by Jim Newman How was our first day in South Africa? AMAZING! It took a long time to get here but it was worth it! We left Boston at 11pm on Monday and arrived in JoBurg at about noon on Wednesday. As we were leaving the airport, we were greeted by two local...
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...
Do you know what you’ll be doing on June 22? We’ll be raising money to fight HIV by contributing proceeds from our concert that night at the Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre in Cape Town to the Triangle Project, which advocates for LGBTQ South Africans by focusing on...
In Johannesburg, LGBTQ youth can hang out at the GALA YOUth Forum, a weekly discussion group hosted by GALA-Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action, a center for LGBTQ culture and education dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing South Africa’s LGBTQ history....
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 cannot wait to share the stage with our brothers in the Mzansi Gay Choir in South Africa this June. Founded in 2015, the choir is one of the newest gay men’s choruses to have formed over the last four decades. The group has definitely made its presence known in...
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...