East Central Minnesota Chorale
The East Central Minnesota Chorale has been a choir since 1981, when the chorale was founded. It has created a community of talented musicians who are always sharing their talent around the Region. Members of the choir come from the five counties that make up East Central Minnesota (Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Isanti, Chisago and Pine) and beyond. The group meets once a week for a 2 hour rehearsal throughout the Fall, Winter and Spring Seasons! If you are interested in joining, see more details below!
Charles Moe
An active conductor, composer, and clinician, Charles Moe has been the Artistic Director of the East Central Minnesota Chorale since 2017. In addition to his duties with ECMC, Charles is the Director of Choirs at Princeton High School. Mr. Moe has served on the staffs of churches and schools in Iowa and Minnesota.
Ensembles under his direction have performed at festivals, invitationals, and clinics throughout the Midwest.
He holds degrees from North Dakota State University (Master of Music in Music Education); Luther College (Bachelor of Arts), as well as a certification in K-12 Music Education from Bemidji State University. Charles is a member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA); ACDA-MN; The National Association for Music Education, the Minnesota Music Educators Association, and Education Minnesota.
He is married to Abby and has two children, Henrik and Freya.
East Central Minnesota Chorale - Collaborative Pianist
Michelle joined the chorale in the fall of 2024. She has been involved with music most of her life. Michelle started piano lessons at a young age and began accompanying choirs at her home church of Immanuel Lutheran in Princeton during her middle school and high school years. She attended Golden Valley Lutheran College and Concordia College St. Paul, where she accompanied the choirs and soloists and got involved accompanying the theater department during their musical rehearsals and performances.
Once Michelle graduated from college, she began her first church organist position at Trinity Lutheran in Princeton, playing for church services, funerals, weddings, soloists, and the choir. Michelle moved to North Branch where she was an educator in the North Branch Area Public Schools. She quickly became involved with the choir and children's music at Trinity Lutheran Church and began accompanying the Middle School choir in North Branch.
Currently, Michelle is Director of Traditional Worship/organist at Cambridge Lutheran Church in Cambridge and has been there since 2016. She also has the privilege of being the accompanist for the Cambridge High School choirs and the Prime Time Singers. She also loves playing in the pit band for Play Inc performances. Any down time that Michelle finds, she is reading, quilting, traveling, and camping with her husband, Ron.
