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• LONDON GAY MEN'S CHOS
• LONDON GAY MEN’S CHOS: PROUD VOICVOIC UNWRAPPED SAT 11 JUN 2022 CONTEMPORARY LONDON GAY MEN’S CHOS: PROUD VOIC
• THE LONDON GAY MEN’S CHOS HAS SOUNDTRACKED 30 YEARS OF QUEER HISTORY – THIS IS S STORY
• WATCH: LONDON GAY MEN'S CHOS SGS TOUCHG TRIBUTE TO ORLANDO VICTIMS
• SUMMER BY THE RIVER: THE LONDON GAY MEN'S CHOS
• WATCH THE LN KG ST AND LONDON GAY MEN'S CHOIR SG "CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT"
• LONDON GAY MEN'S CHOS
• WATCH: LONDON GAY MEN'S CHOS SGS TOUCHG TRIBUTE TO ORLANDO VICTIMS
• RIGHT-WG CRANKS FLIP OUT OVER HILAR GAY MEN’S CHOS SONG ABOUT TEACHG KIDS TOLERANCE
• NEW DIRECTOR OF SAN DIEGO GAY MEN’S CHOS HOP TO BROAN GROUP’S APPEAL WH ‘A DISTCTIVE QUEER VOICE’

LONDON GAY MEN'S CHOS

Celebratg their 30th year, the London Gay Men’s Chos Ensemble (LGMCe) make their Kgs Place but wh a programme of pop and mil classics, wh their signature ‘choralography’! ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ hs differently when ’s sung by the London Gay Men's Chos.

LONDON GAY MEN’S CHOS: PROUD VOICVOIC UNWRAPPED SAT 11 JUN 2022 CONTEMPORARY LONDON GAY MEN’S CHOS: PROUD VOIC

‘When people thk “wouldn't be fun to book a gay choir for our event”, they already have a picture their head of what this might look like.

‘We always had a missn to change some of those negative perceptns of gay men the media, ’ says former chair Mart Brophy. Whatever song we sang took on a different nuance bee we were gay men sgg .

THE LONDON GAY MEN’S CHOS HAS SOUNDTRACKED 30 YEARS OF QUEER HISTORY – THIS IS S STORY

‘It's really easy to assume that everythg's fe for gay people now, pecially London, but of urse isn't, ’ says Sharp.

‘He knew the bill would pass but he also knew there would be protts om anti-gay marriage groups, ’ says Chris Calvert, who's been sgg wh the choir for more than a . The LGMC brought a galvanisg prence to this historic day, but some members had to bsh off shockg homophobia between songs.

‘One [anti-same sex marriage] protter me up to me and another guy and asked if we had been sexually abed as a child and if that had ma gay.

WATCH: LONDON GAY MEN'S CHOS SGS TOUCHG TRIBUTE TO ORLANDO VICTIMS

Members helped to anise, then sang at, a 1999 vigil honourg the victims of a barbaric nail bomb attack at a gay pub on Old Compton Street, London's queer heartland. Durg one poignant moment, the London Gay Men's Chos sang a betiful rendn of Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water.

"We're so very proud to have been able to take part the vigil for the victims of the homophobic attack Orlando, " the Facebook post said. Police say 49 people were killed after a gunman entered Pulse gay nightclub Orlando, Fla., early Sunday and opened fire.

Unr the directn of Artistic Director, Simon Sharp, wh over 200 members, the LGMC is the largt gay men’s choir Europe: they have sung to sell-out crowds at inic London venu such as the Southbank Centre, Cadogan Hall, Troxy and the Roundhoe. As The London Gay Men's Chos celebrate s 30th Year they will get you set for Pri season wh a selectn of upbeat songs and stunng vol arrangements. Members of The Ln Kg st and the London Gay Men's Chos.

SUMMER BY THE RIVER: THE LONDON GAY MEN'S CHOS

Pri is g to the pal this weekend, and the London Gay Men's Chos cid to mark the ocsn wh a trip to Pri Rock!

WATCH THE LN KG ST AND LONDON GAY MEN'S CHOIR SG "CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT"

New members are simply voice-tted and not dned when they jo the Chos rehears at Cecil Sharp Hoe, Camn Town and has offic at Hampstead Town Hall Centre, Belsize approximately 190 voic, the London Gay Men's Chos has four sgg sectns, bass, barone, first tenor and send tenor. Revenue om membership subscriptns, ticket and merchandise sal, donatns, and performance Chos has had a number of mercial sponsors, both moary donors and provirs of pro bono profsnal servic, cludg the former pneerg gay webse Queerpany, sign firm Marsh and Malone who veloped a new rporate inty 2005-6, and fundraisg nsultants Brakeley. The Chos also enjoyed a mercial relatnship wh Selidg, and has sung rols the Oxford Street store durg the Christmas season for five years (between 2004 and 2008) London Gay Men's Chos is a chary (Reg.

LONDON GAY MEN'S CHOS

4390145)The most recent chairs, for the past ten years or so, clu:David BattenSteve BtMart Brophy MBEDr Greg BattleRichard BroughtonAnthony FordhamAlisdair LowJim RobertsonJohn D Carrn (current)After humble begngs 1991 at Angel Unrground statn (where the statn had to be closed due to the crowd that had gathered), the Chos has performed around the UK and toured overseas the Uned Stat, France, Italy, Canada, Spa, Poland, Ireland and Atralia and sung wh the Helski Gay Men's Chos the summer of choir has ma many TV and rad appearanc cludg Top of the Pops, So Graham Norton, Loose Ends, Ruby Wax Christmas special, London Tonight, the Pl Ross weekend breakfast show on LBC, and Comic Relief, and has sung and performed wh stars cludg Sir Elton John, The Human League, Heather Small, Damien Hirst, Simon Callow, Alison Jiear, Jocelyn Brown, Toyah Willx, k. Due to the public reactn, the chos released the song as a sgle on Friday 24 June, wh all profs gog to the Orlando victims fund and GALOP UK, a Uk-based chary batg hate Chos also unrtook a regnal tour of the UK, travellg to Brighton Augt to sg wh the Brighton Gay Men's Chos for Brighton Pri, and sgg wh Gay Abandon and The Deep C Divas Leeds October. For this special show, the Chos was joed by patron Hannah Waddgham and Hannah Peddley, as well as members of the Orn Symphony Orchtra and the London Gay Big fish the year, the Chos performed at Angel and Tottenham Court Road tube statns on 1st December to celebrate the Jubilee and memorate World AIDS Day.

The LGMC Ensemble also performed a Christmas show December (Homo Alone: A Christmas Story) at the Lost Theatre, and the Chos released XXV - celebratg 25 years (see below) Febary, the Chos sang at 10 Downg Street the prence of Prime Mister David Cameron for an event agast homophobia Chos performed s 21st anniversary show: A Band of Brothers at the Royal Ftival Hall (for the first time) on 6 May 2012 support of the Kaleidospe Tst wh participatn of the Southbank Centre's Voicelab and London school children. The piece explor the evolutn of mentali rpect of homosexualy the life time of the part of an outreach project the Chos worked wh two London schools (Stoke Newgton School, Riversi School).

WATCH: LONDON GAY MEN'S CHOS SGS TOUCHG TRIBUTE TO ORLANDO VICTIMS

Members of the Chos appeared on the (origally eponymo) track "Introducg The Bs" Mark Ronson's album Rerd Christmas show Make Your Own Kd of Christmas was performed on 10–11 December 2010 at the Cadogan Hall wh s tramark mix of fabulo pop hs and stunng classil piec, all laced wh a genero splash of ftive spiratn om gay men’s relatnship wh what’s tradnally a fay celebratn, expect a funny, movg and memorable journey to an eclectic soundtrack cludg mic by Kurt Weill, the Smhs, Hanl, Kylie Mogue and Carly Simon. The ftival took place at the Southbank Centre May 2009 llaboratn wh the 2 other London LGBT choirs (The Pk Sgers and Diversy), and wh the support of Vis London and the Greater London Chos vised Helski June and performed wh Out and Loud the Fnish gay male voice choir a one night ncert Helski. The LGMC also marched Helski gay pri and sang on the ma Chos's repertoire for that season brought together a selectn of songs about London.

The show at the Shaw Theatre on 16 July was lled Songs of 30 October the Chos together wh members of the LGBT choirs of London, Brighton and Hove, Birmgham and Readg as well as the London Gay Symphonic Wd took part a vigil agast hate crime Trafalgar Square memory of Ian Baynham who died after a homophobic attack near the Square. There were also two sold out performanc at the Cadogan Hall London on 20 and 21 the end of the summer season, Charl Beale, the Mil Director left to bee Mil Director of the New York Gay Men's Chos.

The show was hosted by Sandi December, the Chos returned wh an improved versn of their Christmas show, Make the Yuleti Gay promoted like the prev year by Raymond Gubbay Ltd and hosted by Rula Lenska who sang and danced as well as hostg the show. At the same time, they released their fifth rerdg, and first Christmas CD, Make the Yuleti December the Chos sold out the Barbin Hall wh their Christmas show Make the Yuleti Gay hosted by Simon Callow. The show, vised by a Chos member, charted the liv of four gay men London over the send half of the twentieth century.

RIGHT-WG CRANKS FLIP OUT OVER HILAR GAY MEN’S CHOS SONG ABOUT TEACHG KIDS TOLERANCE

Rerd (mostly) live ont of the pacy dienc for the Goln Reign ncerts staged the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, July 's first effort CD productn mostly rerd at the Croydon Lbian and Gay Fom show held Gotta Look Out for YourselfAccentuate the Posive · 2009All I Care About Is LoveShowtime · 2006The Trolley SongFrom The Rz To The Anchor & Crown · 2006.

NEW DIRECTOR OF SAN DIEGO GAY MEN’S CHOS HOP TO BROAN GROUP’S APPEAL WH ‘A DISTCTIVE QUEER VOICE’

We’re the Pk Sgers, a fun, iendly LGBT+ (lbian, gay, bisexual and trans) choir based London. Formed 1983 for the Lbian & Gay Pri march, we... “A Msage From the Gay Communy, ” performed by the San Francis Gay Mens Chos.

A gay men’s chos released a hilar vio about “nvertg your children, ” and nservativ lost their mds bee they uldn’t prehend the ncept of satire. “A Msage From the Gay Communy” performed by the San Francis Gay Men’s Chos (SFGMC) has sent right-wg punds to a tailsp over s tongue--cheek lyrics parodyg the age-old anti-gay narrative.