Sample Agreements

Sample Conversation Agreements These sample agreements can be used to create common ground and understanding before community conversations. Engage your chorus in adapting and creating your own shared agreements.  Use…

Privilege, Access, and the Arts

…This works. Individuals are not being asked to represent the entirety of marginalized experiences. This is key to developing culturally equitable communities and authentic arts programming. The communities at large…

Transformative Community Engagement Discussion Handout

Commmunity Engagement Discussion Handout Instructions For each of the scenarios below: Identify the issue/s surrounding equity, access and belonging present in this scenario. Reflect on how this situation may, or…

Phoenix, Colorado’s Trans Community Choir

Phoenix, Colorado’s Trans Community Choir was founded in September 2015 by Sam Bullington as a fully collaborative grassroots community of individuals who believe in the transformative potential of the arts…

Chorus Video Introductions

…to communications@galachoruses.org. To learn more about uploading a video to Vimeo, please visit https://help.vimeo.com/hc/en-us/articles/12426043233169-Video-and-audio-compression-guidelines Share your video with communications@galachoruses.org using Google Drive. To learn more about sharing over Google Drive,…

Festival 2024 Programming Guidelines

…and cultural expressions. We encourage member choruses to include repertoire by composers who represent BIPOC communities (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), composers who identify as women and non-binary persons, and…

Singing Out – Toronto

We are Toronto’s largest 2SLGBTQQIA+ community choir. We are a mixed-voice, non-auditioned, choir – a relative rarity in our communities across North America. But Singing Out is much more than…

One Voice Mixed Chorus – MN

…year, and innovative collaborations. Under the direction of Artistic Director Jane Ramseyer Miller, the award-winning chorus is known for its musical excellence, diverse programming, and a deep commitment to community…

Learning to Ask

…while some people are very comfortable with physical touch, people who prefer not to be touched are increasingly comfortable expressing this openly. In the 1980s, physical touch among casual acquaintances…