Tag Archives: Gay Men’s Chorus

San Francisco’s Fox affiliate reports: The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus sang a farewell song in the historic rotunda of City Hall in special sendoff honoring late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s work for the LGBTQ+ community. Nearly 100 members, both chorus alumni and active singers, gathered to pay their respects in song. The chorus has a long history with Sen. Feinstein, …

Playbill reports that North Carolina’s Triangle Gay Men’s Chorus and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington were performing in a Raleigh park when nearby street preachers began shouting bible verses calling for their deaths. They write: A local resident, Elizabeth Breakey, captured the incident on video and posted on Facebook, where she wrote, “This particular moment in Moore Square was …

From the Guardian: A British gay men’s choir is to release a cover of Bridge Over Troubled Water for victims of the Orlando shooting. The London Gay Men’s Chorus (LGMC) will release its version of Simon & Garfunkel’s hit on Friday, with proceeds to be split equally between the Pulse Victims Fund, organised by Equality Florida, and Galop, a London-­based …

From the San Diego Union-Tribune: Responding to Monday’s apology from the DJ who mistakenly played the wrong national anthem tape at Saturday’s Padres game, the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus has called on the Padres to reinstate the performer known as DJ ArtForm. The chorus on Tuesday issued the following statement on its Facebook page: “As a community outreach organization …

From the San Diego Union-Tribune: Major League Baseball is investigating a situation involving the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus and the national anthem Saturday at Petco Park. MLB spokesman Pat Courtney told the Union-Tribune that baseball’s investigations department will begin to gather information to determine why the chorus was unable to perform as a pre-recorded voice of a previous singer …

From the Facebook page of the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus: What should have been a night of joy and celebration at Petco Park last night, instead turned into a nightmare raising serious questions about homophobia within the San Diego Padres organization and its relationship with the LGBT community. Before the start of the last night’s San Diego Padres game, …

Choir sings outside of SCOTUS during same-sex marriage case oral arguments. @vindicator pic.twitter.com/Tl3xeeuloQ — Jordyn Grzelewski (@JGrzelewski) April 28, 2015

Friday night The Simpsons celebrated its 25th anniversary with a concert of the show’s most famous musical numbers at the Hollywood Bowl. The Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus performed Spider-Pig from The Simpsons Movie and the Emmy-nominated We Do (The Stonecutters’ Song) from the classic 1995 episode, Homer The Great.

Performed at Logo’s Trailblazers event. (Tipped by JMG reader Gary)

Get it here. More photos on their Facebook page.

From North Dakota’s Inforum: For a lot of people here, Sunday mornings mean church. For a group of about 15 area men, Sunday evenings mean going back to church – to First Congregational United Church of Christ in Fargo for weekly rehearsals of the new Fargo-Moorhead Gay Men’s Chorus. “Gay men have been singing forever,” chuckles Jon Landre, the director …

Yesterday afternoon the London Gay Men’s Chorus performed Erasure’s A Little Respect outside of the House of Lords.

TOMORROW: The LGBT Community will hold a march. Monday, May 20th at 5:30 p.m. beginning at the Center, 208 W 13th Street, and proceeding to West 8th Street and 6th Avenue. Following a string of heinous bias attacks against gay men, including the murder of a 32 year old man on Friday night, community members, elected officials, LGBT community leaders …

My second-favorite Broadway show after Drowsy Chaperone, thanks to Cheyenne Jackson and Jackie Hoffman.

From the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus.(Via – Towleroad)

Earlier this week I mentioned that Universal Records has awarded the chorus an unprecedented £1M recording contract. Their album will be released on October 5th in the UK.

Britain’s Brighton and Hove Gay Men’s Chorus has inked an unprecedented £1M deal with Universal Records. The 30-strong Brighton & Hove Gay Men’s Chorus will release its debut album later this year after signing a deal, said to be worth around £1 million. The choir is working on its repertoire of alternative rock songs in an effort to get away …

(Tipped by JMG reader Gary)