The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) announces today that it raised $38,000 to benefit South African organizations serving LGBTQ people and those living with HIV. The money was raised through cash donations and ticket sales for concerts performed during its South...
A few months before our trip to South Africa, Dr. LeWana Clark, who has been the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus’s American Sign Language interpreter since 1989, was in touch with leaders at the Kliptown Youth Program. With the number of children and teens living in...
The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) announces today that it has accepted an invitation to march with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Gauteng Province Premier David Makhura during the country’s annual ceremonies marking Youth Day. Youth Day is a South...
We are honored and grateful for this Governor’s Citation recognizing our work as cultural ambassadors. Thank you, Gov. Charlie Baker and the people of Massachusetts for supporting our mission to provide musical experiences to inspire change, build community and...
The months of song selection and rehearsal are done, and we test drove our repertoire for local audiences last weekend. They responded with over-the-top enthusiasm. Now, we can’t wait to sing for the people of South Africa when we tour the country June 13-25. “As...
Nothing brings people together like beautiful music. Except food! In preparation for our South Africa Tour, BGMC members recently took a field trip to Karoo Restaurant in Eastham, the only South African restaurant in Massachusetts, for a divinely delicious preview...
Tyler Brewer, Co-Chair of BGMC’s Membership Tour Committee for South Africa, acknowledges that participating in our forthcoming South Africa Tour requires a big monetary commitment from individual chorus members. While members certainly get their money’s worth—the...
We’re just 65 days out from the start of our historic South Africa Tour, which runs from June 11-25! We’re excited and proud to be the first gay chorus to tour this beautiful country, where music played such a pivotal role in bringing down the brutal and hateful...
When Waltham’s John F. Kennedy Middle School music teacher Joe Valadez boards his flight for South Africa June 11, he’ll depart Logan Airport with at least another week left of school. Unless a teacher is ill, they aren’t allowed to miss school days for vacation,...
Tyler Brewer has lived in Boston for nine years but it wasn’t until he joined Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) that the city finally felt like home. “We really are a family,” the 28-year old advertising professional says of the chorus. “It really is like home now.”...