The “project”

About MCP

Madison Choral Project was formed in 2012 by conductor Albert Pinsonneault to explore challenging works for chamber choir and to bring world-class choral music to our home in central Wisconsin. Now in our eleventh year, MCP has performed over 40 concerts for thousands of patrons and has received national recognition for excellence.

In 2020 MCP won 2nd Place in the national American Prize in Choral Performance, Professional Division. In both 2018 and 2020 MCP was invited to perform for the Midwest American Choral Directors Association biennial conferences.

Known for performing new music, MCP has commissioned and premiered 16 new works by important compositional voices, including Eric William Barnum, Abbie Betinis, Elio Bucky, Scott Gendel, Jocelyn Hagen, Justin Merritt, D. Jasper Sussman, Timothy Takach, and David Evan Thomas.

Dr. Albert Pinsonneault

Conductor Albert Pinsonneault is founder and artistic director of the Madison Choral Project, a 24-voice professional chamber choir based in Madison, Wisconsin. A fierce advocate for new music, he has commissioned and premiered over 30 works for choir. He received second place in the American Prize for Professional Choirs in 2020, performed by invitation at Midwestern ACDA Regional conferences (2018, 2020), presented at ACDA National in 2017, and headlined the Iowa Choral Directors Association state conference in 2024. His booklet Choral Intonation is published through Graphite and in active use at over 150 high schools, universities, churches, and community choruses. He is also Associate Director of Choral Studies at the University of Wisconsin, where he will teach choir, conducting, and the graduate choral literature seminar.

 From 2019-2024 Dr. Pinsonneault was Director of Choral Activities at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota where he oversaw a large undergraduate choral program involving 200 student musicians, a nationally televised Christmas program, and a history of international travel. From 2015-2019 he was Associate Director of Choral Organizations at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, where he helped administer a distinguished doctoral program in choral conducting, led two choirs, taught the graduate choral literature sequence, and served on dissertation committees.

 A native of Minnesota, Dr. Pinsonneault attended St. Olaf College (BM Piano Performance) and the University of Minnesota (MM Choral Conducting) before completing his studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (DMA Choral Conducting, minor in Music Theory).

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