Crossing borders through choral music — Cruzando fronteras a través de la música coral
Border CrosSing is an award-winning choral music nonprofit based in Minnesota.
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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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Love to sing? Join our community sings, Heritage Choir or Puentes ensemble. ¡Ven a cantar con nosotros!
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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.
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Our Next puentes Concert
We Are of a Tribe
Celebrating the richness and diversity of the Latin American diaspora, this program brings together contemporary choral works that speak to identity, belonging, and shared humanity. At its center is We Are of a Tribe, a setting of a wonderful poem by Alberto Rios that we commissioned from Colombian composer Nico Gutierrez. This is presented alongside music by composers of Latin American heritage from across the Americas and beyond. Through varied voices and musical traditions, the program offers a powerful meditation on connection, memory, and the communities we create across borders and generations.
Friday, 30 October, 7:00pm at Unity Church-Unitarian (St. Paul)
Sunday, 1 November, 4:00pm at Ascension Catholic Church (Minneapolis)
2026-2027 Puentes Season
WE ARE OF A TRIBE
October 30th & November 1st
SERENATA NAVIDEÑA
December 12th
NAVIDAD NUESTRA
December 19th & 20th
TE AMO. TE QUIERO. TE ADORO.
February 21st
HERITAGE CHOIR COMMUNITY SING
May 8th
BORDER CROSSING DANCE PARTY
May 15th & 16th
ST. MARTIN DE PORRES
June 18th & 19th
Come sing with us!
2026-2027 Community Events
WINTER 2026 HERITAGE CHOIR SESSION
November 15th, 22nd, & 29th; December 6th
SERENATA NAVIDEÑA
December 12th
SPRING 2027 HERITAGE CHOIR SESSION
April 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd &29th; May 7th
HERITAGE CHOIR COMMUNITY SING
May 8th
BORDER CROSSING DANCE PARTY
May 15th & 16th
Our mission-driven work includes…
our 2025 self-produced performance of Osvaldo Golijov’s Oceana paired with works by J. S. Bach at the Ordway Concert Hall, named a Critic’s Pick by the Star Tribune;
our historic 2019 performance of 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 cherished El Mesías programs that combine Handel's Messiah in a bilingual setting with Navidad Nuestra by Argentine composer Ariel Ramírez, touted as a “cross-cultural, bilingual mash-up” that “creates a pathway toward all-new traditions” by the Pioneer Press;
our sheet music publications through Graphite Publications features works and arrangements by living composers including Nico Gutierrez, Natalia Romero Arbeláez, and Linda Kachelmeier and new performing editions of historical Latin American vocal music;
and the release of two albums, Un milagro de fe (A Miracle of Faith) and Aquí te amo (Here I Love You), that celebrate underrecognized composers across the Americas.
We are honored to be recipients of the 2025 Alice Parker Fund Award from Chorus America and the 2020 Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming.
This is our story.
