Austin

MacPhail CommUNITY Choir – Austin

This collaborative adult choir was brought to Austin by MacPhail Center for Music and Riverland Community College. Our mission is to reach the community through song while providing a friendly, flexible, fun environment to continue learning and enjoying music.

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Upcoming Events

About This Location

MacPhail Center for Music – Austin, opened in the fall of 2015 offering Sing Play Learn with MacPhail® classes and Individual Lessons on 15 instruments and voice.

In September 2020, MacPhail Center for Music in partnership with Austin Public Schools and with support from the Hormel Foundation, opened their new state-of-the-art music education center (pictured above).

The annex includes both individual and shared spaces for MacPhail community music students and Austin Public School students.

Spaces include: six teaching studios, eight practice rooms, a percussion studio, Sing, Play, Learn! with MacPhail® studio, suites for band and choir and an orchestra space. A Music Therapy Studio provides a new resource for the Austin community. A Midi Lab allows for the use of electric music keyboards to play and create. A beautiful recital hall and the Learning Stairs—a feature at the building’s center modeled after MacPhail’s Minneapolis location connecting the MacPhail and Austin Public School spaces—offer a community place to share music and learning with one another.

Learn more about the building and its October 2019 grand opening: press release.

Learn more about the process and the beautiful result via this documentary. Videography provided by and with thanks to journalist/filmmaker Patrick Gavin.

Important Dates

Fall Session 2024

August 31 – September 2
Closed Labor Day Weekend

September 3
Fall Semester begins for Individual Instruction and Suzuki
Fall Semester tuition due for continuing students
Deadline to claim financial aid for fall semester

November 27
Minneapolis Building Hours: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
All Suburban Sites Closed

November 28 – December 1
Closed Thanksgiving Weekend

December 23 – January 1
Closed Winter Break

January 20, 2025
Closed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Spring Session 2025

January 27
Spring Semester begins for all programs
Spring Semester tuition due
Deadline to claim financial aid for spring semester

April 20
Closed Easter Holiday

May 24-26
Closed Memorial Day Weekend

June 9
Last day of Spring Semester

Summer Session 2025

Closed Saturdays in August and Sundays through Summer

June 9
Summer Session begins for all programs

June 19
Closed Juneteenth

July 4-5
Closed Independence Day

August 31, September 1-2
Closed Labor Day Weekend/Last Days of Summer Semester

Info and Parking

Student Services is available at 612-321-0100, via email, or in-person to assist you.

PARKING: Free, on-site parking. Accessible parking available.