from Barry Dennison at huffpost As President Obama met with gay, lesbians, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Russia last week, after the recent G20 Summit, on September 8, 2013, the world was mobilizing in a grassroots movement with marches here in Toronto, cities in the United States, England, Germany, Sweden, Brazil, the Philippines, and many other […]
Beijing Video from Eric Lane Barnes on Vimeo. After Chen, Roy, Faye and I met with Ambassador Gary Locke we spent a few hours debriefing about the meeting, the concert, and the future of the Shining Jazzy Chorus. Faye (who has been one of the music directors of the group) said to me, “Before you […]
From the Advocate: Out of the Past: Celebrating LGBT History in San Francisco took place in the City by the Bay earlier this month, bringing together nearly 500 attendees who gathered at the historic Old Mint for a look at San Francisco’s unique queer history and culture. Several important speakers were on hand, including Zoe […]
As choruses gather after the summer hiatus, many singers will be faced with the annual dues question and quietly (or not so quietly) grumbling. If I were to ask you if you would like to pay dues the answer might be ‘no.’ Who, after all, ‘enjoys’ paying for anything? So why do our choruses request […]
Here’s a window into GALA’s past. This large group photo was taken at COAST (Come Out and Sing Together) in 1983 at Lincoln Center in New York City. COAST brought together 1,200 individuals from 12 choruses from around the US for the first National Gay and Lesbian Choral Festival. All delegates sang in mass choir conducted […]
The Singer’s Body – Part 1 by Stephen Edwards In the middle of a recent choral rehearsal for an upcoming concert, I looked up from my music to cue an emotional and heart-felt crescendo in the midst of an especially warm and tender moment of the piece. When I gazed across the chorus, the depth […]
Kevin Robison, artistic director of the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus, and Robert Glor, artistic director of Our Song, take us on a tour of Atlanta, the location for the 2013 GALA Leadership Symposium. Early Registration ends on September 6th. Be sure to register soon! Click here for more.
