Disney PRIDE Concert, Boston Gay Men’s Chos at Symphony Hall, Boston MA, Mic (Listen)

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DISNEY & BOSTON GAY MEN'S CHOS: IT'S AN CLIVE WORLD AFTER ALL

Returng to the stage after a 30-month COVID hiat, the Boston Gay Men’s Chos celebrat LGBTQ Pri wh the inic mic of Disney a first of s kd llaboratn wh Disney Concerts. Buy TicketsTicket policy & rmatnBSO Safe Sound COVID policyPhoto AlbumSee photos on our Facebook Album (g late June 2022)ProgramProgram lkMedia CoveragePrs ReleaseChos Ameri, “Boston Gay Men’s Chos produc First-Ever Disney Choral Collaboratn, ” Augt 26, Boston, “Boston Gay Men’s Chos celebrat pri wh Disney performance, ” June 24, Globe, “Boston Gay Men’s Chos and Disney harmonize on first-of-s-kd ncert, ” June 23, 2022Edge Media, “Boston Gay Men’s Chos partners wh Disney for History-Makg Pri Concert, ” June 23, 2022WCVB, “Boston Gay Men’s Chos returns wh special Pri ncerts featurg Disney classics, ” June 22, 2022NBC-LX & NECN, “Disney llaborat wh Boston Gay Men’s Chos, ” June 17, 2022GBH, “Disney & Boston Gay Men’s Chos: ’s an clive world after all, ” June 15, 2022Outtake, “Boston Gay Men’s Chos PRIDE Concert, ” June 14, 2022Bay Wdows, “Boston Gay Men’s Chos to premiere Disney PRIDE Concert, ” June 9, Globe, “12 Ways to Celebrate Pri Month, ” May 31, Magaze, “Boston Gay Men’s Chos to partner wh Disney for 2022 Concert, ” June 21, 2021Bay Wdows, “Wh Disney PRIDE, BGMC sets the LGBTQ Experience to the Magic & Mic of Disney, ” June 17, 2021Mic Charts Magaze, “Wh Disney PRIDE, BGMC sets the LGBTQ Experience to the Magic & Mic of Disney, ” June 17, 2021TheaterBoston Symphony Hall301 Massachetts, MA 02115BSO Safe Sound COVID policyBSO Audience Admissn ProcsPreview/OutreachLynn Memorial Audorium3 Cy Hall Square, Lynn, MA 01901Sunday, June 5, 2022 at 3pmNOTE: Small band and full projectns at this BGMC Outreach event is ma possible by: The Solime Fay, Solime Funeral Hom and Lucia Lightg, Eastern Bank. Boston Gay Men's Chos.

It’s a two-act celebratn of mil numbers — om Disney classics such as Crella to ntemporary hs such as Gay Men's Chos mic director Rben Reynolds III, who has served that role sce 1997, remembers when he first tried to llaborate wh Disney. "To have e this far where they're wantg to e to and say 'Wre a program about gay and lbian Pri that we n perform all over the untry' is really earth shatterg to me.

WH DISNEY PRIDE CONCERT, BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS SETS THE LGBTQ EXPERIENCE TO THE MIC AND MAGIC OF DISNEY

That's when a Cambridge-based PR firm reprentg Disney approached Boston Gay Men's Chos after they me across their rerdg of the Disney h, "The Circle of Life.

Disney reprentativ watched tape of past Boston Gay Men's Chos productns, and, acrdg to Reynolds, "They beme even more enamored of the ia of creatg somethg together to tell our stori, to tell about our liv — not to preach to people about what they should be, but to rather say who and what we are and ve people to our liv. Earlier this month, Boston Gay Men's Chos performed a muny outreach "preview" ncert, donatg ticket sal to muny anizatns. "At first, when I heard about Disney and s volvement wh Florida and [the] 'Don't Say Gay' bill, I was very much disappoted and trated, " Diao is referrg to the Parental Rights Edutn bill.

CATEGORY ARCHIV: CONCERTS & EVENTSBORN THIS WAYMIC OM BROADWAY, HOLLYWOOD, AND POP REJOIC WHO WE ARE THE FEEL GOOD NCERT OF THE SPRG! BGMC PROUDLY PRENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF A PEACK AMONG PIGEONS – THE AWARD-WNG BOOK. JO FOR A SHOW WH VIBRANT STUM, LIGHTG, AN ORIGAL SRE OM A BROADWAY POSER PL AN EIGHT-PIECE ORCHTRA AND 200 SGERS. CONTUE READG →WHNEY & FRIENDSWHNEY HOTON’S MIC CHANGED THE WORLD. CELEBRATE PRI WH HER INIC MIC ALONG WH SONGS OM IENDS LIKE MARIAH CAREY, ARETHA FRANKL AND ALICIA KEYS. CONTUE READG →JOYFUL & TRIUMPHANT & GAYJO FOR BGMC’S FIRST -PERSON HOLIDAY SHOW SCE 2019. IT WILL BE JOYFUL & TRIUMPHANT & GAY! CELEBRATE THE SEASON WH BGMC’S TRADNAL FAVOR AND MORN CLASSICS. CONTUE READG →BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS ANNUAL GALA RETURNS -PERSON WH ENCORE 2022CELEBRATN WILL FEATURE GROUNDBREAKG DISNEY STARS FRANKIE RODRIGUEZ & JOE SERAFI; LNCH OF NEW YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAMBOSTON, MA, MARCH 31, 2022—BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS (BGMC) IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT S ANNUAL BENEF GALA ENCORE 2022 WILL TAKE PLACE -PERSON ON SATURDAY, APRIL 30 OM 6-10PM, AT THE HYATT REGENCY BOSTON. THE EVENT WILL BE HOSTED BY FRANKIE RODRIGUEZ AND JOE SERAFI, WHO STAR DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MIL: THE MIL: THE SERI AS THE POPULAR ANCHISE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS AND UPLE. ENCORE 2022, WHICH CIS WH BGMC’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY, WILL ALSO TRODUCE SUPPORTERS TO EMPOWER (TN + MIC = POWER), A NEW TERACTIVE, DIGAL LGBTQ+ STORYTELLG AND MIC PROGRAM FOR E MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS.THE BOSTON CHILDREN’S CHOS WILL LNCH THE EVENG’S ENTERTAMENT WH A POST-DNER PERFORMANCE. RODRIGUEZ AND SERAFI WILL ALSO PERFORM AT THE GALA. ON DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MIL: THE MIL: THE SERI RODRIGUEZ, AN OPENLY GAY ACTOR, PORTRAYS STUNT CHOREOGRAPHER CARLOS, THE ANCHISE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER. SERAFI, WHO IS OPENLY BISEXUAL, PLAYS CARLOS’ BOYIEND SEB. AS A UPLE, THE CHARACTERS REPRENT THE LONG-NNG ANCHISE’S FIRST LGBTQ STORYLE, PLETE WH AN LGBTQ LOVE SONG.THE GALA WILL ALSO FEATURE A SHORT PRENTATN ON EMPOWER, WHICH B THE POWER OF MIC, VIO AND STORYTELLG WH AN -PERSON ENGAGEMENT PONENT TO HELP STUNTS BETTER UNRSTAND THE EXPERIENC OF LGBTQ PEOPLE—PECIALLY THEIR CLASSMAT, WHO ARE OFTEN SUBJECT TO ANTI-LGBTQ HARASSMENT AND BULLYG.“AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS APART, WE N’T WA TO GATHER PERSON TO SIMPLY CELEBRATE WH OUR CHOS FAY AND SHOWSE THE TALENTS OF YOUNG ARTISTS FRANKIE RODRIGUEZ, JOE SERAFI AND THE MEMBERS OF BOSTON CHILDREN’S CHOS,” SAID SAID BGMC MIC DIRECTOR RBEN M. REYNOLDS III. “WE GUARANTEE THIS WILL BE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER. ENCORE WILL BE A NIGHT OF JOY AND FUN WHILE SUPPORTG THE CHOS AND S WORK.”“WE’RE EXCED TO FOC ON LIFTG UP LGBTQ YOUTH AT ENCORE 2022, AS LEGISLATUR AND RIGHT-WG ACTIVISTS NATNWI ARE TARGETG THEIR VERY EXISTENCE AND VISIBILY THROUGH MEAN-SPIRED, MISGUID BILLS TO KEEP THEM OM PLAYG SPORTS, RECEIVG NECSARY MEDIL RE, READG LGBTQ-THEMED BOOKS, OR SEEG THEIR EXPERIENC REPRENTED POSIVELY AT SCHOOL,” ADD BGMC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CRAIG COOGAN. “THE MONEY RAISED AT THE GALA FUNDS OUR MISSN TO CREATE MIL EXPERIENC TO SPIRE CHANGE, BUILD MUNY AND CELEBRATE DIFFERENCE—CLUDG OUR TNAL OUTREACH, WHICH REMAS A CRIL PART OF OUR WORK EVEN AFTER 40 YEARS.”TICKETS TO ENCORE 2022 N BE PURCHASED HERE. EVENT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNI ARE STILL AVAILABLE; NTACT BGMC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CRAIG COOGAN AT 617.542.7464 OR DOWNLOAD THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE.  ENCORE 2022 MARKS THE RETURN OF BGMC’S ANNUAL GALA TO AN -PERSON CELEBRATN AFTER LAST YEAR’S VIRTUAL GATHERG DUE TO COVID-19 RTRICTNS. ENCORE 2020 WAS NCELED BEE OF THE PANMIC.###ABOUT BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOSTHE BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS IS ONE OF NEW ENGLAND’S LARGT AND MOST SUCCSFUL MUNY-BASED CHOS. FOUND 1982, THE 200-VOICE ENSEMBLE IS CELEBRATED FOR S OUTSTANDG MICIANSHIP, CREATIVE PROGRAMMG, AND GROUNDBREAKG MUNY OUTREACH. UNR THE DYNAMIC LEARSHIP OF MIC DIRECTOR RBEN M. REYNOLDS III, THE BGMC SGS A WI SPECTM OF CLASSIL AND POPULAR MIC AND CREAT SOCIAL CHANGE BY PROVIDG A POSIVE, AFFIRMG IMAGE OF THE LGBTQ MUNY. THE CHOS IS HEARD LIVE BY MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE EACH SEASON AND LNS MORE THROUGH RERDG, TELEVISN AND TER BROADSTS. CBS-WBZ NAMED THE BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS ONE OF THE “TOP 5” CHOS THE CY OF BOSTON. THE BOSTON BS JOURNAL 2018, 2019, AND 2020 NAMED BGMC ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMG ARTS ANIZATNS THE CY. BGMC IS A CULTURAL AMBASSADOR — BEG THE FIRST LGBTQ CHOS TO PERFORM POLAND 2005, THE MIDDLE EAST 2015 AND SOUTH AI JUNE 2018.AUCTN 2022

Dubbed by opponents as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, prohibs public schools om teachg stunts about sexual orientatn and genr inty through the third gra.

BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS AND DISNEY HARMONIZE ON A FIRST-OF-S-KD NCERT

The Boston Gay Men’s Chos prents Disney PRIDE Concert, June 25 at 8 p.

Boston, MA, June 17, 2021—Disney’s beloved talog of songs will be reimaged by the Boston Gay Men’s Chos (BGMC) Disney PRIDE Concert, a mil celebratn of LGBTQ life, love, fay, and perseverance, June 25-26, 2022 at Boston Symphony Hall. Tickets will go on-sale via the Boston Gay Men’s Chos early 2022. Disney PRIDE Concert will take place durg LGBTQ Pri Month, which memorat a pivotal pot LGBTQ history: the Stonewall Rts of June 1969, when patrons of the Stonewall Bar rebelled and fought back agast the nstant anti-gay harassment by New York Cy police of LGBTQ people and spac.

“Disney PRIDE Concert will likely be the first -person performance of the Boston Gay Men’s Chos two years. We thk ’s the perfect way to e out of the panmic to thank our sgers, patrons and fans who have been so patient and supportive durg the hiat, ” said Craig Coogan, Executive Director of the Boston Gay Men’s Chos. Boston Gay Men’s ChosThe Boston Gay Men’s Chos is one of New England’s largt and most succsful muny-based chos.

WH DISNEY PRIDE CONCERT, BOSTON GAY MEN'S CHOS SETS THE LGBTQ EXPERIENCE TO THE MIC AND MAGIC OF DISNEY

Reynolds III, the BGMC sgs a wi spectm of classil and popular mic and creat social change by providg a posive, affirmg image of the gay and lbian muny.

CBS-WBZ named the Boston Gay Men’s Chos one of the “top 5” chos the cy of Boston.

THE BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS WILL PERFORM DISNEY’S ‘PRIDE CONCERT’

It will be Joyful & Triumphant & Gay! Contue readg →Celebratn will feature groundbreakg Disney stars Frankie Rodriguez & Joe Serafi; lnch of new youth outreach programBoston, MA, March 31, 2022—Boston Gay Men’s Chos (BGMC) is pleased to announce that s annual benef gala ENCORE 2022 will take place -person on Saturday, April 30 om 6-10pm, at the Hyatt Regency Boston.

The event will be hosted by Frankie Rodriguez and Joe Serafi, who star Disney’s High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri as the popular anchise’s first openly gay characters and uple. On Disney’s High School Mil: The Mil: The Seri Rodriguez, an openly gay actor, portrays stunt choreographer Carlos, the anchise’s first openly gay character.

###About Boston Gay Men’s ChosThe Boston Gay Men’s Chos is one of New England’s largt and most succsful muny-based chos.

BOSTON GAY MEN’S CHOS TO PARTNER WH DISNEY FOR 2022 PRI NCERT

Funds raised durg the ctn support BGMC throughout the ’s the 40th Anniversary of the Boston Gay Men’s ’s the 25th Anniversary of Mic Director Rben M. ’s the 10th Anniversary of Executive Director Craig and see the amazg stori and experienc that have ma the Boston Gay Men’s Chos one of the leadg LGBTQ+ GALA Chos the world.

“They said, yeah, we’re not even gog to talk to you, ” he The Big To-DoYour gui to stayg entertaed, om live shows and outdoor fun to the newt mms, movi, TV, books, dg, and, 2016, the Boston Gay Men’s Chos rerd a performance of “Circle of Life” om “The Ln Kg.

” The mic was arranged for the program by acpanist and Boston Gay Men’s Chos assistant mic director Chad Weirick. We talk about people who have to journey long distanc to fd plac where they n be accepted for who they are, cludg one man om South Ameri, who me here, joed the chos, and has jt been award cizenship, ” Reynolds is also allowg the show to be licensed by other ensembl that n pair wh their own members’ personal Boston Gay Men's Chos rehears “Disney PRIDE In Concert” wh an orchtra at the Benjam Frankl Instute of Klima for The Boston GlobeThe group knows the timg of this show is rehearsals began early 2022, Disney was thst to the center of a bate Florida, where March Republin Governor Ron DeSantis had signed the “Parental Rights Edutn” bill, referred to by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which bars “classroom stctn … on sexual orientatn or genr inty” krgarten through third graAt first, Disney stayed out of the heated bate about the bill. But the thg about fay is that you leave room for them to learn and grow wh you, ” he said ’s been a joy to sg songs om his childhood that have also been important to the gay muny.

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Disney PRIDE Concert, Boston Gay Men’s Chos at Symphony Hall, Boston MA, Mic (Listen).

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