Mimi Bornstein

Mimi Bornstein is a choral director, song leader, pianist, workshop and worship leader, singer, and composer with a belief that when we sing we change who we are, and when we change who we are we change the world. Embracing the healing and transformational elements of mu-sic and the powerful journeys we take when we sing in community, Ms. Bornstein works across a broad range of settings both locally and nationally. Her music and choral arrangements have been performed nationally and internationally. Choruses under Ms. Bornstein’s direction have performed with noted musicians including the Grammy Award-winning Paul Winter Consort, Paul Sullivan, Theresa Thomason, and Jonathan Edwards.

Ms. Bornstein served as founder and artistic director of Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC), a non-profit community arts organization hosting a 140-voice non-auditioned multigenerational chorus. With a mission to sing as a community for the community, MCC provides a place for people to find voice and give voice to the issues of our time. Performing at least two concerts per year, MCC’s spring concert benefits local non-profit organization doing important work in the community. MCC has donated over $90,000 since its founding in 2008.

An active member of the American Choral Directors Association, Chorus America, and the As-sociation for Unitarian Universalist Music Ministries (AAUMM), Ms. Bornstein has presented workshops at national Chorus America conferences, served on the AAUMM Board of Directors where she also helped design and launch their Professional Music Ministry credentialing pro-gram, and served as AAUMM’s Director of Conferences. She has presented workshops and served as choir director and worship leader at numerous national gatherings.

Currently, Mimi serves as director of music ministries at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ar-lington, VA, as co-founder and artistic director of Voice United Community Chorus—a non-auditioned, interfaith, multi-racial community chorus in Washington, DC, and sings with the Al-fred Street Baptist Choir in Alexandria, VA.