Save the Date for GALA Choruses
Leadership Symposium 2026
February 12–15, 2026 | Columbus, OH
GALA’s Leadership Symposium offers an opportunity for leaders of GALA member choruses to meet one another, attend workshops, network, learn about ways to engage with schools in your community, and to pick up resources for building successful choruses. We’ll share our success stories, learn from our collective mistakes, and have a great time in a beautiful location! It’s a fantastic opportunity to meet peers, and we’ll have special intensive workshops for new GALA chorus ADs, new chorus board members, and chorus managers.
In addition to a full slate of workshops and seminars, there will be plenty of open-agenda time to discuss the particular issues with which your chorus might be struggling. We’ll have round-table discussions, one-on-one consultations with GALA 411 Advisors, and social gatherings.
Registration for Symposium 2026 in Columbus will open on June 1, 2025!
Symposium Registration Pricing
For budgeting purposes, folks should include travel to Columbus, Ohio, and an estimated $200/night for accommodations at the Symposium hotel.
| Registration | Price | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early | $300 | June 1, 2025 | Sept. 30, 2025 |
| Regular | $325 | Oct. 1, 2025 | Nov. 30, 2025 |
| Late | $350 | Dec. 1, 2025 | Feb. 15, 2026 |
| Singer | $150 | June 1, 2025 | Feb. 15, 2026 |
| Senior / Disabled | $275 | June 1, 2025 | Feb. 15, 2026 |
| Ensemble | $500 | June 1, 2025 | Nov. 30, 2025 |
Request for Workshop Proposals
GALA Choruses invites you to share your skills and talents with others in the LGBTQ choral movement by submitting a Symposium Workshop Proposal. Note that symposium workshop sessions will be 60 or 90 minutes in length. In keeping with historical precedent and current financial practice and policy, GALA members volunteer their services when serving as a clinician, presenter, or in other professional capacity for GALA sponsored events. GALA Choruses member clinicians are expected to officially register for the conference event at the posted rates.
Request for Workshop Proposals will open on June 1, 2025!