Mitch Menchaca, chief operations officer (now interim CEO) of Chorus America, shares his years of experience about the grant application process for GALA Choruses. Mitch also sings with The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC. Learn more about funding for Choruses on the GALA Choruses Resource Center: https://galachoruses.org/resource-center/chorus-managers/fund-development

Confronted with the unimaginable death of Leelah Alcorn, the Greater Cincinnati HRC Steering Committee responded immediately to help our grieving trans community, including myself. Each member of the steering committee was incredibly supportive and provided logistical and financial support for the vigils held at Leelah’s high school and then this past Saturday in downtown Cincinnati […]

In late November 2014 I received a wonderful surprise when I opened my mail. It was a note from Robin Godfrey, the Executive Director of GALA Choruses, informing our Equality Rocks! Chorus in Thunder Bay, Ontario that River City Mixed Chorus in Omaha had “paid forward” their 30th anniversary gift from GALA. River City themselves had […]

In early 2014 GALA Choruses joined other LGBTQ organizations in writing to Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, asking “that the IOC develop language that explicitly includes sexual orientation in existing non-discrimination policies.” The full text of the letter from GALA Choruses can be found in a previous blog post here. The IOC has responded […]

American musician and songwriter Norah Jones said, “For me, making music is part social, part interaction, part collaboration.”  On November 22 and 23, 2014 Perfect Harmony Men’s Chorus (PHMC) – Madison, WI, City of Festivals Men’s Chorus (COFMC) – Milwaukee, WI, and One Voice Mixed Chorus (One Voice) – St. Paul, MN came together to […]

Karen Yair, who sits on the board of directors of Big Apple Performing Arts, and Charlie Beale, artistic director of the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, tell the story of an audience research study conducted earlier this year by New York City Gay Men’s Chorus. Learn more at: http://www.galachoruses.org/resource-center/chorus-managers/marketing View the more on the […]

After more than two years of planning, months of tour and travel preparation, days and nights learning brand new commissioned works, and long hours memorizing texts in Hungarian, Finnish, and Latin, the Golden Gate Men’s Chorus of San Francisco returned home from the 2014 World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia this past July as gold […]