The Boston Red Sox won the 2013 World Series. And the Gateway Men’s Chorus of St. Louis is keeping its word: “So, the Gateway Men’s Chorus of St. Louis had a little wager with the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus regarding the outcome of the 2013 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red […]
Susan Haugh is the founding Executive Artistic Director of Dreams of Hope (now in its tenth season), a multidisciplinary arts organization for queer youth and allies, and serves currently as its Artistic Director. Through the power of the arts, Dreams of Hope provides Western Pennsylvania’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and allied (LGBTQA) youth a welcoming environment […]
New programming this Sunday the 27th on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN): OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will present a special night of programming focusing on the conversation around being gay in America on Sunday, October 27. “Oprah’s Next Chapter” leads off the night (9-10 p.m. ET/PT) and will feature an in-depth conversation with Oprah and popular […]
Jane Ramseyer Miller, artistic director of GALA Choruses, shares her story and her passion for music in the LGBTQ movement. Jane also works as artistic director for One Voice Mixed Chorus.
From Lucinda Wilson, executive producer of the Festival of Voices: The Out & Loud Festival was a terrific success, everyone had such a good time singing and sharing. The filming of the GALA video on the big screen of our cabaret venue Voicebox was very moving, all our participants were very touched as I think you […]
GALA Choruses had a chance recently to interview author Stacy Horn about her new book Imperfect Harmony. Why do we sing? For Stacy Horn, singing in a community choir–the Choral Society of Grace Church in New York–is the one thing in her life that never fails to take her to a transcendent place and remind […]
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 […]