Leadership Symposium 2025

…for a performance! Fundraising Competition In order to encourage collaborative sharing of ideas and experiences, GALA Symposium will hold a fundraising proposal competition along the lines of the TV show…

Oakland Gay Men’s Chorus

…Rainbow Community Center, The Lighthouse Community Center, The Center for AIDS Services, The Pacific Center for Human Growth, Women’s Cancer Resource Center, Adopt A Special Kid (AASK), and Alameda Meals…

In Harmony: Building Community Through Song

…taken on a soul-stirring journey as the San Diego Women’s Chorus delivers a captivating selection of songs from a variety of genres which share the theme of unity and community….

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…

Motherless Child

Commissioned by the GALA Choruses Festival V — 1996, Tampa, Florida. Motherless Child is derived, in part, from the African-American spiritual “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.” The original song…

Asian Queer Choirs: A Perspective in 2018

The concept of “Asia”, particularly as a cultural signifier, has always been problematic. It assumes a high degree of commonality across what is the world’s largest continent, and has been…

Asheville Gay Men’s Chorus

…diverse and experienced, our members are brothers working together to broaden our friendships. To foster LGBTQ community spirit and present a positive gay image to the community at large. AVLGMC serves…

Turtle Creek Chorale

…dues-paying members who contribute over 100,000 hours annually to rehearsals, performances, community outreach, and educational workshops.  As the most recorded male chorus in the world, TCC has provided musical journeys to…

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…

A Letter to the IOC from GALA Choruses

Posted on: February 4th, 2014 by GALA Communications On behalf of GALA Choruses, board president Mindy Taylor and external relations committee chair Martin Brophy, MBE, recently sent a letter to…