Gays and lesbians creating change through the power of music

GALA Choruses

The Renaissance City Choirs are proud to be a member of GALA Choruses, an international association of 185 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender affirming choruses which are as diverse as the communities they represent. GALA Choruses' membership includes more than 9,000 singers, 750,000 GLBT patrons and their friends and families in North America, Europe, and Australia. GALA Choruses' mission is to inspire and strengthen the international lesbian and gay community. Through its programs, GALA Choruses promotes excellence while building bridges of respect and understanding.

GALA Choruses produces several annual educational events: the Leadership Conference & Choral Camp for Singers, a Small Ensemble Festival, a Music Directors' Weekend, and an Administrators weekend. Every four years, GALA Choruses produces an 8-day choral festival (which ranks among the world's premier performing arts festivals).

To support its commitment to the creation of new music, GALA choruses established the Commission Matching Grant Program in 1993. Since that time, GALA Choruses has made grants in excess of $10,000 to member choruses engaged in the commissioning of new works. RCC received a Commissioning Grant in spring 2002 for "I Look Like A Girl".

GALA Choruses is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation. For more information about GALA Choruses, please call or write: GALA Choruses Inc., P.O. Box 99998, Pittsburgh, PA 15233; Phone: 412-322-4260; Fax: 412-322-1814; e-mail info@galachoruses.org . Gala Choruses can be found on the web at http://www.galachoruses.org/.