PM
WaterSongs: The Ripple Effect with Minnesota Chorale
October 13 at 4 PM
Navidad Nuestra and Latin American Baroque Villancicos
December 7 at 7 PM | December 8 at 4 PM
Oceana
April 5 at 8 PM
Calixto Álvarez: Réquiem Osún
May 30 at 7 PM | May 31 at 7 PM
Artist Recital Series
2024 Dates
October 13
November 10
December 8
2025 Dates
January 12
March 9
April 6
May 11
June 15
Location
Ascension Catholic Church
1723 Bryant Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55411
Time
1:00 PM
Free!
Come sing with us!
Community Events
Community Sing: Serenata Navideña
December 13 at 6:00pm
May 2025 Community Sing
May 3 at 11:30am
Our mission-driven work includes…
our historic 2019 performance of Osvaldo Golijov’s La Pasión según San Marcos with the Minnesota Orchestra, named as one of the year’s best concerts by the Star Tribune; our sheet music editions and publications on Graphite; and the release of our first studio album with Bridge Records in April 2022 that celebrates BIPOC composers across the Americas. Our programming gained international attention when we became recipients of the 2020 ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, awarded by Chorus America.
