Fal Words: SF Gay Men’s Chos & SF Symphony | July 13, 2022

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• FINAL WORDS: SF GAY MEN’S CHORUS & THE SF SYMPHONY
• ABOUT THE BAY AREA RABOW SYMPHONYLNCHED 2008, BAY AREA RABOW SYMPHONY™ (BARS) IS A 501(C)(3) NON-PROF ANIZATN DITED TO PROMOTG AND SUPPORTG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER INTIFIED (LGBTQ) MICIANS AND POSERS TOWARD THE GOAL OF BROAD CROSSOVER APPEAL AND EXCELLENCE THE PERFORMG ARTS. BARS IS SYNONYMO WH EXCELLENCE AND DISTCTN THE PERFORMG ARTS AND MUNY BUILDG.ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE | BARS’ ARTISTIC ENAVORS ENSURE S PLACE AS AN FLUENTIAL FORCE SHAPG THE NEXT GENERATN OF LGBTQ ARTISTS AND CLASSIL ENTHIASTS AND THEIR ABILY TO CHANGE PERCEPTNS OF LGBTQ PEOPLE. OUR DYNAMIC AND ECLECTIC PROGRAMMG REFLECTS THE LGBTQ MUNY’S PASSN FOR ENTERTAG AND RELEVANT MIC.COMMUNY | THE POWER OF OUR MISSN LI THE POWER OF POSSIBILY AND MUNY… OUR GOAL IS TO SPIRE OUR MEMBERS TO EXCEL AND ACHIEVE THEIR ARTISTIC GOALS WH NFINCE, PRI AND CREATIVY. OUR LGBTQ COMPOSER & PERFORMG ARTIST SERI T A BROAD MUNY AND PROVIS ACCS TO QUEER-THEMED AND QUEER-MA PROGRAMMG WHILE STRENGTHENG THE RE OF THE LGBTQ MUNY AND BUILDG BRIDG TO THE MASTREAM.VISIBILY | BARS IS MORE THAN CLASSIL PERFORMANCE; ’S A MOVEMENT FOR NFINCE, VISIBILY AND THE TENACY TO OVERE THE STIGMA THAT LGBTQ ARTS LACK BROAD APPEAL. BY CREATG AN ARTISTIC MUNY STRIVG FOR BOTH CLIVY AND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, BARS IS BEG AN TERSECTN FOR LGBTQ ARTISTS TO NNECT WH EACH OTHER AND A WI-RANGE OF DIENC.CONFINT. CLASSIC. BETIFUL. THIS IS BARS.INCLN AND DIVERSYWE BELIEVE THAT HAVG A DIVERSE ORCHTRA MEMBERSHIP MAK BOTH THE ORCHTRA AND THE MUNY STRONGER AND HEALTHIER. IN ADDN TO PROMOTG AND SUPPORTG THE LGBTQ+ MUNY, BARS IS DITED TO CREATG AND FOSTERG A DIVERSE ORCHTRA MEMBERSHIP AND MUNY OM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. THE ORCHTRA MEMBERSHIP AND THE ORCHTRA’S BOARD HAVE DIVERSE REPRENTATN ACROSS RACE, ETHNICY, AGE, GENR, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATN. THE ORCHTRA PERFORMS MIC BY AT LEAST ONE LGBTQ+ POSER OR SOLOIST EVERY NCERT. THE ORCHTRA ALSO PERFORMS AT LEAST ONE PIECE POSED BY A WOMAN EVERY NCERT. SOME RECENT PIEC THAT BARS HAS PERFORMED BY DIVERSE POSERS CLU:SYMPHONY NO. 1 E MOR BY FLORENCE PRICE, ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED AIN AMERIN FEMALE POSERS WHO SERV MORE ATTENTN. “BOATSWA'S MATE OVERTURE” BY ETHEL SMYTH, AN ENGLISH POSER WHO WAS A LBIAN“THREE CORNERED HAT BALLET” BY MANUEL FALLA, A SPANISH POSER WHO WAS MORED TO BE GAYOUR LEARS AND DIRECTORSBARS DIRECTORSDAWN HARMS | MIC DIRECTORDAWN HARMS’ VERY DIVERSE REER RANG OM BEG A CHAMBER MICIAN, VL SOLOIST, NCERTMASTER, AND NDUCTOR.  DAWN IS A MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCIS OPERA ORCHTRA, ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER FOR THE NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHTRA AND CO-CONCERTMASTER WH THE OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY.SHE ALSO IS THE MIC DIRECTOR AND NDUCTOR OF THE BAY AREA RABOW SYMPHONY. SHE ALSO RERDS REGULARLY AT SKYWALKER RANCH STUDS ON SOUND TRACKS FOR MOVI AND VIO GAM.MS. HARMS WAS CHOSEN AS A FELLOW AT THE EXCLIVE AMERIN AMY OF CONDUCTG AT THE ASPEN MIC FTIVAL. HER GUT NDUCTG ENGAGEMENTS CLU APPEARANC WH THE PALO ALTO CHAMBER ORCHTRA, THE LIVERMORE AMADOR SYMPHONY, SYMPHONY PARNASS, FREMONT SYMPHONY,  GRASS VALLEY SUMMER MIC FTIVAL, AND WH THE SAN FRANCIS OPERA ORCHTRA.  SHE WAS ALSO VED TO NDUCT THE EXTRA SHORTS ON THE FILM RATATOUILLE, WHICH ARE FOUND EXCLIVELY ON THE DVD.DAWN HAS PERFORMED CHAMBER MIC WH NADJA SALERNO SONNENBERG. FRERI VON STA, EUGENIA ZERMAN AND LYNN HARRELL. SHE HAS PREMIERED WORKS WH AND BY BY JAKE HEGGIE, AND HAS BEEN FEATURED ON MANY OF HIS RERDGS. SHE WON GRAND PRIZE AT THE FISCHOFF CHAMBER MIC PETN AS THE FIRST VLS OF THE HARRGTON STRG QUARTET.A STRONG ADVOTE FOR MIC TN, SHE WAS MIC DIRECTOR AND NDUCTOR OF THE AMARILLO YOUTH ORCHTRA.  SHE SIGNS AND PERFORMS HER OWN FAY SHOW THROUGHOUT THE UNED STAT, NEW ZEALAND, AND JAPAN.  DAWN HAS PERFORMED HER ONE-WOMAN FAY SHOW WH THE LLN SYMPHONY NEBRASKA, THE OAKLAND SYMPHONY, BERKELEY SYMPHONY, AND THE BEAR VALLEY MIC FTIVAL.   SHE NDUCTS THE PREP PT STRG ORCHTRA, AT THE SAN FRANCIS NSERVATORY OF MIC.SHE ALSO TEACH AT STANFORD UNIVERSY.BOARD OF DIRECTORSLAURENCE LEWIS | PRINTLRENCE IS A VLIST AND VLIST AND HAS PLAYED WH BARS SCE 2015. HE GREW UP VIRGIA AND STARTED PLAYG VL AT THE AGE OF 9 AND VLA AS AN ADULT. LRENCE HAS GRE CIVIL ENGEERG AND URBAN PLANNG AND WORKS AS A TRANSPORTATN PLANNER WH KTELSON & ASSOCIAT. LRENCE LIV OAKLAND WH HIS HBAND, MARK.GENE NAKAJIMA | VICE PRINTGENE IS A PSYCHIATRIST AT THE CENTER FOR SPECIAL PROBLEMS SAN FRANCIS. HE ATTEND MEDIL SCHOOL AT JOHNS HOPKS UNIVERSY, WHERE HE STUDIED WH IGNATI GENNA AT THE PEABODY CONSERVATORY.TIMOTHY OFFENSEND | SECRETARYTIM OFFENSEND, A SEND VLIST WH BARS SCE 2009, STUDIED VL HIGH SCHOOL AND LLEGE BUT DID NOT PLAY FOR ANOTHER 30 YEARS BEFORE JOG THE ORCHTRA AND RELEARNG WH THE HELP OF A NEW TEACHER AND FELLOW ORCHTRA VLISTS. HE IS A NATIVE OF OH, AND HAS BEEN THE BAY AREA SCE 1994. HE IS AN ENDOCROLOGIST SAN MATEO, HAVG EARNED AN UNRGRADUATE GREE AT DENISON UNIVERSY AND M.D. AT CASE WTERN RERVE UNIVERSY. HE LIV WH HIS PARTNER OF 10 YEARS. HIS FAVORE MIL GENRE IS CLASSIL CHAMBER, PECIALLY BEETHOVEN AND SCHUBERT, BUT HE HAS BEEN THRILLED TO LEARN AND PERFORM MORE MORN AND DIVERSE MIC WH BARS.KATE AKOS | DIRECTORA MEMBER OF BARS’ FIRST VL SECTN, KATE IS AN ARTS EXECUTIVE AND FUNDRAISG PROFSNAL. SHE HAS PROVID EXECUTIVE LEARSHIP AND NSULTG EXPERTISE TO PERFORMG ARTS, CULTURAL, TNAL, AND CIVIC ANIZATNS ACROSS THE UNED STAT, CLUDG THE SAN FRANCIS SYMPHONY, PHILALPHIA ORCHTRA, CALIFORNIA SHAKPEARE THEATER, MONTEREY JAZZ FTIVAL, SF GAY MEN’S CHOS, SMU BALLET, AND SAN FRANCIS CONSERVATORY OF MIC, AMONG MANY OTHERS. KATE HAS SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF THE ASSOCIATN OF CALIFORNIA SYMPHONY ORCHTRAS AND NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHTRA, AND HAS BEEN A MULTI-YEAR GRANTS PANELIST FOR THE NATNAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS MIC PROGRAM AND THE SAN JOSE CULTURAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL. KATE IS A MAGNA CUM L GRADUATE OF AMHERST COLLEGE, WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF ARTS GREE MIC. KATE WAS NCERTMASTER OF SYMPHONY PARNASS AND HAS PLAYED WH THE PROMETHS SYMPHONY, SAN FRANCIS CIVIC SYMPHONY, STANFORD SUMMER SYMPHONY AND STANFORD PHILHARMONIA.LINDA WATKINS | DIRECTORLDA HAS BEEN PERFORMG FLUTE FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND HAS A MASTER OF MIC PERFORMANCE GREE OM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSY. SHE IS CURRENTLY PRCIPAL FLUTE WH THE BAY AREA RABOW SYMPHONY. LDA ALSO SGS ALTO WH THE MAYFIELD SGERS PALO ALTO. SHE WORKS AS A MARKETG EXECUTIVE AT A TECH STARTUP SAN FRANCIS.MICHELLE RUTTIMAN | DIRECTORMICHELLE RUTTIMANN STUDIED AT SAN FRANCIS STATE UNIVERSY FISHG WH A DOUBLE MAJOR BACHELORS GRE MIC AND PSYCHOLOGY. SHE HAS PLAYED WH MANY GROUPS AROUND THE BAY AREA CLUDG THE BAY AREA RABOW SYMPHONY SAN FRANCIS, NAVA DANCE, GOLN GATE SYMPHONY, THE SAN FRANCIS PHILHARMONIC, AND THE CIVIC SYMPHONY. SHE VOLV HERSELF NUMERO MUNY EVENTS THROUGH SAN FRANCIS STATE UNIVERSY CLUDG MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STRG FTIVALS, PETNS, AND PERFORMANC. CURRENTLY MICHELLE IS LIVG AND WORKG SWZERLAND AS AN TERN AT A SPECIAL TN SCHOOL AND HOP TO NTUE HER STUDI AS AN OCCUPATNAL THERAPIST WHILE RPORATG MIL PEDAGOGY TO HER WORK.TED WYDER | DIRECTORTED GREW UP MILWKEE, WISNS, WHERE HE BEGAN PLAYG CELLO WHILE MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE PLAYED VAR ORCHTRAS OVER THE YEARS WH ONLY A BRIEF BREAK GRADUATE SCHOOL. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BARS CELLO SECTN SCE MOVG TO SAN FRANCIS 2013. OUTSI OF MIC, TED OBTAED A BA PHYSICS OM CARLETON COLLEGE AND THEN WENT ON TO EARN A PHD ASTRONOMY AT THE UNIVERSY OF WASHGTON. AFTER WORKG AS A REARCH ASTRONOMER, HE SWCHED REERS AND NOW WORKS AS A DATA SCIENTIST FOR GOOGLE. HE IS ALSO AN AVID NNER AND HAS PREVLY SERVED ON THE BOARD OF SAN FRANCIS FRONTNNERS. HE CURRENTLY LIV SAN FRANCIS WH HIS PARTNER WILL.HANS BRIGHTBILL | DIRECTORHANS BRIGHTBILL PH.D. IS A REARCH SCIENTIST AT GENENTECH STUDYG THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNRLYG FLAMMATORY DISEASE. HANS JOED BARS 2008 AND HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD AND AS -PRCIPAL CELLO THE ORCHTRA. ALONG WH GRE BLOGIL SCIENC (B.S., UC IRVE) AND IMMUNOLOGY (PH.D., UCLA), HANS EARNED A GREE CELLO PERFORMANCE (B.M.) AND HAS NTUED TO PLAY THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. IN ADDN TO BARS, HANS IS PRCIPAL CELLO OF TWO OTHER BAY AREA MUNY ORCHTRAS. IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, HANS WAS THE FEATURED SOLOIST FOR PERFORMANC OF BLOCH’S SCHELOMO AND JUNE TOURED COSTA RI WH THE SONOMA COUNTY PHILHARMONIC PERFORMG THE ELGAR CELLO CONCERTO. HANS LIV SAN FRANCIS WH HIS HBAND ANTHONY.IAN HARWOOD | DIRECTORCURRENTLY THE ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BERKELEY SYMPHONY, IAN HARWOOD WAS THE FOUNDG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BARS AND HAS SCE HELD POSNS WH THE CHIGO, MILWKEE, AND TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHTRAS AND THE ASPEN MIC FTIVAL AND SCHOOL. AT THE STUTNS, IAN HAS BEEN VOLVED NCERT AND EVENT OPERATNS AND PRODUCTN, RERDG AND DIGAL MEDIA, LABOR NEGOTIATNS, MARKETG, FUNDRAISG, AND STRATEGIC PLANNG. MR. HARWOOD STUDIED BCHEMISTRY AND MIC AT THE UNIVERSY OF ROCHTER AND EASTMAN SCHOOL, AND EARNED HIS PHD BPHYSICS AT UCSF. HE WAS NAMED A ORCHTRA MANAGEMENT FELLOW OF THE LEAGUE OF AMERIN ORCHTRAS 2011, AND HAS LECTURED AT ROOSEVELT UNIVERSY (CHIGO) AND THE LUBAR SCHOOL OF BS (UNIVERSY OF WISNS – MILWKEE).  OUR HISTORY
• DO A POIGNANT PHOTO OF GAY MEN'S CHOIR SHOW DEVASTATG IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS?
• 'WE'RE G FOR YOUR CHILDREN': SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS PH WOKE AGENDA

FINAL WORDS: SF GAY MEN’S CHORUS & THE SF SYMPHONY

The legendary San Francis Gay Men’s Chos jos forc wh the SF Symphony the celebratory fale performance of SFGMC’s 2021–22 season, and a memoratn of Dr.

Creatg Change Through MicThe San Francis Gay Men's Chos (SFGMC) is the world's first openly gay chos. SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS PRESENTS 17TH ANNUAL CRESCENDOFebary 16, 2023. BROADWAY RECORDS ANNOUNCES SONGS OF THE PHOENIX, THE NEW SONG CYCLE FROM SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS, CURATED BY ANDREW LIPPA, AVAILABLE DIGITALLY 24, 2022.

Our MissnTo lead by creatg extraordary mic and experienc that build muny, spire activism, and foster passn at home and around the 45 years, the San Francis Gay Men’s Chos has served as an ternatnal standard bearer for a powerful mix of mil excellence and missn-driven activism.

ABOUT THE BAY AREA RABOW SYMPHONYLNCHED 2008, BAY AREA RABOW SYMPHONY™ (BARS) IS A 501(C)(3) NON-PROF ANIZATN DITED TO PROMOTG AND SUPPORTG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER INTIFIED (LGBTQ) MICIANS AND POSERS TOWARD THE GOAL OF BROAD CROSSOVER APPEAL AND EXCELLENCE THE PERFORMG ARTS. BARS IS SYNONYMO WH EXCELLENCE AND DISTCTN THE PERFORMG ARTS AND MUNY BUILDG.ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE | BARS’ ARTISTIC ENAVORS ENSURE S PLACE AS AN FLUENTIAL FORCE SHAPG THE NEXT GENERATN OF LGBTQ ARTISTS AND CLASSIL ENTHIASTS AND THEIR ABILY TO CHANGE PERCEPTNS OF LGBTQ PEOPLE. OUR DYNAMIC AND ECLECTIC PROGRAMMG REFLECTS THE LGBTQ MUNY’S PASSN FOR ENTERTAG AND RELEVANT MIC.COMMUNY | THE POWER OF OUR MISSN LI THE POWER OF POSSIBILY AND MUNY… OUR GOAL IS TO SPIRE OUR MEMBERS TO EXCEL AND ACHIEVE THEIR ARTISTIC GOALS WH NFINCE, PRI AND CREATIVY. OUR LGBTQ COMPOSER & PERFORMG ARTIST SERI T A BROAD MUNY AND PROVIS ACCS TO QUEER-THEMED AND QUEER-MA PROGRAMMG WHILE STRENGTHENG THE RE OF THE LGBTQ MUNY AND BUILDG BRIDG TO THE MASTREAM.VISIBILY | BARS IS MORE THAN CLASSIL PERFORMANCE; ’S A MOVEMENT FOR NFINCE, VISIBILY AND THE TENACY TO OVERE THE STIGMA THAT LGBTQ ARTS LACK BROAD APPEAL. BY CREATG AN ARTISTIC MUNY STRIVG FOR BOTH CLIVY AND ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE, BARS IS BEG AN TERSECTN FOR LGBTQ ARTISTS TO NNECT WH EACH OTHER AND A WI-RANGE OF DIENC.CONFINT. CLASSIC. BETIFUL. THIS IS BARS.INCLN AND DIVERSYWE BELIEVE THAT HAVG A DIVERSE ORCHTRA MEMBERSHIP MAK BOTH THE ORCHTRA AND THE MUNY STRONGER AND HEALTHIER. IN ADDN TO PROMOTG AND SUPPORTG THE LGBTQ+ MUNY, BARS IS DITED TO CREATG AND FOSTERG A DIVERSE ORCHTRA MEMBERSHIP AND MUNY OM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. THE ORCHTRA MEMBERSHIP AND THE ORCHTRA’S BOARD HAVE DIVERSE REPRENTATN ACROSS RACE, ETHNICY, AGE, GENR, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATN. THE ORCHTRA PERFORMS MIC BY AT LEAST ONE LGBTQ+ POSER OR SOLOIST EVERY NCERT. THE ORCHTRA ALSO PERFORMS AT LEAST ONE PIECE POSED BY A WOMAN EVERY NCERT. SOME RECENT PIEC THAT BARS HAS PERFORMED BY DIVERSE POSERS CLU:SYMPHONY NO. 1 E MOR BY FLORENCE PRICE, ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED AIN AMERIN FEMALE POSERS WHO SERV MORE ATTENTN. “BOATSWA'S MATE OVERTURE” BY ETHEL SMYTH, AN ENGLISH POSER WHO WAS A LBIAN“THREE CORNERED HAT BALLET” BY MANUEL FALLA, A SPANISH POSER WHO WAS MORED TO BE GAYOUR LEARS AND DIRECTORSBARS DIRECTORSDAWN HARMS | MIC DIRECTORDAWN HARMS’ VERY DIVERSE REER RANG OM BEG A CHAMBER MICIAN, VL SOLOIST, NCERTMASTER, AND NDUCTOR.  DAWN IS A MEMBER OF THE SAN FRANCIS OPERA ORCHTRA, ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER FOR THE NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHTRA AND CO-CONCERTMASTER WH THE OAKLAND EAST BAY SYMPHONY.SHE ALSO IS THE MIC DIRECTOR AND NDUCTOR OF THE BAY AREA RABOW SYMPHONY. SHE ALSO RERDS REGULARLY AT SKYWALKER RANCH STUDS ON SOUND TRACKS FOR MOVI AND VIO GAM.MS. HARMS WAS CHOSEN AS A FELLOW AT THE EXCLIVE AMERIN AMY OF CONDUCTG AT THE ASPEN MIC FTIVAL. HER GUT NDUCTG ENGAGEMENTS CLU APPEARANC WH THE PALO ALTO CHAMBER ORCHTRA, THE LIVERMORE AMADOR SYMPHONY, SYMPHONY PARNASS, FREMONT SYMPHONY,  GRASS VALLEY SUMMER MIC FTIVAL, AND WH THE SAN FRANCIS OPERA ORCHTRA.  SHE WAS ALSO VED TO NDUCT THE EXTRA SHORTS ON THE FILM RATATOUILLE, WHICH ARE FOUND EXCLIVELY ON THE DVD.DAWN HAS PERFORMED CHAMBER MIC WH NADJA SALERNO SONNENBERG. FRERI VON STA, EUGENIA ZERMAN AND LYNN HARRELL. SHE HAS PREMIERED WORKS WH AND BY BY JAKE HEGGIE, AND HAS BEEN FEATURED ON MANY OF HIS RERDGS. SHE WON GRAND PRIZE AT THE FISCHOFF CHAMBER MIC PETN AS THE FIRST VLS OF THE HARRGTON STRG QUARTET.A STRONG ADVOTE FOR MIC TN, SHE WAS MIC DIRECTOR AND NDUCTOR OF THE AMARILLO YOUTH ORCHTRA.  SHE SIGNS AND PERFORMS HER OWN FAY SHOW THROUGHOUT THE UNED STAT, NEW ZEALAND, AND JAPAN.  DAWN HAS PERFORMED HER ONE-WOMAN FAY SHOW WH THE LLN SYMPHONY NEBRASKA, THE OAKLAND SYMPHONY, BERKELEY SYMPHONY, AND THE BEAR VALLEY MIC FTIVAL.   SHE NDUCTS THE PREP PT STRG ORCHTRA, AT THE SAN FRANCIS NSERVATORY OF MIC.SHE ALSO TEACH AT STANFORD UNIVERSY.BOARD OF DIRECTORSLAURENCE LEWIS | PRINTLRENCE IS A VLIST AND VLIST AND HAS PLAYED WH BARS SCE 2015. HE GREW UP VIRGIA AND STARTED PLAYG VL AT THE AGE OF 9 AND VLA AS AN ADULT. LRENCE HAS GRE CIVIL ENGEERG AND URBAN PLANNG AND WORKS AS A TRANSPORTATN PLANNER WH KTELSON & ASSOCIAT. LRENCE LIV OAKLAND WH HIS HBAND, MARK.GENE NAKAJIMA | VICE PRINTGENE IS A PSYCHIATRIST AT THE CENTER FOR SPECIAL PROBLEMS SAN FRANCIS. HE ATTEND MEDIL SCHOOL AT JOHNS HOPKS UNIVERSY, WHERE HE STUDIED WH IGNATI GENNA AT THE PEABODY CONSERVATORY.TIMOTHY OFFENSEND | SECRETARYTIM OFFENSEND, A SEND VLIST WH BARS SCE 2009, STUDIED VL HIGH SCHOOL AND LLEGE BUT DID NOT PLAY FOR ANOTHER 30 YEARS BEFORE JOG THE ORCHTRA AND RELEARNG WH THE HELP OF A NEW TEACHER AND FELLOW ORCHTRA VLISTS. HE IS A NATIVE OF OH, AND HAS BEEN THE BAY AREA SCE 1994. HE IS AN ENDOCROLOGIST SAN MATEO, HAVG EARNED AN UNRGRADUATE GREE AT DENISON UNIVERSY AND M.D. AT CASE WTERN RERVE UNIVERSY. HE LIV WH HIS PARTNER OF 10 YEARS. HIS FAVORE MIL GENRE IS CLASSIL CHAMBER, PECIALLY BEETHOVEN AND SCHUBERT, BUT HE HAS BEEN THRILLED TO LEARN AND PERFORM MORE MORN AND DIVERSE MIC WH BARS.KATE AKOS | DIRECTORA MEMBER OF BARS’ FIRST VL SECTN, KATE IS AN ARTS EXECUTIVE AND FUNDRAISG PROFSNAL. SHE HAS PROVID EXECUTIVE LEARSHIP AND NSULTG EXPERTISE TO PERFORMG ARTS, CULTURAL, TNAL, AND CIVIC ANIZATNS ACROSS THE UNED STAT, CLUDG THE SAN FRANCIS SYMPHONY, PHILALPHIA ORCHTRA, CALIFORNIA SHAKPEARE THEATER, MONTEREY JAZZ FTIVAL, SF GAY MEN’S CHOS, SMU BALLET, AND SAN FRANCIS CONSERVATORY OF MIC, AMONG MANY OTHERS. KATE HAS SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF THE ASSOCIATN OF CALIFORNIA SYMPHONY ORCHTRAS AND NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHTRA, AND HAS BEEN A MULTI-YEAR GRANTS PANELIST FOR THE NATNAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS MIC PROGRAM AND THE SAN JOSE CULTURAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL. KATE IS A MAGNA CUM L GRADUATE OF AMHERST COLLEGE, WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF ARTS GREE MIC. KATE WAS NCERTMASTER OF SYMPHONY PARNASS AND HAS PLAYED WH THE PROMETHS SYMPHONY, SAN FRANCIS CIVIC SYMPHONY, STANFORD SUMMER SYMPHONY AND STANFORD PHILHARMONIA.LINDA WATKINS | DIRECTORLDA HAS BEEN PERFORMG FLUTE FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND HAS A MASTER OF MIC PERFORMANCE GREE OM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSY. SHE IS CURRENTLY PRCIPAL FLUTE WH THE BAY AREA RABOW SYMPHONY. LDA ALSO SGS ALTO WH THE MAYFIELD SGERS PALO ALTO. SHE WORKS AS A MARKETG EXECUTIVE AT A TECH STARTUP SAN FRANCIS.MICHELLE RUTTIMAN | DIRECTORMICHELLE RUTTIMANN STUDIED AT SAN FRANCIS STATE UNIVERSY FISHG WH A DOUBLE MAJOR BACHELORS GRE MIC AND PSYCHOLOGY. SHE HAS PLAYED WH MANY GROUPS AROUND THE BAY AREA CLUDG THE BAY AREA RABOW SYMPHONY SAN FRANCIS, NAVA DANCE, GOLN GATE SYMPHONY, THE SAN FRANCIS PHILHARMONIC, AND THE CIVIC SYMPHONY. SHE VOLV HERSELF NUMERO MUNY EVENTS THROUGH SAN FRANCIS STATE UNIVERSY CLUDG MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STRG FTIVALS, PETNS, AND PERFORMANC. CURRENTLY MICHELLE IS LIVG AND WORKG SWZERLAND AS AN TERN AT A SPECIAL TN SCHOOL AND HOP TO NTUE HER STUDI AS AN OCCUPATNAL THERAPIST WHILE RPORATG MIL PEDAGOGY TO HER WORK.TED WYDER | DIRECTORTED GREW UP MILWKEE, WISNS, WHERE HE BEGAN PLAYG CELLO WHILE MIDDLE SCHOOL. HE PLAYED VAR ORCHTRAS OVER THE YEARS WH ONLY A BRIEF BREAK GRADUATE SCHOOL. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE BARS CELLO SECTN SCE MOVG TO SAN FRANCIS 2013. OUTSI OF MIC, TED OBTAED A BA PHYSICS OM CARLETON COLLEGE AND THEN WENT ON TO EARN A PHD ASTRONOMY AT THE UNIVERSY OF WASHGTON. AFTER WORKG AS A REARCH ASTRONOMER, HE SWCHED REERS AND NOW WORKS AS A DATA SCIENTIST FOR GOOGLE. HE IS ALSO AN AVID NNER AND HAS PREVLY SERVED ON THE BOARD OF SAN FRANCIS FRONTNNERS. HE CURRENTLY LIV SAN FRANCIS WH HIS PARTNER WILL.HANS BRIGHTBILL | DIRECTORHANS BRIGHTBILL PH.D. IS A REARCH SCIENTIST AT GENENTECH STUDYG THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNRLYG FLAMMATORY DISEASE. HANS JOED BARS 2008 AND HAS SERVED ON THE BOARD AND AS -PRCIPAL CELLO THE ORCHTRA. ALONG WH GRE BLOGIL SCIENC (B.S., UC IRVE) AND IMMUNOLOGY (PH.D., UCLA), HANS EARNED A GREE CELLO PERFORMANCE (B.M.) AND HAS NTUED TO PLAY THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. IN ADDN TO BARS, HANS IS PRCIPAL CELLO OF TWO OTHER BAY AREA MUNY ORCHTRAS. IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, HANS WAS THE FEATURED SOLOIST FOR PERFORMANC OF BLOCH’S SCHELOMO AND JUNE TOURED COSTA RI WH THE SONOMA COUNTY PHILHARMONIC PERFORMG THE ELGAR CELLO CONCERTO. HANS LIV SAN FRANCIS WH HIS HBAND ANTHONY.IAN HARWOOD | DIRECTORCURRENTLY THE ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BERKELEY SYMPHONY, IAN HARWOOD WAS THE FOUNDG EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BARS AND HAS SCE HELD POSNS WH THE CHIGO, MILWKEE, AND TUCSON SYMPHONY ORCHTRAS AND THE ASPEN MIC FTIVAL AND SCHOOL. AT THE STUTNS, IAN HAS BEEN VOLVED NCERT AND EVENT OPERATNS AND PRODUCTN, RERDG AND DIGAL MEDIA, LABOR NEGOTIATNS, MARKETG, FUNDRAISG, AND STRATEGIC PLANNG. MR. HARWOOD STUDIED BCHEMISTRY AND MIC AT THE UNIVERSY OF ROCHTER AND EASTMAN SCHOOL, AND EARNED HIS PHD BPHYSICS AT UCSF. HE WAS NAMED A ORCHTRA MANAGEMENT FELLOW OF THE LEAGUE OF AMERIN ORCHTRAS 2011, AND HAS LECTURED AT ROOSEVELT UNIVERSY (CHIGO) AND THE LUBAR SCHOOL OF BS (UNIVERSY OF WISNS – MILWKEE).  OUR HISTORY

Like other gay anizatns San Francis, SFGMC is volunteer-driven, so we always wele muny service volunteers as valued participants. San Francis's gay village is mostly ncentrated the bs district, which ns om Market Street to 19th Street on Castro Street. Jog San Francis gay anizatns like the San Francis Gay Men's Chos as a sger or volunteer is a great way to meet members of the LGBTQIA+ muny.

The LGBTQIA+ muny San Francis has one of the largt and most proment populatns of rints who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. Over 2, 000 different men, cis and trans, and non-bary people have sung wh the San Francis Gay Men's Chos sce the first 115 members sang on the steps of Cy Hall 1978. Before his tragic untimely ath om AIDS, Jon Reed Sims, who found the San Francis Gay Men's Chos, went on to found a number of gay and lbian choral and stmental ensembl.

The San Francis Gay Men's Chos embarked on a tour of the Amerin Deep South rponse to a wave of discrimatory anti-LGBTQIA+ laws and the divisive 2016 electn.

DO A POIGNANT PHOTO OF GAY MEN'S CHOIR SHOW DEVASTATG IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS?

​The natn’s olst self-intified LGBT mixed chos, the Queer Chos of San Francis is dited to buildg and enrichg the Lbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgenr (LGBT) muny through song and a love of mic. Known as the Lbian/Gay Chos of San Francis until 2022, the Chos has provid a place for people of all sexual orientatns and genr inti to velop their talents, fd good iends, and share their gifts wh San Francis’s diverse muni.

The chos was found 1980 by Bay Area micians and muny members, and first named the San Francis Lbian and Gay Men’s Communy Chos.

Unr the directn of nductor, sger and pianist Rob Kay, the Chos participated a number of historil gay and lbian muny events. Some of the highlights clud the Gay Mil Celebratn at Grace Cathedral 1980, and the annual Gay Freedom Day Para. ” Some words om our first ncert program might bt pture the spir that moved the members of the chos s early years: “For the first time the known history of the world we as homosexual men and women fd ourselv posssn of a ‘blank check’ wh which to wre our own culture, to tablish our own muny.

'WE'RE G FOR YOUR CHILDREN': SAN FRANCIS GAY MEN'S CHOS PH WOKE AGENDA

”The Chos helped to found the Gay and Lbian Associatn of Chos (GALA) 1981, and was renamed the Lbian/Gay Chos of San Francis 1984. The chos ntued to serve s muny by celebratg gay and lbian culture wh performanc at events such as San Francis’s annual Pri Concerts, Gay Gam II 1986, and Joan Baez’s Christmas Concert at the Warfield 1987.

LGCSF was the first gay and lbian group to w the San Francis Chamber of Commerce Arts Excellence Award (1994) chos has sought to ntribute to the muny by promotg the work of gay and lbian posers and providg posive exampl of LGBT culture. The Chos produced a Lbian and Gay Composers Concert 1993.